Conference Speeches

2011

Keynote Address
Mustafa Pulat (Consul General of Turkey in Berlin)
December 17th, 2011
Keynote Address
Julio Seoane Pinilla (Department of History and Sociology, Universidad de Alcalá)
December 16th, 2011
"Cultural Diplomacy & War: The Case of the Vietnam War"
Beerd Beukenhorst (Lecturer, Leiden University & University College Utrecht)
December 16th, 2011
"Cultural Diplomacy for a World Without Walls"
Rexhep Meidani (Former President of Albania)
December 16th, 2011
"No Diplomacy without Culture"
Yves Leterme (Former Prime Minister of Belgium)
December 16th, 2011
"Corporate Diplomacy and the Private Sector - The Volkswagen Group as an Example"
Gerhard Prätorius (Head of Coordination CSR and Sustainability, Volkswagen AG)
December 16th, 2011
"Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations; New Actors; New Initiatives; New Targets"
Valdas Adamkus (Former President of Lithuania)
December 16th, 2011
Keynote Address
Selmo Cikotic (Former Minister of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
December 16th, 2011
"The Future of Cultural Diplomacy"
Nicholas Cull (Professor of Public Diplomacy, Director of MA in Public Diplomacy; University of Southern California)
December 15th, 2011
"Sports as Cultural Diplomacy - Football and Europe: A Complex Relationship"
William Gaillard (Director of Communications & Senior Advisor to the President of UEFA)
December 15th, 2011
"Spectral Power and the Acceleration of Cultural Diplomacy"
Andras Simonyi (Former Hungarian Ambassador to the US) & Markos Kounalakis (President and Publisher Emeritus, Washington Monthly Magazine)
December 15th, 2011
"The Simple Gifts of Cultural Diplomacy in International Affairs"
Tatjana Sehic (Consultant, Intercultural Communication)
December 15th, 2011
"Bridging the Gap between Art History and Cultural Diplomacy: Rewriting the History of Art in a Globalized World"
Cassandra Sciortino (University of California, Santa Barbara)
December 15th, 2011
"Cultural Diplomacy in the Mediterranean: The Importance of Cultural Diplomacy for the Middle East and the Youth of Tahrir Square as New Actors"
Yasar Yakis (Former Foreign Minister of Turkey)
December 15th, 2011
"Broadcasting or Networking China; New Networks for old in an Age of Cultural Diplomacy"
Philip Dodd (Chairman of Made in China; BBC Broadcaster)
December 15th, 2011
"Historical Foundations of European Energy Policy and Today's Implications"
Samuel Furfari (Professor of Political Science, University of Brussels)
December 08th, 2011
"European Identity: Myths and Perspectives"
Henri Malosse (President of the Employers Group, Economic and Social Committee of the European Union)
December 08th, 2011
"Forming New National Identities"
Igor Jelen (Associate Professor in Economic and Political Geography, Faculty of Political Science, University of Trieste)
December 08th, 2011
"Bringing Cultures Together Through the Arts to Facilitate Cultural Diplomacy in the Context of the European Project"
Stefan Stoev (Founder & Chairman, Society for International Development and Enhancement of Arts)
December 08th, 2011
"Culture as a Key Factor Within Western Societies and a Political Tool for the European Union"
Aude Jehan (Visiting Research Associate - French Embassy Fellow Center for Transatlantic Relations - SAIS Johns Hopkins University)
December 08th, 2011
"Language Policy: A Tool for Conflict or Communication? Historical Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity in Europe"
Pieter Lagrou (Professor of History, University of Brussels)
December 07th, 2011
"Crisis, Conflict, and Culture in the EU-Russia Relations"
Kristiina Ojuland (Member of European Parliament, Former Foreign Minister of Estonia)
December 07th, 2011
"European Identity: Possibility or Limitation?"
