Conference Speeches

2013

"Aristotle University of Thessaloniki as Agent of Cross-Continental Cooperation and Cultural Diplomacy"
Ioannis A. Mylopoulos (Rector, The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
February 18th, 2015
"Cultural Diplomacy & Cross Continental Cooperation: Building Bridges for a United Global Community"
The Hon Tsoukalas Dimitros (Member of The Parlament in Greece)
December 21st, 2013
"Cultural Diplomacy and Education of China: Issues and Potentials for Cross-Continental Cooperation"
John Chi-Kin Lee (Vice President, Hong Kong Institute of Education)
December 21st, 2013
"Peace, Prosperity and Progress: How Cultural Diplomacy drives Transatlantic Relationships in the 21st Century"
Hon. Bertie Ahern, Former Prime Minister of Ireland
December 20th, 2013
"Syria and the reasons for Western Hesitation to Act"
Hon. Cyril Svoboda (President, Diplomatic Academy of Prague; Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic; Former Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic)
December 20th, 2013
"Ending Conflicts: Reconciliation and Peace-building remain Indispensable for a Stable Peace"
Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis (ICD Advisory Board Member; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus)
December 20th, 2013
"Institutionalizing Self-Reflection: From Cross-Cultural Cooperation to Cross-Cultural Synergy"
The Hon. Gigi Tevzadze, Rector, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
December 20th, 2013
"Peacebuilding and Human Rights in the Global Development Partnership post-2015"
Jack McConnell (Former First Minister of Scotland)
December 20th, 2013
"XXI Century World -- Towards Conflict, Balance or Unity?"
The Hon. Jan Figel (Vice-President of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, Former European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth)
December 20th, 2013
"Glamour or Dilemma? -- Stardom or Starve-Dom?"
Albert Fortell (Celebrated Austrian Actor)
December 19th, 2013
"International University Mobility for Cross Continental Cooperation"
Alvaro Escribano (Vice Rector, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
December 19th, 2013
"The European Citizens' Initiatives: 'A new tool: From the European Elite to the European Citizens"
Anna Diamantopoulou (Member of Parliament in Greece)
December 19th, 2013
"The Future of European Cultural Diplomacy"
Lorenzo Fontana (Member of the EU Parliament)
December 19th, 2013
"Cultural Diplomacy and Human Rights"
Mircea Dumitru(Rector, University of Bucharest)
December 19th, 2013
"Cultural Diplomacy within the Framework of the European Union"
Hon. Csaba Sándor Tabajdi (Member of the European Parliament)
December 19th, 2013
"The Soft Power of Culture"
Dame Tessa Jowell (Former UK Minister for the Olympics)
December 19th, 2013
"Croatia's Path to EU Accession and the Important Role of Trans-European Cooperation has Played in the Process"
The Hon. Jadranka Kosor, (Former Prime Minister of Croatia; Former Minister of Family, Veterans' Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity)
December 19th, 2013
"Cultural Diplomacy & Cross Continental Cooperation: Building Bridges for a United Global Community"
Prof. Dr. Javier Casalí
December 19th, 2013
"The Role of Small States in building a global Community"
The Hon. Jean Paul Adam (Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Seychelles)
December 19th, 2013
"Cross Cooperation between Continents: the Case of the Euro- Latin-American Parliamentary Assembly"
Jorge Pizarro (President of the Senate of the Republic of Chile)
December 19th, 2013
"The Role of Education in Promoting Cultural Diplomacy"
Prof. Dr. Wahid Omar, President / Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
December 19th, 2013
"The Art of Cultural Diplomacy: Panorama of a Presidency"
H. E. Amb. Katalin Bogyay (Permanent Delegate of Hungary to UNESCO, President of the× Conference of UNESCO (2011-13))
December 19th, 2013
Lecture
Dr. Khaldoon Aba Hussain (Chief Executive Officer, Isa Cultural Centre, Bahrain)
December 19th, 2013
"The Role of Cultural Diplomacy and the Political Culture in Diplomacy"
The Hon. László Kovács (European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary)
December 19th, 2013
"Multilevel Governance & Multi Actor ship in Cultural Diplomacy"
Luc van den Brande (Former Minister-President of Flanders-Belgium)
December 19th, 2013
"What Role Can University Play in Cultural Diplomacy?"
