Delegates
More than 100 global leaders from politics, academia, media, civil society, business and religion participated in the 16th Forum 2000 Conference.
Majdi Abed
Deputy Director for Public Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
France
Madeleine Albright
Former Secretary of State
USA
Yuri Andrukhovych
Writer, Poet
Ukraine
Michael Anti
Journalist, Blogger
China
Aliaksandr Atroshchankau
Journalist, Former Political Prisoner
Belarus
Aung Zaw
Founding Editor and Director, The Irrawaddy
Thailand/Burma
Shlomo Avineri
Professor of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
Ayman Ramadan Mohamed Ayad
Water Engineer, Alexandria Water Company
Egypt
Sultan Barakat
Director, Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit, University of York
United Kingdom/Jordan
Zygmunt Bauman
Sociologist
United Kingdom/Poland
Ales Bialiatski
President, Viasna Human Rights Centre
Belarus
Igor Blaževič
Head Teacher, Burma Educational Initiatives
Czech Republic/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Endre B. Bojtár
Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Magyar Narancs
Hungary
David Brauchli
Communications Director, Piano Media
Slovakia/USA
Peter Brod
Journalist
Czech Republic
Martin Bursík
Former Deputy Prime Minister
Czech Republic
Martin Bútora
Sociologist, Institute for Public Affairs
Slovakia
Nico Carpentier
Board Member, European Communication Research and Education Association
Czech Republic/Belgium
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Group Editor, Nation Multimedia Group
Thailand
Jennifer Chou
Deputy Director of Programming, Radio Free Asia
USA
Václav Cílek
Geologist and Climatologist, Academy of Sciences
Czech Republic
Emil Constantinescu
Former President
Romania
William Cook
Professor of History and Religion, State University of New York
USA
Ingrid Deltenre
Director General, European Broadcasting Union
Switzerland/The Netherlands
Susi Dennison
Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations
United Kingdom
Gwen Dillard
Director, African Division, Voice of America
USA
Doris Donnelly
Director, Cardinal Suenens Center, John Carroll University
USA
Jeremy Druker
Executive Director, Transitions
Czech Republic/USA
Yuri Dzhibladze
President, Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights
Russia
Martin Ehl
Chief International Editor, Hospodářské noviny
Czech Republic
Norman L. Eisen
Former Ambassador to the Czech Republic
USA
Jørgen Ejbøl
Vice president of the board, Jyllands-Posten Foundation
Denmark
Tomáš Etzler
Journalist, Editor and Producer
China/Czech Republic
Gareth Evans
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chancellor, Australian National University
Australia
Bay Fang
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of State
USA
Jan Fischer
Former Prime Minister
Czech Republic
Pavel Fischer
Former Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Czech Republic
Jefim Fištejn
Journalist
Czech Republic
Kiichi Fujiwara
Professor of International Politics, University of Tokyo
Japan
Štefan Füle
Former European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy
Belgium/Czech Republic
Steven Gan
Editor, Malaysiakini.com
Malaysia
Jeffrey Gedmin
CEO and President, Legatum Institute, Former President, RFE/RL
USA
Jared Genser
Founder, Freedom Now
USA
Klaas Glenewinkel
Director, MICT – Media in Cooperation and Transition
Germany
David Grey
Professor, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
United Kingdom
Suzana Grubješić
Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration
Serbia
Tomáš Halík
Sociologist, President, Czech Christian Academy
Czech Republic
Jiro Hanyu
Chairman, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Japan
Miklόs Haraszti
Human Rights Advocate, Author, Professor
Hungary
Ivan M. Havel
Scientist
Czech Republic
Janina Hřebíčková
Former Ambassador to Kosovo and Ambassador-at-Large to CPA Iraq
Czech Republic
Hu Yong
Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University
China
Ellen Hume
Journalist, Fellow, Central European University
Hungary/USA
Karel Hvížďala
Journalist, Writer, Playwright
Czech Republic
Regis Iglesias
Christian Liberation Movement
Spain/Cuba
Motoshige Itoh
Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo
Japan
František Janouch
Chairman, Charter 77 Foundation
Sweden/Czech Republic
Josef Jařab
Former Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security
Czech Republic
Aleksander Kaczorowski
Journalist
Poland
David Keyes
Executive Director, Advancing Human Rights, Co-founder, CyberDissidents.org
USA
Tomáš Klvaňa
New York University in Prague
Czech Republic
Gordana Knežević
Director, Balkan Service, RFE/RL