Morten Messerschmidt (Member of European Parliament)
December 07th, 2011
"The European Project in Question or the Culture of Bureaucracy? About the Need to Reform the Lisbon Treaty"
Indrek Tarand (Member of European Parliament)
December 07th, 2011
"The European Project in Question or the Culture of Bureaucracy? About the Need to Reform the Lisbon Treaty"
Indrek Tarand (Member of European Parliament)
December 07th, 2011
"The Significance of Cultural Diplomacy in the Foreign Affairs of the EU"
Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck (Member of European Parliament)
December 07th, 2011
"Immigrations & Minorities in Europe: The Roma in Europe"
Georgia K. Kotsia (Head of Public Investments, Ministry of Education of Greece, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
December 07th, 2011
"The Obvious Case of Cultural Diplomacy?"
Ilir Dugolli (Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to Belgium)
December 07th, 2011
"Connected Walls: The Impact of a Documentary Webproject as Cultural Diplomacy Along Border Walls"
Sebastien Wielemans (Film Director)
December 07th, 2011
"Immigration & Integration in an Age of Austerity: Challenges & Opportunities"
Diane Abbott (Member of the British Parliament)
December 07th, 2011
"Immigration & Integration in an Age of Austerity: Challenges & Opportunities"
Diane Abbott (Member of the British Parliament)
December 07th, 2011
"Immigration & Integration in an Age of Austerity: Challenges & Opportunities"
Diane Abbott (Member of the British Parliament)
December 07th, 2011
"Immigration & Integration in an Age of Austerity: Challenges & Opportunities"
Diane Abbott (Member of the British Parliament)
December 07th, 2011
"Immigration & Integration in an Age of Austerity: Challenges & Opportunities"
Diane Abbott (Member of the British Parliament)
December 07th, 2011
"Immigration & Integration in an Age of Austerity: Challenges & Opportunities"
Diane Abbott (Member of the British Parliament)
December 07th, 2011
"Immigration & Integration in an Age of Austerity: Challenges & Opportunities"
Diane Abbott (Member of the British Parliament)
December 07th, 2011
"Political Culture: Export Product of the EU"
Alojz Peterle (Member of European Parliament)
December 06th, 2011
"Culture as a Vital Element in External Relations"
Vladimír Šucha (Director, Directorate-General for Education and Culture, European Commission)
December 06th, 2011
"The EU - One Civilization, Several Cultures: A Romanian Perspective"
Adrian Severin
December 06th, 2011
"The Significance of Cultural Diplomacy in the EU from a Diplomat's Perspective"
Ismat Jahan (Ambassador of Bangladesh to Belgium)
December 06th, 2011
"Conflict Management and Resolution"
Arif Havas Oegroseno (Ambassador of Indonesia to Belgium)
December 06th, 2011
"How the EU is, and How it Should Be Founded"
Boris Zala (Member of the European Parliament)
December 06th, 2011
Keynote Address
Marietta Giannakou (MEP, Head of the Greek EPP Delegation to the European Parliament)
December 06th, 2011
Keynote Address
Marietta Giannakou (Member of European Parliament, Head of the Greek EPP Delegation to the European Parliament)
December 06th, 2011
"Achievements in Human Rights in Kyrgzstan"
Baktygul Kalambekova (Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to the UK)
November 25th, 2011
"Constructing Suspect Muslim Communities: UK Preventive Counter-Terrorist Strategies in Conflict with Human Rights"
Helen Fenwick (Co-Director, Human Rights Centre)
November 25th, 2011
Keynote Adress
Acisclo Valladares Molina (Ambassador of Guatemala to the UK)
November 25th, 2011
"Combating Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Ecuador's Refugee Population: A Proposal for a Gender-Focused Approach to Local Integration"
Johanna Gusman (University of Washington School of Law)
November 25th, 2011
"Human Rights: An Ambiguous Legacy"
Jack OBE Spence (Professor, Department of War Studies, King's College London)
November 24th, 2011
Keynote Adress
Rebecca Tinsley (Founder & Director, Waging Peace)
November 24th, 2011
"The Value of Regulating Immigration Advisers"
Suzanne McCarthy (Immigration Services Commissioner, United Kingdom)
November 24th, 2011
Keynote Adress
Linda Melvern (British Investigative Journalist)
November 23rd, 2011
Keynote Adress
Matt Cavanagh (Associate Director for UK Migration Policy, Institute for Public Policy Research)
November 23rd, 2011
"Selling Places: Auctioning Off the Right to Live in the UK - A Good 2nd-Best Immigration Policy"
Mark Littlewood (Director General, Institute of Economic Affairs)
November 23rd, 2011
Keynote Adress
Elena Kastelli (Lecturer, University of Newcastle)
November 23rd, 2011
"The Death of Multiculturalism?"
