International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Religion 2014
"The Promotion of World Peace through Inter-Faith Dialogue & the Unity of Faiths"
(Rome, Italy; March 31st - April 3rd, 2014)
Symposium Speakers & Delegates
Speakers and Delegates during the Symposium will include religious and spiritual leaders, leading politicians and diplomats, senior academics and other dignitaries from around the world.The following are among the Speakers for the Symposium:
- Sheikh Akhmed Tamim
Mufti of Ukraine - President Angelo (Anġlu) Farrugia
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta - H. E. Amb. August Parengkuan
Ambassador of Indonesia to Germany - Mufti Dr. Aziz ef. Hasanović
President of Meshihat of Islamic Community in Croatia - Claudia Bandion-Ortner
Deputy Secretary General, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) - Director Christos Koukliotis
Director, Office of the Holy Arbishopric of Cyprus - The Hon. Dr. Erato Marcoullis
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus - The Hon. Dr. Erhard Busek
Former Vice-Chancellor of Austria; Former Minister for Education & Cultural Affairs - Senator Francesco Maria Amoruso
Member of the Italian Senate; President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean of Malta - President Franco Frattini
Former Foreign Minister of Italy - Bishop Fülöp Kocsis
Bishop of the Diocese Hajdudorog, Hungary - MP Gian Luigi Gigli
Member of the Italian Parliament - The Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson
Former Prime Minister of Iceland - His Eminence Husein ef. Kavazovic
Grand Mufti of Bosnia & Herzegovina - Archbishop Ignazio Sanna
Archbishop of Oristano, Italy - Senator Ivana Simeoni
Member of the Italian Senate - The Very Revd Prof. James Atwell
Head of Winchester Cathedral - Master Jun Hong Lu
World Renowned Chinese Buddhist Leader - The Hon. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Former Prime Minister of Spain - H.E Amb. Dr. Kenan Gürsoy
Ambassador of Turkey to the Holy See - H.E. Amb. Lars-Hjalmar Wide
Ambassador of Sweden to the Holy See - Bishop Leonid Padun
Senior Bishop of the Ukrainian Christian Evangelical Church - MP Lia Quartapelle
Member of the Italian Parliament - Senator Linda Lanzillotta
Vice President of the Italian Senate - Senator Lucio Malan
Member of the Italian Senate - H. E. Amb. Mai Alkaila
Ambassador of Palestine to Italy - Sen. Lucio Malan
Member of the Italian Senate - MP Marco Di Lello
Member of the Italian Parliament - His Excellency Archbishop Maroun Laham
Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem - MP Marta Grande
Member of the Italian Parliament - His Eminence Metropolitan Stephanos of Tallin
Primate of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church - Sen. Mihai Razvan Ungureanu
Member of the Romanian Senate: Former Prime Minister of Romania - MP Milena Santerini
Member of the Italian Parliament - H.E. Amb. Mirko Jelic
Ambassador of Serbia to the Holy See - His Eminence Sultan Muhammad Saad Abubakar
Sultan of Sokoto, Nigeria; President-General of the Nigerian National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) - Rev. Olivier Reigen Wang Genh
President of the Buddhist Union of France - Olivera Jovanovic
Secretary General, Inter-Religious Council in Bosnia and Herzegovina - The Hon. Dr. Paul Jacob Bhatti
Former Minister of National Harmony and Minority Affairs of Pakistan - Auxiliary Bishop Pablo Virgilio S. David
Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando, the Philippines - Dr. Sheikh Ramzy
Imam, Director of Iqra Islamic institute - MP Reinhold Lopatka
Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the Austrian People's Party, National Council of Austria - MEP Sandra Zampa
Member of the European Parliament - MP Sandro Gozi
Member of the Italian Parliament - President Stjepan Mesić
Former President of Croatia - H.E. Amb. Théodore C. Loko
Ambassador of Benin to the Holy See - MP Vášáryová Magdaléna
Actress; Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic - The Hon. Wafik Moustafa
Founder and Chairman of the Conservative Arab Network
