Delegates
Hasan Abu Nimah
Director, Regional Human Security Centre
Jordan
Dewi Fortuna Anwar
Deputy Chair, Indonesian Institute of Sciences
Indonesia
Anna Teresa Arco
Chief Feature Writer, The Catholic Herald
United Kingdom
Hamed Assaf
Professor, Expert on Water Resources and Environmental Engineer, American University of Beirut
Lebanon
Aung San Suu Kyi
Political Leader, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Burma
Khassan Baiev
Chairman, International Committee for the Children of Chechnya
USA/Russia
Zdeněk Bakala
Investor and Philanthropist
Czech Republic
Zygmunt Bauman
Sociologist
United Kingdom/Poland
Stefan Behnisch
Architect, Partner, Behnisch Architekten
USA/Germany
Andrzej Błach
Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna, Head, CEE Energy Sector Group
Poland
Richard Burdett
Professor of Urban Studies, London School of Economics
United Kingdom
Martin Bursík
Former Deputy Prime Minister
Czech Republic
Natasha Carmi-Hanna
Policy Advisor, Negotations Support Unit, Negotiation Affairs Department
Palestine
José Casanova
Sociologist of Religion, Georgetown University
USA
Tain-Jy Chen
Former Minister, Council for Economic Planning and Development
Taiwan
Alexander Cherkasov
Board Member, Memorial
Russia
Václav Cílek
Geologist and Climatologist, Academy of Sciences
Czech Republic
William Cook
Professor of History and Religion, State University of New York
USA
Colin Crouch
Professor of Governance, The University of Warwick Business School
United Kingdom
James A. Cusumano
Chairman and Owner, Chateau Mcely–Castle Hotel
Czech Republic/USA
Martin Davidson
Chief Executive, British Council
United Kingdom
Grace Davie
Sociologist of Religion, University of Exeter
United Kingdom
Pepper de Callier
Member, Corporate Council, Forum 2000 Foundation
Czech Republic/USA
Lieven De Cauter
Philosopher and Art Historian
Belgium
Gábor Demszky
Former Lord Mayor of Budapest
Hungary
Doris Donnelly
Director, Cardinal Suenens Center, John Carroll University
USA
Aslan Doukaev
Director, North Caucasus Service for RFE/RL
Czech Republic/Russia
Dana Drábová
Chair, State Office for Nuclear Safety
Czech Republic
Shirin Ebadi
Lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Iran
William Echikson
Head of Communications and Public Affairs for Free Expression in Europe, Middle East and Africa, Google
USA
Peter Eigen
Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Council, Transparency International
Germany
Gregory Feifer
Senior Correspondent, RFE/RL
Czech Republic/USA
Charles D. Ferguson
President, Federation of American Scientists
USA
Oded Fixler
Deputy Director General, Israeli Water and Sewage Authority
Israel
Štefan Füle
Former European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy
Belgium/Czech Republic
José Luis García Paneque
Surgeon, Independent Journalist
Cuba
Adam Gebrian
Architect
Czech Republic
Misha Glenny
Journalist
United Kingdom
Vartan Gregorian
President, Carnegie Corporation of New York
USA
Tomáš Halík
Sociologist, President, Czech Christian Academy
Czech Republic
Václav Havel
In Memoriam
Pavel Hroboň
Former Deputy Minister of Health
Czech Republic
Josef Jařab
Former Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security
Czech Republic
Vladimíra Josefiová
Chief Business Officer, Intesa Sanpaolo Group
Slovenia/Czech Republic
Gilles Kepel
Political Scientist, Sciences Po
France
Daud Khattak
Journalist, Radio Mashaal, Pakistan Service of the RFE/RL
Czech Republic/Pakistan
Karel Kovanda
Former Deputy Director-General, DG External Relations, European Commission
Belgium/Czech Republic
Ján Kubiš
Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Switzerland/Slovakia
Satish Kumar
Editor, Resurgence Magazine
United Kingdom/India
Hana Lešenarová
Associate Director, Control Risks Deutschland
Germany/Czech Republic
Pierre Lévy
Ambassador to the Czech Republic
France
Edward Lucas
Journalist, The Economist
United Kingdom
Fyodor Lukyanov
Editor-in-Chief, Russia in Global Affairs
Russia
Jan Macháček
Chairman, Board of Directors, Václav Havel Library
Czech Republic
Joseph Maïla
Head, Religions Team, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
France
Fumihiko Maki
Architect, Principal, Maki and Associates
Japan
Michael Melchior
Politician, Chief Rabbi of Norway
Israel
Ladislav Miko
Deputy Director-General, European Commission Directorate General for Health and Consumers
Belgium/Czech Republic
Bedřich Moldan
Founder and Director, Environment Center, Charles University
Czech Republic
George Monbiot
Author and Columnist, The Guardian
United Kingdom
Beatrice Mtetwa
Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate
Zimbabwe
Surendra Munshi
Sociologist
India
Jiří Musil
In Memoriam
Willem Jan Neutelings
Architect, Principal, Neutelings Riedijk Architecten
The Netherlands
Masashi Nishihara
President, Research Institute for Peace and Security
Japan
Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President
Nigeria
Juhani Pallasmaa
Architect, Principal, Juhani Pallasmaa Architects
Finland
Oswaldo Payá Sardińas
Political Activist and Dissident
Cuba
Josef Pazderka
Journalist, Czech Television
Czech Republic
Jana M. Petrenko
Director, Coalition for Health
Czech Republic
Octavian Purcarea
Director, Industry Market Development Europe, World Wide Health Team, Microsoft
France
James A. Rice
Executive Vice President, Integrated Healthcare Strategies
USA
David Rosen
Chief Rabbi, International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee
Israel
Jacques Rupnik
Political Scientist
France
Yohei Sasakawa
Chairman, The Nippon Foundation
Japan
Shigeko Sasamori
Hiroshima Survivor
Japan
Saskia Sassen
Sociologist, London School of Economics, Columbia University
United Kingdom/USA
Jiří Schneider
Director of Special Projects, Prague Security Studies Institute
Czech Republic
Gesine Schwan
Politician, President, Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance
Germany
Karel Schwarzenberg
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Czech Republic
Roger Scruton
Philosopher, Political Scientist
United Kingdom
Tomáš Sedláček
Chief Macroeconomic Strategist at ČSOB Bank, Lecturer at Charles University in Prague,
Czech Republic
Richard Sennett
Sociologist, London School of Economics, New York University
United Kingdom/USA
Salil Shetty
Secretary General, Amnesty International
United Kingdom/India
Alison Smale
Executive Editor, International Herald Tribune
France/USA
Radek Špicar
Executive Director, Aspen Institute Prague
Czech Republic
Deyan Sudjic
Director, Design Museum
United Kingdom
Keizo Takemi
Former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Japan
Peter Thum
Founder, Ethos Water, CEO, Fonderie47
USA
Mirek Topolánek
Former Prime Minister
Czech Republic
Jan Urban
Journalist
Czech Republic
Marek Vácha
Catholic Priest, Biologist, Ethicist
Czech Republic
Tomáš Víšek
Chairman, Supervisory Board, McKinsey & Company
Czech Republic
Tomáš Vrba
Chairman, Board of Directors, Forum 2000 Foundation
Czech Republic
Paul Wolfowitz
Former President, World Bank
USA
Grigory Yavlinsky
Economist, Politician
Russia
Rudolf Zajac
Former Minister of Health
Slovakia
Fareed Zakaria
Editor-at-Large, Time Magazine
USA
Miroslav Zámečník
Partner, Boston Venture
Czech Republic
Elia Zenghelis
Architect
Greece