Mona Deeley (Director, Zenith Foundation)
November 22nd, 2011
Keynote Adress
Melody Hossaini (Director, InspirEngage)
November 22nd, 2011
"I Will Not Take Off My Clothes: The Application of International Obligations and the Wearing of the Niqab in Australian courts"
Jessica Walker (PHD)
November 22nd, 2011
"Recovering from the Economic Downturn - Is Immigration Part of the Solution?"
Don Flynn, Director (Migrants' Rights Network)
November 22nd, 2011
"The Language of Art and Music"
Meenakshi Shedde (India Consultant to the Berlin, Locarno and Dubai Film Festivals)
August 25th, 2011
"Cultural Diplomacy in Bangladesh"
Mossud Mannan (Ambassador of Bangladesh to Germany)
May 13th, 2011
"How to make Prevention of Genocide more Effective"
Janis Mazeikis (Latvian Ambassador to the UN Office in Geneva)
May 12th, 2011
"Genocide in International Law"
Jean Feyder (Ambassador of Luxembourg to the UN Office in Geneva)
May 12th, 2011
"Hard Power, Soft Power"
Michael Chertoff (Former US Secretary of Homeland Security)
May 11th, 2011
"Genocide as a Form of Struggle for Freedom"
Emina Keco Isakovic (Ambassador of Bosnia-Herzegovina fo the UN Office in Geneva)
May 11th, 2011
"The Crime of Genocide - Some Reflections Regarding its Scope and Challenges for the Judicial System"
Maria Kelt (Director of the Swedish Minister of Justice with Special Responsibility for Human Rights Issues and International Criminal Law)
May 11th, 2011
"Managing Diversity in a Globalized World: Towards Sustainable Peace and Development for All"
John Packer (Director Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, UK)
May 11th, 2011
"Enforcing the Genocide Convention"
Theodor Meron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
May 11th, 2011
"Hard/Soft Security - the Role of the EU-UN Relationship"
Lazăr Comănescu (Romanian Ambassador to Germany)
May 11th, 2011
"The UK and Germany in a Changing World Order: New Challenges, New Strategies"
Bob Walter (Member of Parliament for the UK)
April 29th, 2011
"The UK and Germany in a Changing World Order: New Chalenges, New Strategies"
Bill Cash (Member of the British Parliament)
April 28th, 2011
Keynote Address
Tony Brenton (former British Ambassador to the Russian Federation)
April 28th, 2011
Keynote Address
Gerhard Dannemann (Professor of English Law, British Economy and Politics, Dean of Studies and Deputy Director of the Centre)
April 27th, 2011
Keynote Address
Stephan Mayer (MdB, Member of German Parliament)
April 27th, 2011
"Across all Boundaries: How JMI Makes Music and Young Musicians Interact and Communicate"
Per Ekedahl (President, Jeunesses Musicales International)
February 20th, 2011
"Cultural Expressions and Heritage Values as Vectors for Dialogue between Cultures"
Marina Apaydin (Deputy Director for Management at the World Heritage Centre, UNESCO)
February 20th, 2011
"Art, Music, Culture, and Politics"
Spyros Mercouris (Co-founder of the political party PASOK)
February 20th, 2011
"Art and Music as Catalysts to End the Cold War, and Contemporary Cultural Policy Making from EU and Latvian Perspectives"
Ints Dalderis (Former Minister for Culture of the Republic of Latvia)
February 20th, 2011
"A Dialogue that Begins with One"
Renen Schorr (Award-Winning Film Director, Screenwriter, Film Producer; Film & TV School Jerusalem)
February 20th, 2011
"The Language of Art and Music"
Erna Hennicot-Schoepges (European MP, Former Luxembourgian Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs)
February 20th, 2011
Keynote Address
Andras Simonyi (Former Hungarian Ambassador to the USA)
February 20th, 2011
"The Role Music Should Play in America's Future Foreign Relations"
William Harvey (Director & Founder, Cultures in Harmony)
February 19th, 2011
"I want to Believe that Art is for Everyone"
Tomur Atagök (Professor and Dean of the Art and Design Faculty in Yildiz University)
February 19th, 2011
"Wajda's Katyin Across Generational and National Boundaries"
Matilda Mroz (Specialist in Cinematography and Film, University of Cambridge)
February 18th, 2011
Keynote Address
Gareth Reeves (Prize Winning Actor, New Zealand)
February 18th, 2011
"Crossing Cultural and Political Borders Through Film"
Andres Veiel (German Film Director and Screenwriter)
February 18th, 2011
"The Work of Art: an International Perspective on what Art does and how it does it"
Timothy Emlyn (Dean, Burren College of Art, Newtown Castle)
February 18th, 2011
"The Power of Music: Movement Experiences to break down Barriers within the self and between the self and others"
Eva Vass (Department of Education, University of Bath UK)
February 17th, 2011
"Doing Art in Difficult Places: best Practice Models for Performing Arts in Nations Emerging from Conflict or Isolation"
John Ferguson (Executive Director, American Voices)
February 17th, 2011
"The Language of Art and Music"
Meenakshi Shedde( India Consultant to the Berlin, Locarno and Dubai Film Festivals)
February 17th, 2011
"Performance, Presentation, Lecture and Discussion"
Kaberi Chatterjee (Leading traditional Manipuri dancer)
February 17th, 2011
"International Business and Arts Partnership and Cultural Diplomacy"
Colin Tweedy (Chief Executive of Arts & Business UK)
February 17th, 2011
"North Korea and the Challenge of Soft Power"
John Feffer (Co-Director, Institute for Policy Studies)
January 06th, 2011
"A Conversation About NPR and the Future of News"
Vivian Schiller (CEO of National Public Radio)
January 05th, 2011
"The Impact of the Tea Party in US Politics"
Tim Hutchinson (US Senator)
January 05th, 2011
"Opportunities of Interdependence"
William Brock (18th United States Secretary of Labor)
January 05th, 2011
"The Impact of Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy on US Foreign Policy"
Christopher Hill (Former US Ambassador to Iraq, Korea and Other Nations)
January 05th, 2011
"The Impact of Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy on US Foreign Policy"
Paula Dobriansky (Former US Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs)
January 05th, 2011
"How the US Reset Relations with Russia"
James Goldgeier, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
January 05th, 2011
"Opportunities of Interdependence"
William Brock (18th United States Secretary of Labor)
January 05th, 2011
"The Impact of Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy on US Foreign Policy"
Christopher Hill (Former US Ambassador to Iraq, Korea and Other Nations)
January 05th, 2011
"The Impact of Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy on US Foreign Policy"
Paula Dobriansky (Former US Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs)
January 05th, 2011
"How the US Reset Relations with Russia"
James Goldgeier, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
January 05th, 2011
"US Foreign Policy: A Revival of Soft Power?"
Michael Chertoff (Former Secretary of Homeland Security)
January 04th, 2011
"Governing the West: Politics and Foreign Policy in an Age of Polarization"
Charles A. Kupchan (Former Director for European Affairs)
January 04th, 2011
"The American Use of Hard and Soft Power"
Paul R. Pillar (Veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency)
January 04th, 2011
"Soft Power and Hard Choices"
James S. Robbins (Senior Editorial at the Washington Times)
January 04th, 2011
"Promoting Political Rights through Soft Power"
William Howard Taft IV (Former US Deputy Secretary of Defense)
January 04th, 2011
"An Integrated Approach for Afghanistan"
Ali Ahmad Jalali (Former Interior Minister of Afghanistan)
January 04th, 2011
"The Significance of Soft Power in International Trade"
James Bacchus (Former United States Representative for Florida)
January 04th, 2011
"The Significance of Soft Power in International Trade"
James Bacchus (Former United States Representative for Florida)
January 04th, 2011

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