The International Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the EU

"Crisis, Conflict, and Culture: The Role of Cultural Diplomacy in the European Project"
(Brussels, December 6th - 9th, 2011)
www.eu-culturaldiplomacy-conference.org
The EU & Cultural Diplomacy Conference is the first of a series of three conferences dedicated to
enhancing awareness and understanding of international governing institutions and their role in
promoting cultural diplomacy across the world. The conference, focused on the European Union, is an
international conference organized by the ICD and other leading organizations in the home base of the
EU—Brussels, Belgium.
Conference Speakers
We are privileged to include as speakers over 50 leading figures from European and international
politics, academia, the diplomatic community, civil society and the private sector, including a number
of members of the ICD Advisory Board.
Conference Speakers include:
Adrian Severin - Member of European Parliament; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
Alojz Peterle - Member of European Parliament; Former Prime Minister of Slovenia
Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck - Member of European Parliament; Former Belgium Minister for European
Affairs, International Trade and Agriculture
H. E. Amb. Arif Havas Oegroseno - Ambassador of Indonesia to Belgium
Henri Malosse - President of the Employers Group, Economic and Social Committee of the EU
H. E. Amb. Ihor Dolhov - Ambassador of Ukraine in Belgium
Prof. Jan Pronk - Former Dutch Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
Kristiina Ojuland - Member of European Parliament; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
Laima Liucija Andrikienė - Member of European Parliament; Former Minister of European Affairs of
Lithuania
Laima Liucija Andrikienė - Member of European Parliament
Marietta Giannakou - Member of European Parliament; Former Greek Minister of National Education
and Religious Affairs
H. E. Amb Michèle Boccoz - Ambassador of France to Belgium
Please find the complete list of speakers here.
For more information about The 2011 International Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the EU,
please visit the conference webpage at http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/cde/index.php?en_ecdc-
2011. For more information about the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, visit www.culturaldiplomacy.org
If you are interested to attend the Conference as a member of the press, please e-mail
press@culturaldiplomacy.org
With warmest regards,
Mark Donfried
Director & Founder
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD)