- Keynote Speaker Invitation -

A World without Walls 2011

"Promoting Peace and Stability in the Mediterranean:

An International Peace building Congress"

(Barcelona, International Conference, September 22nd - 25th, 2011)

Dear,

On behalf of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, I am pleased to extend to you an official invitation to deliver a keynote speech at our forthcoming event: "A World without Walls 2011". In recognition of your remarkable career, we would be honored to welcome you as a speaker during this event.

We would suggest a speech of 45 minutes to open the day of your choice from September 22nd - 25th, 2011. Your speech would be followed by a moderated question and answer session with the audience, scheduled to last around 15 minutes. Please direct all questions to me via: donfried@culturaldiplomacy.org

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A World without Walls 2011

"Promoting Peace and Stability in the Mediterranean:

An International Peace building Congress"

(Barcelona, International Conference, September 22nd - 25th, 2011)

http://www.world-without-walls.org/

A World without Walls is a global conference held annually by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy and other leading international organizations. Its aim is to reflect on the changing nature of international relations since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and to consider the implications of these changes for peace building and stability in different regions of the world. The 2011 conference will focus on the importance of strengthening intercultural relations in the Mediterranean region. It will bring together the world's leading experts in politics, diplomacy, peace & conflict, academia, economics, civil society, and the private sector, for a four-day program of lectures, debates, discussions and social activities.

The Speakers

The speakers during the conference will consist of renowned figures from international politics, high-profile representatives from the public sector, prominent stakeholders from civil society, and leading academics from the fields of arts, political science, and the social sciences, as well as a number of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board.

The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy

(http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/)

The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy is an international, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization with headquarters in Berlin, Germany. The goal of the ICD is to promote global peace and stability through strengthening and supporting intercultural relations at all levels. Over the past decade the ICD has grown to become one of Europe's largest independent cultural exchange organizations, whose programs facilitate interaction between individuals of all cultural, academic, and professional backgrounds from across the world.

Previous events held by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy include the International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy (Berlin, May 11th-15th 2011 - http://www.icd-internationalsymposium.org/), which hosted The Hon. Lucinda Creighton - Minister of European Affairs of Ireland; The Hon. Michael Chertoff - Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security; The Hon. Rexhep Meidani - Former President of Albania; The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson - Former United States Senator from Arkansas; The Hon. Judge Theodor Meron - Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; and The Hon. Yasar Yakis - Former Foreign Minister of Turkey.

In March 2011 the ICD hosted the Berlin International Economics Congress 2011 (Berlin, March 9th - 12th 2011 - www.biec.de ), which hosted The Hon. Nahas Angula - Prime minister of Namibia; The Hon. Jean-Paul Adam - Foreign Minister of the Republic of Seychelles; The Hon. Alberto Jose Guevara Obregon - Minister of Finance of Nicaragua; The Hon. Al Imam Al Sadig Al Mahdi - Former Prime minister of Sudan; The Hon. Akua Sena Dansua - Minister for Tourism of Ghana; and The Hon. Edmund Bartlett - Minister of Tourism of Jamaica.

We sincerely hope that you will be available to join us for what promises to be a remarkable event and we look forward to hearing back from you on this matter.

Mark C. Donfried

Executive Director & Founder
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD)

Invitation PDF

The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy expresses its profound gratitude to the following institutions and private persons for their generous support:

The ICD Advisory Board:

• Senator the Hon. Alan Ferguson
• President Dr. Alfredo Palacio
  The Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad Jalali
• Baron Anthony Giddens
• The Hon. Bertie Ahern
• The Hon. Cem Özdemir
• President Cassam Uteem
• H.E. Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider
• Prof. Dr. Davorin Kračun
• President Dr. Emil Constantinescu
• The Hon. Dr. ErkkiTuomioja
• Lord Jack McConnell
• Admiral James Milton Loy
• Sir James R. Mancham
  The Hon. JanezJansa
• Lieutenant General James B. Peake,
• The Hon. Michael Chertoff
• The Hon. Dr. MiomirŽužul
• The Hon. Nouzha Skalli
• H. E. Amb. Paula Dobriansky
• The Hon Dr. Solomon Isaac Passy
• Senator Tim Hutchinson 
• President Dr. VairaV??e-Freiberga
• The Hon. Yasar Yakis

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