Speakers

Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser

n

UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations

Iyad bin Amin Madani

i

Former Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Mehriban Aliyeva

m

PRESIDENT OF THE HEYDAR ALIYEV FOUNDATION, AZERBAIJAN, GOODWILL AMBASSADOR OF UNESCO AND ISESCO

Amr Abdel-Ghaffar

a

Advisor to the UNWTO Secretary-General on Tourism and Peace and UNWTO Re- gional Director for the Middle East: Delivery of speech on behalf of Mr. Taleb Rifai, UNWTO Secretary General

Abulfas Garayev

a

Minister of Culture and Tourism, Azerbaijan

Kamal Abdullayev

k

Adviser to the State for the multinational, multicultural and religious affairs

Halit Eren

h

Director General, IRCICA - Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture

Jean-Christophe Bas

j

Director of Democratic Citizenship and Participation, Council of Europe

Prof. Mike Hardy CMG OBE

p

Chair in Intercultural Relations, Executive Director, Center For Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, United Kingdom

Margarita Popova

m

Vice-President of the Republic of Bulgaria

Nada Al-Nashif

n

Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO

Rachida Dati

r

Mayor of 7th District of Paris, Member of the European Parliament

Rabbi Marc Schneier

r

President of Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, USA

Samad Seyidov

s

Member of Parliament, chairman of International and Interparliamentary Relations Committee of Parliament, Azerbaijan

Konstantin Shuvalov

k

Russian Foreign Minister`s Representative for work with UNOAC, Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia

Nihal Saad

n

Spokesperson for the UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations

Tariq Al-Ansari

t

Ambassador, Chief of Cabinet of the Office of the HR

Metropolitan Emmanuel

m

Vice President, Conference of European Churches, France

Mubariz Gurbanli

m

Chair State Committee for Religious Affairs

Mohamed Sameh Amr

m

Chairperson of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Ambassador of Egypt to UNESCO

Rabbi Andrew Baker

r

OSCE CiO Special Representative on Combating Anti-Semitism

Tahir Salahov

t

Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts

Koïchiro Matsuura

k

Former Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientifc and Cultural Or- ganization (UNESCO)

Rabbi Abraham Cooper

r

Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center

Annette Blum

a

International Consultant for Interfaith Affairs of the Simon Wiesenthal Center

Tahsin Görgün

t

Head of the Department of Philosophy, Istanbul 29 Mayıs University

International Director for Teacher Training and Curriculum Development at the Anne Frank House, Vice-President of the International Association for Intercultural Education, Editor-in-Chief of Inter- cultural Education

Naser Alhayen

n

Head of Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kuwait

Shirin Akiner

s

Senior Fellow, Cambridge Central Asia Forum, University of Cambridge

Mehrdad Shabahang

m

Programme Offcer, UNESCO Silk Roads Online Platform

Peter Gorgievski

p

Member of Parliament, Azerbaijan

Doudou Diène

d

Vice-President, Scientifc Board, International Research Institute on Civilization Policy (IIRPC Edgar Morin), President of the Board of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience

Jacques Legrand

j

Former president and current professor of the French Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures ‘INALCO’

Reza Degati

r

Philanthropist, photojournalist, architect, Fellow of the National Geographic Society and Se- nior Fellow of the Ashoka Foundation

Laura Yerekesheva

l

Deputy-director of institute of East Conducting in Almaty, Kazakhstan

LYU Zhou

l

Director of National Heritage Centre, Tsinghua University of Beijing

Nicole Häusler

n

Advisor on Sustainable Tourism Development, Myanmar Tourism Federation

Natalia Naranjo Ramos

n

Tourism and Development Advisor, Global Sustainable Tourism Council, Ecuador and Colombia

Rami Isaac

r

Senior Lecturer in Tourism, NHTV Breda University, Netherlands

Rina Alluri

r

Programme Offcer, Business and Peace Programme, Swisspeace

Pranil Kumar Upadhayaya

p

Researcher Expert on Codes of Ethics, Nepal

Cordula Wohlmuther

c

Programme Coordinator of the Institutional Relations and Resource Mobilization Pro- gramme, UNWTO

Jafar Jafarov

j

Former Rector of Azerbaijan Tourism and Management University, Rector of Azerbaijan Pedagojical University