Prof. Dr. Ľudomír Šlahor (Vice Rector for International Relations, Comenius University, Bratislava)
December 19th, 2013
"The Significance of Education and Gender Equality in the Process of Building Peace and Sustainable Society"
The Hon. Mari Kiviniemi (Former Prime Minister of Finland)
December 19th, 2013
"The End of Super Powers and a New International Order. Some Remarks On Cultural Diplomacy in the Muslim World"
Mehmet Aydın (Former Minister of State of Turkey; Former Member of Parliament)
December 19th, 2013
"Creating Value through International University Partnerships"
Michael Lederer (Executive Vice President - International Affairs & Executive Education)
December 19th, 2013
"Culture, Arts, Sports: the new Ways for Diplomacy"
The Hon. Michčle Alliot-Marie (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of France; Former Minister of Justice; Former Minister of the Interior)
December 19th, 2013
"Intercontinental Cooperation, Global Governance and the Position of Small Countries"
Mircea Dumitru, Rector (University of Bucharest)
December 19th, 2013
"Cross Continental Cooperation and Higher Education"
Murat Tuncer (President of the Hacettepe University)
December 19th, 2013
"Without Translation, we would be Living in Provinces Bordering on Silence' (George Steiner) : Literature and Translation as a Bridge between Cultures"
Dr. Aquien Pascal (Vice President, The scientific Council, Université Paris 4 Sorbonne)
December 19th, 2013
"A Very Thin Line: Shared Culture or Invasive Ideology as Diplomatic Ends"
Patrick Quinn, (Provost, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy)
December 19th, 2013
Towards New Possibilities for Constructing an Image of the Self. Some Remarks on the Results Intertwining Cultural and Academic Diplomacy"
Prof. Dr. Paul De Knop (Rector, Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
December 19th, 2013
"Cultural Diplomacy, International business and Global Ethics"
Prof. Dr. Pedro Nonell (Director, EENI Global Business School, Spain)
December 19th, 2013
"The Evolution of Multiculturalism Policy in Europe"
Petru Lucinschi (Former President of Republic of Moldova)
December 19th, 2013
"Sports as Cultural Diplomacy"
The Hon. Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin (Former Minister of the Environment of France; Former Minister of Social Affairs)
December 19th, 2013
"The Experience of Panama in the International Relation searching for Peace"
The Hon. Rubén Arosemena Valdés, Former Second Vice President of Panama
December 19th, 2013
"The Essential Role Universities can Play in Cultural Diplomacy"
Prof. Dr. Sibrandes Poppema (President, University of Groningen)
December 19th, 2013
"Global Challenges of Cross Continental Cooperation"
Supachai Panitchpakdi (Former Director General of the World Trade Organization)
December 19th, 2013
"Evolutionary Dynamics of Cultural Diplomacy: Facing the Challenges in Operations in a Changing World"
Tsiaras Konstantinos, Member of Parliament Karditsa; Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece
December 19th, 2013
"Cultural Dialogue for Global Social Cohesion"
President Ugo Mifsud Bonnici (Former President of Malta)
December 19th, 2013
"The Importance of Cultural Diplomacy for Successful Global Leadership"
President Vaira Vike-Freiberga (Former President of Latvia)
December 19th, 2013
"The Latvian-European Relationship and the Role of Culture in the Foreign Policy of Latvia"
President Valdis Zatlers (Former President of Latvia)
December 19th, 2013
"Humanitarian Crisis: Perspectives and Problems"
Vesna Medenica (President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro)
December 19th, 2013
"Internal Internalization of Universities - Important Base of Youth Multiculturalism"
Vladimir Filippov, Rector, Former Minister of Education of Russian
December 19th, 2013
"Growing Intensity of International Migration: Economic and Cultural Reasons"
The Hon. Hrant Bagratyan, Former Prime Minister of Armenia, Member of the Armenian National Congress
December 18th, 2013
"Sport as a Means of Cultural Diplomacy"
Athanasios D. Koustelios (Vice-Rector, University of Thessaly, Greece)
December 18th, 2013
"Cultural Diplomacy: An Added Value in a World Full of Antagonism"
Mascarenhas Monteiro, Former President of Cape Verde
December 18th, 2013
"Culture as the Foundation of Sustainable Development"
Dr. Arnold Rüütel (Former President of Estonia)
December 18th, 2013
"Modern Russian Diplomacy and Global Balkans"
Enver Halilovic (Rector, University of Tuzla)
December 18th, 2013
"Are Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) threats or opportunities for education in developing countries?"
Prof. Dr. Dragan Domazet (Rector, Belgrade Metropolitan University; Former Minister of Science of the Republic of Serbia)
December 18th, 2013
"The Potential Role of Higher Education and Research Institutions in National Cultural Diplomacy"
Prof. Dr. Euripides G. Stephanou (Rector, University Of Crete)
December 18th, 2013
"Bulgaria in the EU Cultural Policy and Propaganda"
Ivan Ilchev, (Rector, Sofia University, Bulgaria)
December 18th, 2013
"The University's Road to Excellence through an International Board and Cross Continental Scientometrics"
Hon. Prof. Dr. Bulyzhenkov Igor Edmundovich (Rectorate Counsellor at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology)
December 17th, 2013
"Institutionalizing Self-Reflection: From Cross-Cultural Cooperation to Cross-Cultural Synergy"
The Hon. Gigi Tevzadze, Rector, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
December 17th, 2013
Welcome Address
Claudio Bisogniero (Ambassador of Italy to the United States)
November 06th, 2013
"Rock & Roll Diplomacy to Enhance Cross Continental Cooperation"
Andras Simonyi (Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University; Former Ambassador of Hungary to the USA; ICD Advisory Board Member)
November 06th, 2013
"How the Common Roots of the Abrahamic Tradition May be used to Promote Human Rights"
Juliana Geran Pilon (Professor of Politics and Culture and Director of the Center for Culture and Security at the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C.)
