The Ankara Conference on Peacebuilding & Conflict Resolution
"Using Cultural Diplomacy as a Tool to Build Sustainable Peace"
(Ankara, International Conference, April 17th - 19th, 2012)
Conference Speakers
The speakers during the conference will include leading figures and experts from international politics, academia, the diplomatic community, civil society and the private sector, from across the world. These speakers will include a number of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board.To learn more about the ICD Advisory Board please click here.
Speakers for the conference include:
- Dr. Ahmet Sözen
Director, Cyprus Policy Center; Associate professor, Eastern Mediterranean University, Northern Cyprus - Ahu Ozyurt
Moderator, CNN Turkey - Prof. Dr. Ali Fuat Borovali
Professor, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Dogus University - Dr. Alon Ben-Meir
Researcher, Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies (USAK) - Arda Batu
Vice Chairman, ARI Movement - H. E. Amb. Bekim Sejdiu
Ambassador of Kosovo to Germany - Bikem Ekberzade
Award-winning photojournalist - Prof. Dr. Bülent Aras
Professor of International Relations, Isik University, Department of International Relations, - Dr. Damla Aras
Researcher, Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies (USAK) - H.E. Amb. Drazen Hrastic
Ambassador of Croatia to Turkey - H. E. Amb. Dusan Spasojevic
Ambassador of Serbia to Turkey - Dr. Fuat Keyman
Director of the Department of the Istanbul Policy Center and Professor of International Relations at Sabancı University, Istanbul - Hakan Altinay
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution, Former Executive Director of Open Society Foundation-Turkey - Dr. Havva Kök
Peace studies expert, Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies (USAK) - H.E. Amb. Ian Biggs
Ambassador of Australia to Turkey - Isabelle Dumont
Second Political Counsellor at the Embassy of France in Ankara - H. E. Amb. Jaime García Amaral
Ambassador of Mexico to Turkey - H. E. Amb. Janis Bjørn Kanavin
Ambassador of Norway to Turkey - H. E. Amb. Jean-Daniel
Ruch Special Representative for the Middle East of the Foreign Ministry of Switzerland - H. E. Amb. John Holmes
Ambassador of Canada to Turkey - H. E. Amb. Jorge Arancibia Reyes
Ambassador of Chile to Turkey - Prof. Dr. Jörgen Johansen
Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Hacettepe University - Dr. Kıvılcım Metin Özcan
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Bilkent University - H. E. Amb. Marcin Wilczek
Polish Ambassador to Turkey - H. E. Amb. Marilyn J. Alarilla
Ambassador of the Philippines to Turkey - Melih Gökçek
Mayor of Ankara (tbc) - H.E. Amb. Dr. Milan Jazbec
Ambassador of Slovenia to Turkey - H. E. Amb. Osman Faruk Loğoğlu
Former Turkish Ambassador to the United States of America - Oskari Pentikainen
Eurasia Senior Program Officer, Economy and Conflict, Caucasus Business and Development Network - Ozlem Piltanoglu
Turkish Columnist and Politician of the Justice and Development Party - H. E. Amb. Pol De Witte
Ambassador of Belgium to Turkey - Prof. Dr. Sadi Çaycı
Lecturer, Public International Law, Baskent University, Faculty of Law - H. E. Amb. Sangkyu Lee
Ambassador of South Korea to Turkey - Prof. Serdar Güner
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Bilkent University - Shahid Najam
United Nations Resident Coordinator in Turkey - Suat Kiniklioglu (MP)
Member of the Turkish Parliament - Ural Aküzüm
Chairman, ARI Movement - The Hon. Yasar Yakis
Former Foreign Minister of Turkey, patron of the Ankara Conference on Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution - Yusuf Kanli
Columnist for the leading newspaper Hurriyet Daily News - Dr. Zerrin Torun
Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