Penelope Denu

p

Executive Secretary, Council of Europe Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes

Susan Vize

s

Regional Advisor for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO Bangkok (Asia and Pacifc Re- gional Bureau for Education)

Firudin Gurbanov

f

Deputy minister of Education, Azerbaijan

Kidong Bae

k

Chairperson of the Governing Board, APCEIU

Elaissa Mendoza

e

Senior Research Associate SEAMEO INNOTECH

Terje Magnussønn Watterdal

t

Country Director, Norwegian Afghanistan Committee

Julian Edwards

j

Head of Learning, NIST International School

Aliénor Salmon

a

Research Assistant, Education Policy and Reform Unit

Sanja Vlahović

s

Minister of Science, Montenegro

David Lordkipanidze

d

General Director of Georgian National Museum, Georgia

Sevda Mammadaliyeva

s

Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism, Azerbaijan

Peter Mousaferiadis

p

Cultural Infusion, Australia

Kishor Kumar Tripathy

k

Editor, Cultural Informatics Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture, Government of India

Dragana Filipovic

d

Ambassador, Head of the Council of Europe offce in Baku

Carlotta Del Bianco

c

Vice President of the Del Bianco Foundation

Katerina Stenou

k

Former member of the WFID Task Force

Diana C. Altman

d

Executive Director of Karabakh Foundation

Angela Gkerekou

a

Former Minister of Tourism, Deputy of Culture & MP, Greece

Calin Rus

c

Director of the Intercultural Institute, Timişoara

Amina Hamshari

a

UNESCO, Social and Human Sciences Sector, Intercultural Dialogue Section

Salma Negra

s

UNESCO Rabat Offce National Coordinator, UNESCO/European Union “Networks of Mediter- ranean Youth” (NET-MED Youth)

Nour Kaabi

n

Coordinator of Jamity Platform

Nagla Abed

n

Coordinator of Anna Lindh Foundation, Alexandaria

Lawrence Ndambuki Muli

l

President and Regional coordinator of Network of Librevill young people for Cul- ture of Peace

Vasif Eyvazzade

v

Head of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, WFID co- ordinator, Azerbaijan

Mayson Chehab

m

Project Offcer, UNESCO Offce in Beirut and Regional Bureau for Education

Fathi Mansouri

f

UNESCO Chair migration and intercultural studies, Deakin University, Director of the strate- gic Research Center for Citizenship and Globalisation

Alessandro Girola

a

UNAOC Project Management Specialist - IIA

Priscilla Brice

p

UNAOC – Intercultural Innovation Award Alumni

Rama Shyam

r

UNAOC – Youth Solidarity Fund Alumni , India

Muhammad Shahzad

m

UNAOC- Youth Solidarity Fund Alumni, Pakistan

Ozerdem Alpaslan

o

Professor, Coventry University, United Kingdom

Shahin Seyidzade

s

Chair of the National Assembly of Youth Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Niall Sheerin

n

Deputy Director, North-South Center of the Council of Europe

Farhad Hajiyev

f

President of the Azerbaijan Youth Foundation

Malek Ben Ammar

m

NSC Global Education and Youth train

Teodoro Valente

t

Vice Rector for Research and Innovation, La Sapienza University, Italy

Yahya Pallavicini

y

Vice President of COREIS, Milano, Italy

Antonius Broek

a

UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative for the Republic of Azerbaijan

Pam Roach

p

Vice-President, Washington State Senate, United State of America

Suljo Mustafć

s

Vice-President of the Parliament of Montenegro

Ramil Hasanov

r

Secretary General of the Turkic Council

Victor Tvircun

v

Secretary General, Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation

Valeri Chechelashvili

v

Secretary General of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development , GUAM

Stephen Shashoua

s

Director, Three Faiths Forum, UK

Alexis Chahtahtinsky

a

Ambassador, project co-ordinator in Baku, OSCE

Pece Gorgiewski

p

Global Dialogue Foundation, Australia

Hegazi Idris

h

Program Specialist, UNESCO Offce in Beirut and Regional Bureau for Education

Vasim Mammadaliyev

v

Azerbaijani scientist of oriental studies, dean of theology faculty at Baku State Uni- versity, chairman of a cathedra of Arabic philology and full member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sci- ences