November 06th, 2013
"Our Shared Humanity: The Moral and Cultural Preconditions of Cordial Relations"
Claes G. Ryn (Professor of Politics, the Catholic University of America)
November 06th, 2013
"Transatlantic Relations: Challenges and Opportunities in a New Reality"
Božo Cerar (Ambassador of Slovenia to the United States)
November 05th, 2013
"Spying Among Friends: Implications for Trans-Continental Cooperation"
Dorle Hellmuth (Assistant Professor of Politics, the Catholic University of America)
November 05th, 2013
"Toward a Union of Democracies"
Dick Henry (President of The Streit Council)
November 04th, 2013
"Future Prospects in International and Intercultural Relations to Enhancing Cross & Trans Continental Cooperation"
Franco Frattini (President of the ICD Organization for Youth Education & Development; Former Foreign Minister of Italy)
November 04th, 2013
"Opportunities for International and Intercultural Relations to Enhance Cross & Trans Continental Cooperation"
Elena Poptodorova (ICD Advisory Board Member; Ambassador of Bulgaria to the USA)
November 04th, 2013
"The UN Security Council and International Law"
Elin Suleymanov (Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the United States)
November 04th, 2013
"Shared Freedom-Space and Shared Responsibility"
Imam Talib Shareef (President & Imam, the Mosque Masjid Muhammad, Inc.)
November 04th, 2013
"US-Pakistan-Afghanistan exchange"
Tom Palmer (Executive Vice President for International Program at AtlasNetwork; Senior Fellow at Cato Institute)
November 04th, 2013
"So Close Yet so Far: the Need for Cultural Diplomacy with Western Europe"
Kenneth R. Weinstein (President and Chief Executive Officer of Hudson Institute)
November 04th, 2013
"A World of Institutions: Assessing Our Progress"
James Stocker (Visiting Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Trinity Washington University)
November 04th, 2013
"Cross-Continental Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities"
Getachew Metaferia (Professor of Political Science, Morgan State University)
November 04th, 2013
"Round Table: Women's Participation and Leadership: From Theory to Practice"
Rositza Russeva (National and International Security, "G. S. Rakovski" National Defence Academy)
October 10th, 2013
"Round Table: Women's Participation and Leadership: From Theory to Practice"
Guro Katharina Vikřr (Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Bulgaria)
October 10th, 2013
"Women Building Peace: What They Do, Why It Matters"
Nadia Milanova
October 09th, 2013
"United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325: What are the Challenges?"
Kalina Panayotova (President, Centre for European and International Studies)
October 09th, 2013
"United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325: What are the Challenges?"
Loredana Alemanno-Testa (Divisional Coordination Section, NATO Operations Division)
October 09th, 2013
"Role of Women in Security and Defense: Specific Human Potential in Capacity Building"
Neviana Miteva (President, Bulgarian Armed Forces Women Association)
October 09th, 2013
"Women in Afghanistan: Key to the successful end of ISAF?"
Vladislav Punchev (Head, International information department, "Standart" newspaper)
October 09th, 2013
"Women in Afghanistan: Key to the successful end of ISAF?"
Zornitsa Grekova (South and South-East Asia Department, Directorate "Asia, Australia and Oceania", Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
October 09th, 2013
"Responsibility to protect women in the conflict and post-conflict stages"
Stoila Bongalova (Director of the Bulgarian Fund for Women)
October 09th, 2013
"United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325: What are the Challenges?"