Czech Republic/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ko Ko Gyi
1988 Student Leader
Burma
Kyaw Thu
Director, Paung Ku
Burma
Ales Lahviniets
Activist, Movement for Freedom
Belarus
Yaakov Levy
Ambassador to the Czech Republic
Israel
Pierre Lévy
Ambassador to the Czech Republic
France
Ondřej Liška
Director, Ashoka Czech Republic, Former Minister of Education
Czech Republic
Liu Xiaobo
Literary Critic, Writer, Professor, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (prisoner of conscience – unable to attend)
China
Jan Macháček
Chairman, Board of Directors, Václav Havel Library
Czech Republic
Ahmad Mango
Advisor to Prince El Hassan bin Talal
Jordan
Jürgen Marten
Transparency International Deutschland
Germany
Martina Mašková
Journalist, Czech Radio-Rádio Česko
Czech Republic
Ivo Mathé
Rector, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Czech Republic
Dan Meredith
Director, Internet Freedom Program, Radio Free Asia
USA
Wolfgang Michalski
Managing Director, WM International, Former Chief Advisor to the Secretary General of the OECD
Germany
Dunja Mijatović
Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE
Austria/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alyaksandar Milinkevich
Opposition Leader
Belarus
Min Yan Naing
Co-founder, Generation Wave
Burma
Núria Molina-Gallart
Director of Policy and Research, Save the Children
United Kingdom
Alexander Morozov
Political Scientist, Editor-in-Chief, Russian Journal Magazine
Russia
Surendra Munshi
Sociologist
India
Jolyon Naegele
Political Director, UNMIK, Former Correspondent, Voice of America
USA
Tarik Nesh Nash
Electronic Activist
Morocco
David Nichols
Senior Executive Officer, EU Foreign Policy, Amnesty International
Belgium/United Kingdom
Valeriu Nicolae
Founder and President, Policy Center for Roma and Minorities
Romania
Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President
Nigeria
Karl Auguste Offmann
Former President
Mauritius
Ruth Oniang’o
Executive Director, Rural Outreach Program
Kenya
Rosa María Payá
Christian Liberation Movement (Unable to attend)
Cuba
Ian Phillips
Director, East-Central Europe Region, AP News
Czech Republic/United Kingdom
Petr Pokorný
Theologian, President, The Learned Society
Czech Republic
Oana Popescu
Political Analyst, Founder, Global Focus Center
Romania
Vesna Pusić
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
Croatia
Iveta Radičová
Sociologist, Former Prime Minister
Slovakia
Mykola Riabchuk
Political and Cultural Analyst
Ukraine
Jan Ruml
Politician, Human Rights Activist
Czech Republic
Yoani Sánchez
Blogger, Activist
Cuba
Lobsang Sangay
Sikyong, Central Tibetan Administration
India/Tibet
Adrian Sarbu
President, Central European Media Enterprises
Romania
Yohei Sasakawa
Chairman, The Nippon Foundation
Japan
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
Fatmir Sejdiu
Former President
Kosovo
Abu Bakr Shawky
Filmmaker, Activist
Egypt
Marta Smolíková
Executive Director, Václav Havel Library
Czech Republic
Jan Šnaidauf
Head of the Political and Economic Section, EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Czech Republic
Václav Sochor
Editor-in-Chief, Marketing & Media
Czech Republic
Nicéphore Soglo
Mayor of Cotounou, Former President
Benin
Radek Špicar
Executive Director, Aspen Institute Prague
Czech Republic
Jiří Stránský
Author
Czech Republic
András Stumpf
Journalist, Heti Válasz
Hungary
SU Chi
Former Secretary General, National Security Council
Taiwan
Tamara Sujú
Human Rights Lawyer
Venezuela
Jan Švejnar
Director, Center on Global Economic Governance, Columbia University, IDEA/CERGE-EI
USA/Czech Republic
Sava Tatić
Managing Director, Sourcefabric
Czech Republic/Serbia
Enrique ter Horst
Diplomat, Former UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
Venezuela
U Ohn Kyaing
Member, Central Executive Committee, National League for Democracy
Burma
Jan Urban
Journalist
Czech Republic
Jaroslav Valůch
People in Need
Czech Republic
Magdaléna Vášáryová
Politician, Diplomat
Slovakia
Josefina Vázquez Mota
Politician, Businesswoman
Mexico
Vintsuk Viachorka
Opposition Activist
Belarus
Franak Viachorka
Youth Leader, Filmmaker
Belarus
Marites Vitug
Journalist, Chair, Advisory Board, Newsbreak
Philippines
Vendeline von Bredow
Deputy Europe Editor/Europe Online Editor, The Economist
United Kingdom
Christopher Walker
Executive Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy
USA
Paul Wilson
Author, Editor, Radio Producer, Translator
Canada
Grigory Yavlinsky
Economist, Politician
Russia
Yusmadi Yusoff
Lawyer, Member of Parliament
Malaysia
Michael Žantovský
Executive Director, Václav Havel Library,
Czech Republic