Mihail Grigorov (Journalist, "Bulgarian Army" newspaper)
October 09th, 2013
"Responsibility to protect women in the conflict and post-conflict stages"
Konstantin Pudin (Department "National and Regional Security", Faculty of Economics of Infrastructure, University of National and World Economy)
October 09th, 2013
"Responsibility to protect women in the conflict and post-conflict stages"
Daniela Koleva (Head, Master's Program „History of Women and Gender", Sofia University "St. Klimen)
October 09th, 2013
"Role of Women in Security and Defense: Specific Human Potential in Capacity Building"
Yantsislav Yanakiev (Director of the Defence Advanced Research Institute at the "G. S. Rakovski" National Defence)
October 09th, 2013
"The Future Role of NATO in Strengthening Cross Continental Cooperation"
President Franco Frattini (President of the ICD Organization for Youth Education & Development)
September 27th, 2013
"Japan as a Model Case for Predicting the Impact of Demographic Change and Globalization on a Mature Democracy"
Masaharu Nakagawa (former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan)
September 26th, 2013
"The EU Horizon 2020 Program: New Opportunities for Cross Continental Cooperation"
Francesco Profumo (Former Minister of Education of Italy)
September 26th, 2013
"People, Partnerships, Problem Solving and Culture"
Simon Crean (Former Minister for Regional Australia; Former Minister for the Arts)
September 25th, 2013
"The Quartet: State of Relations between Russia, Europe, the USA, & China"
Ulrich Brückner (Academic Director, Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies)
September 25th, 2013
"Cultural Dialogue in the European Context in the Formation of a Polycentric World Today"
Mykola Zhulynsky (Former Prime Minister of Ukraine)
September 25th, 2013
"The Importance of Youth Education and Development Advancement and its Positive Influence on Strengthening the Relationships between Europe, Russia, China and the USA"
Helga Daub (Former member of the German Parliament)
September 25th, 2013
"The Impact of New Communication Technologies in promoting African Development & Prosperity"
John A. Kantara (Author, Producer, Journalist)
August 25th, 2013
"Film as a Vehicle for Cultural Diplomacy in Africa"
Adetoun Küppers-Adebisi (President of AFROKTAK TV cyberNomads)
August 25th, 2013
"The Treatment of the Theme of Female Genital Mutilation in the Film Industry"
Hadja Kaba (Founder, Mama Afrika e.V.)
August 25th, 2013
"The Role that National Institute for Cultural Orientation In Nigeria Plays Using Cultural Diplomacy as a Means of Dialogue"
Matthias Akaazua (Post Graduate Student of International Business Management (MBA), Girne American University; Certificate Student, Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies)
August 25th, 2013
"Nairobi Half Life"
Sarika Lakhani (Producer, One Fine Day Films)
August 24th, 2013
"Internet: the North-South Gate"
Alex Kem (Organizer, the Kenako Festival, Afrika Medien Zentrum e.V.)
August 24th, 2013
"Nollywood and Representation of Nigerian Culture in The Global Market: Mirror Effect or Deflection?"
Asogwa Euphemia Chika (Lecturer and Head of Department of Mass Communication, Kogi State University, Anyigba)
August 24th, 2013
"Rebranding Nollywood-The 200 Million Dollar Question"
Dayo Balogun (Film Editor and Postproduction Consultant, H264 Media Limited)
August 24th, 2013
"The Potency of Cultural Industries in the Contemporary International Relations and Cultural Diplomacy-The Experience of UK and Germany. Lessons for Nigeria and Growing Economies"
Paul Iorapuu (MA Student, Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies)
August 24th, 2013
"The Impact of Mass Media in Africa"
Marion Lieser (Managing Director of OXFAM Germany)
August 23rd, 2013
"Film as an Educational Tool: A Visual Insight into Africa"
Anna Shivute (Commissioner, The Namibian Film Commission)
August 23rd, 2013
"The Public Representative: A Political Perspective in a Time of Austerity"
Nick Brown (MP, Member of the British Parliament)
August 23rd, 2013
"What is 'Official National Art' and What is Not?"
Hywel Williams (MP, Member of the British Parliament)
August 23rd, 2013
"Out of the Exhibition: Indigenous Performance and the Arts of Diplomacy"
Helen Gilbert (Professor of Theatre, Drama Department, Royal Holloway, University of London)
August 23rd, 2013
"Music and Medicine as a Shared Culture between the East and West in the Middle Ages"
Charles Burnett (Professor the History of Arabic/Islamic Influences in Europe', University of London)
August 23rd, 2013
"400 Years on: Cultural Diplomacy in London, 1613"
Timon Screech (Professor, Department of the History of Art & Archaeology, School of Oriental and African Studies)
August 22nd, 2013
"Art as a means of Understanding the City"
William Arthurs (Editor, CityCity Magazine)
August 21st, 2013
"Contemporary African Arts and Artists into Perceptions of Africa in Developed States"
Eric Joyce (MP, Member of the British Parliament)
August 21st, 2013
"The Way to a Diplomat's Heart? Cuisine as Artistic Expression in Contemporary Global Politics"
Josh Abrams (Principal Lecturer, Department of Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies)
August 21st, 2013
"From Imperialism To Diplomacy: An Historical Analysis Of French And Senegal Cultural Relationship"
Aisha Balarabe Bawa (Lecturer and Researcher, Department of History)
August 21st, 2013
"The Lithuanian Presidency of the EU: Priorities in the Field of Culture and Audiovisual"
Asta Skaisgiryté Liauškien (Ambassador of Lithuania to the British Film Institute United Kingdom)
August 21st, 2013
"Unity and diversity in Latin America"
Andreea-Lucia Cojocaru (Student, Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj Napoca)
August 16th, 2013
"Music as Cultural Diplomacy: the Venezuelan Case of the "Sistema"
Matthias Lewy (Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Free University Berlin)
August 16th, 2013
"The Colors of Latin America: Preserving Traditional Arts & Heritage in a Multicultural World"
Juan Mayr Maldonado (Ambassador of Colombia to Germany)
August 16th, 2013
"Red de Talentos Mexicanos as an Example of Cultural Diplomacy"
Juan Bethancourt (President, Red de Talentos Mexicanos en Alemania)
August 16th, 2013
"Contemporary Ibero-Latin-American Relationships"
Germán Rodríguez Espinosa (Director & Editor-in-Chief, Hispanovisión)
August 16th, 2013
"Creative Industries in Latin America. Mexico: Matrix of the Spanish-Speaking Digital Wave"
Genaro Rios-Müggenburg (Project Manager, ProMexico Germany)
August 15th, 2013
"Glocalising the Film Musical in the Americas: Intercultural and Cross-Media Perspectives"
Peter W. Schulze (Professor, Institute for Film, Theater and Empirical Cultural, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz)
August 15th, 2013
"Cultural Heterogeneity and Environmental Preservation: Lessons from Past and Present"
Lasse Hölck (Researcher, Latin America Institute, Free University Berlin)
August 15th, 2013
"The Effects of Globalization on the Region"
Ramon Custodio Espinoza (Ambassador of Honduras to Germany)
August 14th, 2013
"Historical and Cultural Attractions in the Dominican Republic"
Fernando Ureńa Rib (Cultural Attaché of the Embassy of the Dominican Republic)
August 14th, 2013
"The Latest Global Trends in Cultural Relations & the Role of Culture and Education in Soft Power"
Martin Davidson (CEO and Chair of the British Council)
July 12th, 2013
"The Jewish Perspective on Cultural Diplomacy"
Vivian Wineman (President of The Board of Deputies of British Jews)
July 12th, 2013
"Ara deg mae dal iar" ', Language Issues between Groups; Problems and Possibilities"
Hywel Williams (Member of the British Parliament)
July 11th, 2013
"The Role of Cultural Links in the Government's Commercial Diplomacy Drive"
Henry Bellingham (Member of the British Parliament)
July 11th, 2013
"The British Quest for a Harmonic and Integrated Multicultural Society"
Omer El-Hamdoon (President of the Muslim Association of Britain)
July 11th, 2013
"The Celebration of Diversity, a Buddhist Look at Modern Cultural Diplomacy"
Ven Bogoda Seelawimala (Head of the London Buddhist Vihara)
July 11th, 2013
"Cultural Diplomacy and the Inequality Challenge"
Robert Picciotto (Visiting Professor, Department of Political Economy from Kings College London)
July 11th, 2013
"Stabilizing Democracy in The Commonwealth of Nations"
Paa Kwesi Inkumsah (2011 JCI UN Affairs Commissioner for Africa and Middle East)
July 11th, 2013
"Challenges of Cultural Diplomacy in the Commonwealth"
Tim Unwin (Secretary General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization)
July 11th, 2013
"Cultural Diplomacy throughout the Commonwealth of Nations"
Edward M. Turay (High Commissioner of Sierra Leone to the United Kingdom)
July 10th, 2013
"The Role of Culture in the Foreign Policy of the UK"
Lord William Richard Inglewood (Member of the House of Lords)
July 10th, 2013
"Cultural Diplomacy in a Changing World"
Ruth Kattumuri (Co-Director of India Observatory and Asia Research Centre)
July 10th, 2013
"EUNIC and Cultural Diplomacy in Europe"
Dorian Branea (Director of the Romanian Cultural Center in London)
July 10th, 2013
"Cultural Diplomacy and Economic Diplomacy: In Opposition or Complimentary?" 
Bernard Valero (Ambassador of France to Belgium)
July 05th, 2013
"Preserving National Identity & Heritage while Moving Towards a More Unified Europe"
Vesselin Valkanov (Ambassador of Bulgaria to Belgium and Luxembourg)
July 05th, 2013
"The Impact of the EEAS on the National Diplomacy of the Small EU Member States"
Barbora Ondejcikova (participant of the International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the EU)
July 05th, 2013
"European Multi-identity"
Algirdas Saudargas (Member of the European Parliament)
July 04th, 2013
"Sustainable Economic Growth: Futher Integration of Common Identity in moving forward to European Consensus"
Agnieszka Skuratowicz (Member of Cabinet of the President of the European Commission)
July 04th, 2013
"The Role of Cultural Diplomacy: a Link between Cultures and a Tool in Economic Development"
Tamás Iván Kovács (Ambassador of Hungary to the Kingdom of Belgium)
July 04th, 2013
Keynote Address
Jan Figel (Vice-President of the National Council of the Slovak Republic)
July 03rd, 2013
Keynote Address
Lazar Elenovski (Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to the Kingdom of Belgium)
July 03rd, 2013
"Cyprus and the EU Financial Crisis"
Kornelios S. Korneliou (Ambassador of Cyprus to the EU)
July 03rd, 2013
"How to Generate Sustainable Grown? - The Slovak Example" 
Stefan Gehrold (Head, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Brussels Office)
July 03rd, 2013
"A Europe of Cultures Versus a Common European Cultural: Current Challenges and Trends"
Mihnea Motoc (Ambassador of Romania to the European Union)
July 03rd, 2013
"Promoting European Values in the Asia-Pacific: Cultural diplomacy and EU 'Soft Power': An 'Outsider's' Perspective" 
Vangelis Vitalis (Amb. of New Zealand to the EU)
July 03rd, 2013
"Building a European Diplomacy in a Period of Economic Crisis"
Poul Skytte Christoffersen (Ambassador of Denmark to the EU)
July 03rd, 2013
"The Danish Cultural Institute, our strategies on sustainability and our involvement in MORE EUROPE" 
Klaus Bondam (Director, Danish Cultural Institute)
July 03rd, 2013
"Legality, Ethical Principles, International Partnership: Italy's Action and Proposals To Fight Illicit Trafficking Of Art"
Maurizio Fiorilli (Deputy State Attorney, Rome)
June 14th, 2013
Welcoming Speech
Antonio Paolucci (Director of the Vatican Museum)
June 13th, 2013
"The Power of Culture for Communication, International Cooperation and Peace"
Pietro Grasso (President of the Italian Senate)
June 13th, 2013
"The Power of Culture for Communication, International Cooperation and Peace"
Massimo Bray (Minister for Cultural Heritage and Tourism of Italy)
June 13th, 2013
"The Power of Culture for Communication, International Cooperation and Peace"
Gaetano Quagliariello (Minister for Constitutional Reforms of Italy)
June 13th, 2013
"Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in Italy"
Francesco Rutelli (Honorary President, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin; Former Deputy Prime Minister of Italy)
June 13th, 2013
"Cultural Heritage, Italian Language, Creative Industries: Italian Distinctive Features In The World"
Giovanna Melandri (President of MAXXI)
June 13th, 2013
"Cultural Heritage, Italian Language, Creative Industries: Italian Distinctive Features In The World"
Giovanni Puglisi (President of the UNESCO National Commission)
June 13th, 2013
Keynote Speech
Enrico Letta (Prime Minister of Italy)
June 12th, 2013
Welcome remarks
Emma Bonino (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy)
June 12th, 2013
"Culture and Sustainable Development"
Katalin Bogyay (President of UNESCO's General Conference)
May 31st, 2013
"Collaboration of Civil Society in Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities"
Blanche Foster (Acting Executive Director, Darfur Rehabilitation Project, Inc.)
May 31st, 2013
"Collaboration of Civil Society in Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities - Perspectives from Zimbabwe "
Edson Chiota (CEO, Zimbabwe Association for Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation of the Offender)
May 31st, 2013
"The Responsibility to Protect Doctrine (R2P), and the Global Civil Society"
Javier El-Hage (International Legal Director, The Human Rights Foundation)
May 31st, 2013
"Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities - Case Study: Sudan"
Mukesh Kapila (Special Representative, Aegis Trust)
May 31st, 2013
"Parliamentarian Cooperation to Prevent Genocide and Other Atrocities - Case Study of How to Solve the Turkish-Armenian Dispute"
Yusuf Ziya Irbec (Member of the Turkish Parliament)
May 31st, 2013
"The Need for a Collective Alliance in the Prevention of Genocide & Mass Atrocities"
Ögmundur Jónasson (Former Minister of the Interior of Iceland)
May 30th, 2013
"Sport as a Vector of Peace and Nation Reconciliation"
Adolphe Rukenkanya (Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture of Burundi)
May 30th, 2013
"The Rise of Green Politics as a Global Ideology and Global Priority"
Ralf Fücks (President, Heinrich Boell Foundation)
May 30th, 2013
"The Potential for Cultural and Sports Diplomacy in Supporting National Building, Good Governance and the Prevention of Intercommunal Violence"
Cirino Hiteng Ofuho (South Sudanese Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports)
May 30th, 2013
"The Need to Adopt Adequate Measures to Prevent Mass Atrocities and Crimes Against Humanity in Zimbabwe"
Arthur Gwagwa (Coordinator, International Liaison Office, Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum)
May 30th, 2013
"Education for Prevention: Case Study from Rwanda"
James Smith (Special Representative, Aegis Trust)
May 30th, 2013
"Building an International Alliance to Prevent Genocide and Mass Atrocities: Engaging Regional, National, and Local Educational, Governmental, and Civil Society Organizations"
Gregory Stanton (President of Genocide Watch)
May 30th, 2013
"The Unmeasurable in Pursuit of the Unattainable"
Deborah Davenport (Sr. Visiting Research Assoc., Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University)
May 30th, 2013
"The Spine of Europe, Energy Rivers in the Air"
Dietmar Köring (Architect & Researcher, Institute for Urban Design and Sustainable Urban Planning)
May 29th, 2013
"Renewable Energies - Participating in Landscape Changes"
Inge Gotzmann (National Manager, Bund Heimat und Umwelt in Deutschland)
May 29th, 2013
"Discrimination and Women's Political Participation in Africa"
Meskerem Geset (Deputy Executive Director of Inst. for Human Rights and Development in Africa)
May 28th, 2013
"The Absence of the Culture of Human Rights In The Arabian Gulf"
Sheikh Maytham Al Salman (Chairman of the Bahrain Interfaith Center)
May 28th, 2013
"The Codification of Muslim Personal Status Laws: A Blessing or a Curse?"
Mona el Roby (Assistant Lecturer, Future University, Egypt)
May 28th, 2013
"On Sexual, Economic, and State Security Violence in Post- Revolutionary Egypt: Features of a System of Exploitation"
Leena Azzam (Research Assistant, Law Department, the American University in Cairo (AUC))
May 28th, 2013
"Can Quotas be "the Fast Track" to Gender Parity in Political Representation"
Birgitta Wistrand (Researcher at Center for Gender Research, Uppsala University, Sweden)
May 28th, 2013
"Labor Rights for Migrant Care and Domestic Workers in Contemporary Society"
Paloma Moré (Manager, President of the Dulcamara Womens Assotiation)
May 28th, 2013
"Time for European Magnitsky Law"
Mikhail Kasyanov (Former Prime Minister of Russia)
May 27th, 2013
"International NGO's & Global Human Rights Culture"
Zvonimir Paul Separovic (Former Minister of Justice of Croatia)
May 27th, 2013
"Women's Lived Rights in a Culture of Peace"
Marilou McPhedran (Prof. Institute for Int. Women's Rights, University of Winnipeg.)
May 27th, 2013
"Violation of Women's Human Rights in Northern Ireland"
Marie Brown (Area Management Coordinator, Foyle Women's Aid)
May 27th, 2013
"Islam, Sexuality and the War on Terror: Luce Irigaray's Post-Colonial Ethics of Difference"
Shaireen Rasheed (Professor Philosophy, LIU Post, Long Island University)
May 27th, 2013
"Resistance Against Quotas in the Post-Communist Countries"
Jana Smiggels Kavková (Chair, Czech Women´s Lobby)
May 27th, 2013
"Levant. A Vision from Present to Future"
Rexhep Meidani (President of Albania 1997-2002)
May 24th, 2013
Keynote Speech
Titus Corlăţean (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania)
May 24th, 2013
"Levant. A Vision from Present to Future"
Petru Lucinschi (President of Moldova 1997-2001)
May 24th, 2013
Keynote Speech
Remus Pricopie (Minister of National Education of Romania)
May 24th, 2013
"Inter-Academic Cooperation in the Levant"
Ionel Haiduc (President of the Romanian Academy)
May 24th, 2013
''Repositioning in Europe, Role of Levant''
Andrei Marga (Director of the Romanian Cultural Institute)
May 24th, 2013
"Levant, Cradle of Cultural Diplomacy: Rediscovering the Mediterranean"
Daniel Barbu (Minister of Culture of Romania)
May 24th, 2013
Keynote Speech
Crin Antonescu (President of the Romanian Senate)
May 24th, 2013
"Global Education and Cultural Diplomacy"
Ivo Slaus (President of the World Academy of Art and Science)
May 24th, 2013
"Human Rights and the Development Dilemma: The Tribal Conundrum in India"
Mani Shankar Aiyar (Member of the Indian Parliament; Former Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports of India)
April 11th, 2013
"The Joint Role and Responsibility of International and National Courts in Prosecuting Serious Crimes"
Pórdís Ingadóttir (Associate Professor of Law at the Reykjavik University; Expert on Genocides and War Crimes)
April 11th, 2013
"Confronting Mass Atrocities: International Responsibility and Human Rights Protection"
Ögmundur Jónasson (Minister of the Interior of Iceland)
April 11th, 2013
Welcoming Speech
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (President of Iceland, on International Responses to Human Rights Abuses)
April 10th, 2013
"Responsibility to Protect or Duty to Protect? New Perspectives on UN Humanitarian Interventions"
Franco Frattini (Italian Politician and former Foreign Minister of Italy)
April 10th, 2013
"The Responsibility to Protect and the Role of the UN Security Council: The Need for Legitimacy and Consistency"
Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus)
April 10th, 2013
"A Politician's Perspective on the Enforcement of Human Rights both Nationally and Internationally"
John Leslie Prescott (Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
April 10th, 2013
"The Origins of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect in the 21st Century"
Janez Jansa (Former Prime Minister of Slovenia)
April 10th, 2013
"Humanitarian Crisis: Perspectives and Problems"
Vesna Medenica (Former Prime Minister of Slovenia)
April 10th, 2013
"Women's Human Rights, Armed Conflict, and International Responsibility: Rhetoric and Practice"
Sarah Taylor (Executive Director of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG)
April 10th, 2013
"The Complex Relationship between the Responsibility to Protect and the International Criminal Court. Can it Succeed?"
Urmas Paet (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia)
April 10th, 2013
"International Intervention, UN Protectorate, and "Regime Change" : The Kosovo Case"
Valur Ingimundarson (Professor of Contemporary History, University of Iceland)
April 10th, 2013
"Art and Culture: A Key to Diplomacy"
Jennifer Cover Payne (President, Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington)
January 11th, 2013
"Soft Power, Dialogue on Human Dignity, and U.S. Foreign Policy"
Mark Lagon (International Relations and Security Chair at the Master of Science in Foreign Service Program at Georgetown University)
January 11th, 2013
"The Application of Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy in combating International Terrorism and Global Risks"
Andrew Bennett (Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University)
January 11th, 2013
"Professionalizing Peace: Reclaiming Soft Power's Good Name"
Cameron M. Chisholm (President, International Peace & Security Institute)
January 11th, 2013
"The Use of Innovative Concepts of Intercultural Dialogue to Build Friendships and Foster Trust between Civil Society Groups at the Global Level"
Arif Havas Oegroseno (Ambassador of Indonesia to the European Union)
January 11th, 2013
"The Role of Cultural Diplomacy to Strengthen the Transatlantic Partnership"
Andras Simonyi (Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University; Former Hungarian Ambassador to the United States)
January 11th, 2013
"Inside the Cabinet of Curiosities"
Diana Cohen Altman (Executive Director of the Karabakh Foundation in Washington, D.C)
January 11th, 2013
Welcome Address
Meral Duran (Managing Director, International Relations Consulting Network and Lobbying)
January 10th, 2013
"The Use of Innovative Concepts of Intercultural Dialogue to Build Friendship and Foster Trust between Civil Society Groups from the USA and the Islamic World"
Houda Nonoo (Ambassador of Bahrain to the United States)
January 10th, 2013
"What Is Soft Power Capability And How Does It Impact Foreign Policy?"
Judit Trunkos (PhD Student of International Relations, University of South Carolina, USA)
January 10th, 2013
"Culture as a Tool for Fighting Dictatorship"
Petr Gandalovič (Ambassador of Czech Republic the USA)
January 10th, 2013
"The Long Way to Peace in Afghanistan and the Role of Track II Discussions"
Ali A. Jalali (ICD Advisory Board Member; Former Minister of the Interior of Afghanistan; Distinguished Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University)
January 10th, 2013
"It's the Power, Stupid: Be it Soft, Hard, or Smart, It's All About Power"
Christianna N. Leahy (Professor of Comparative Politics, Chair, Department of Political Science and International Studies, McDaniel College)
January 10th, 2013
"The Application of Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy in Combating Extremism and other Forms of Radicalism"
Elin Suleymanov (Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the United States)
January 10th, 2013
"Winning Against Terrorism? US Interests, Nigeria, and Boko Haram"
Chukwuka Onwumechili (Professor of Communications, Howard University)
January 10th, 2013
"Water, Foreign Policy and American Leadership"
Marcus D. King (Director of Research at The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs)
January 10th, 2013
"Japan's Soft Power and Its Role in Promoting National Image"
John R. Malott (President and CEO, Japan-America Society of Washington DC)
January 10th, 2013
"Strengthening Transatlantic Relations and the Cultural Diplomacy of Estonia in the US"
Marina Kaljurand (Ambassador of Estonia to Washington, D.C.)
January 10th, 2013
"Options on the Table": Soft Power, Intercultural Dialogue, and the Future of US Foreign Policy"
Andranik Hovhannisyan (Counselor, Embassy of Armenia to the USA)
January 10th, 2013
"Why Hard Power Matters in the Soft Power Debate"
Robert J. Lieber (Professor of Government and International Affairs, Department of Government, Georgetown University)
January 10th, 2013
"Obama's Foreign Policy: The Case of the Middle East"
Pierre Guerlain (Lecturer of American Studies, Paris West University Nanterre La Défense)
January 10th, 2013
"Cultural Relations Appeasing a Troubled World"
Paul Smith (Director, British Council USA)
January 09th, 2013
"Leveraging Culture and Diplomacy in the Age of Information"
Tara D. Sonenshine (Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs)
January 09th, 2013
"U.S. Cultural Diplomacy in the Era of Arab Uprisings"
Robert Satloff (Executive Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy)
January 09th, 2013
"Leveraging Culture and Diplomacy in the Age of Information"
Tara D. Sonenshine (Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, United States State Department)
January 09th, 2013
"When Soft Power Works, and When it Doesn't"
John Feffer (Co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies)
January 09th, 2013
"From Monologue to Dialogue in U.S. Foreign Policy: Soft Power and Anti-Americanism"
Max Paul Friedman (Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History, American University)
January 09th, 2013

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