Delegates
Marianne Abrahamsen
Associate Professor in Educational Science at the Institute of Cultural Sciences, University of Southern Denmark
Denmark
Rainer Adam
Regional Director, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Germany
Milos Alcalay
Former Ambassador to the UN
Venezuela
Leila Alieva
Political Scientist
Azerbaijan
Kenan Aliyev
Executive Editor, Current Time
Czech Republic/USA
Youssef Amrani
Diplomat, Politician
Morocco
Jaroslav Anděl
Artistic Director, DOX Centre
Czech Republic
Jan Baláč
President, Oxford and Cambridge Alumni Society Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Péter Balász
Politician and Director, Center for European Enlargement Studies (CENS)
Hungary
Mikuláš Bek
Rector, Masaryk University
Czech Republic
Jonathan Benthal
Associate Fellow, Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester
United Kingdom
Ales Bialiatski
President, Viasna Human Rights Centre
Belarus
Martin Bútora
Sociologist, Institute for Public Affairs
Slovakia
Juan Pablo Cardenal
Journalist, writer and lecturer
Switzerland/Spain
Dita Charanzová
Member, Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly, European Parliament
Czech Republic
Alex Chow
Student activist
Hong Kong
Nicos Christodoulakis
Professor, Athens University of Economics, Former Minister of Finance
Greece
Natalia Churikova
Journalist, Ukrainian Service, RFE/RL
Czech Republic/Ukraine
Filip Chytrý
Technical Product Manager Security & Privacy, Avast Software
Czech republic
William Cook
Professor of History and Religion, State University of New York
USA
Steve Crawshaw
International advocacy director, Amnesty International
Manuel Silvestre Cuesta Morúa
Dissident
Cuba
Frederik Willem de Klerk
Former President, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Republic of South Africa
Neelam Deo
Director, Gateway House
India
Oleg Derevianko
Deputy Minister of Education and Science
Ukraine
Nedim Dervišbegović
Multimedia Producer, Balkan Service, RFE/RL
Czech Republic/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jiří Dienstbier
Minister for Human Rights, Equal Opportunities and Legislation, Chairman of the Government Legislative Council
Czech Republic
Gabriela Dlouhá
Deputy Director, Prague Civil Society Centre
Czech Republic
Doris Donnelly
Director, Cardinal Suenens Center, John Carroll University
USA
Vít Dostál
Director, Association for International Affairs Research Center
Czech Republic
Vratislav Doubek
Historian and political scientist
Jiří Drahoš
President, Academy of Sciences
Czech Republic
Jeremy Druker
Executive Director, Transitions
Czech Republic/USA
Miroslav Dušek
Senior Director, Middle East and North Africa, World Economic Forum
Switzerland/Czech Republic
Filipp Dzyadko
Founder, Online Educational Project Arzamas
Russia
Konstantin von Eggert
Journalist and political commentator
Russia
Jørgen Ejbøl
Vice president of the board, Jyllands-Posten Foundation
Denmark
Mátyás Eörsi
Senior Advisor, Community of Democracies
Hungary
Lucia Faltinová
Political Scientist, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
Slovak Republic
Petr Fiala
Political Scientist, Former Minister of Education
Czech Republic
Jaroslav Fidrmuc
Deputy Minister for General, Vocational and Further Education, Ministry of Education
Czech Republic
Randall K. Filer
President, CERGE-EI Foundation, Professor of Economics, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of CUNY
USA
Pavel Fischer
Former Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Czech Republic
Paul Flather
Secretary General, Europaeum
United Kingdom
Pavel Franc
CEO, Frank Bold; Co-founder of the Reconstruction of the State Coalition
Czech Republic
Roland Freudenstein
Head of Research/Deputy Director, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies
Belgium
Ralf Fücks
President, Heinrich Böll Foundation
Germany
Štefan Füle
Former European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy
Belgium/Czech Republic
Ahmed Galal
Economist
Egypt
Glenn Gebhard
Film Director
USA
Robin Gosejohann
Project Manager Europe, Erste Foundation
Austria
Altay Goyushov
Member of Board, REAL – Azerbaijani Opposition Movement
Azerbaijan
Marcel Granier
President, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV)
Venezuela
Carl Hahn
Chairman emeritus, Volkswagen Group
Germany
Barbara Haig
Deputy to the President for Policy and Strategy, National Endowment for Democracy
USA
Shadi Hamid
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
USA
Václav Hampl
Member of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Ivan M. Havel
Scientist
Czech Republic
Daniel Herman
Minister of Culture
Czech Republic
Yevhen Hlibovytsky
Founder, pro.mova
Ukraine
Jürgen Hoffmeister
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Germany
Nikola Hořejš
Campaign Manager, Reconstruction of the State
Czech Republic
Bektour Iskender
Founder, Blogging Community Kloop.kg, Kloop Journalism School
Kyrgyzstan
Beata Jaczewska
Executive Director, International Visegrad Fund
Poland
Matin Jäggle
Emeritus Dean, University of Vienna, Department of Theology
Austria
Yi-huah Jiang
Senior Advisor to the President, Former Prime Minister
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Sepideh Jodeyri
Poet, Translator
Czech Republic/Iran
Ondřej Juřík
Head, Latin American Program, People in Need
Czech Republic
Irena Kalhousová
Chief Analyst, Forum 2000 Foundation
Czech Republic
Hakim El Karoui
Consultant and Founder, Club XXIe Siècle
France/Tunisia
Bohumil Kartous
Head of Communications, EDUin
Czech Republic
Glenn Kates
Journalist, Managing Editor for Digital Media, RFE/RL
United States of America
Volodymyr Kazarin
Head of the Department for Russian and Foreign Literature, Taurida National Vernadsky University
Ukraine
Gilles Kepel
Political Scientist, Sciences Po
France
Zafarullah Khan
Executive Director, Centre for Civic Education Pakistan
Pakistan
Steve Killelea
Entrepreneur and philanthropist
Australia
Gordana Knezevic
Director, Balkan Service, RFE/RL
Bosnia and Herzegovina/Czech Republic
Petr Kolář
Former Ambassador to Russia
Czech Republic
Ctibor Košťál
Director, Slovak Governance Institute (SGI)
Slovakia
Sergii Kostynskyi
Member of Parliament
Ukraine
Dušan Kováč
Historian, Writer
Slovakia
Thomas Krüger
President, Federal Agency for Civic Education
Germany
Jakub Kulhánek
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Czech Republic
Ivan Kurilla
Professor, European University at Saint Petersburg
Russia
Austėja Landsbergienė
CEO and Founder, Vaikystės Sodas
Lithuania
Klára Laurenčíková
Educational Expert, Former Deputy Minister of Education
Czech Republic
Sandor Lederer
Co-Founder and CEO, K-Monitor
Hungary
Antonio Ledezma
Mayor, Caracas (prisoner of conscience – unable to attend)
Venezuela
Taťána le Moigne
Country Director of Google Czech Republic & Slovakia
Czech Republic
Ondřej Liška
Director, Ashoka Czech Republic, Former Minister of Education
Czech Republic
Olga Lomová
Head, The Far East Studies Department, Charles University
Czech Republic
Jan Macháček
Chairman, Board of Directors, Václav Havel Library
Czech Republic
Alyona Marchkova
Activist, Director, Information and Legal Center Apriori
Moldova
Marco Antonio Fernández Martinéz
Research Professor, School of Government, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Mexico
Jacob Mchangama
Founder and CEO, Justitia
Denmark
Dora Leonor Mesa Crespo
Director, Cuban Association for the Development of Primary Education (ACDEI)
Cuba
Emin Milli
Exiled Dissident, Director, Online Meydan TV
Azerbaijan
Honegger Molina
President, Epékeina Foundation
Venezuela
Cyril Mooney
Principal, Loreto Day School
Ireland/India
Amin Mudaqiq
Director, Pakistan Service, RFE/RL
Pakistan
Jan Mühlfeit
Global Strategist, Former Chairman Europe, Microsoft Coorporation
Czech Republic
Surendra Munshi
Sociologist
India
Andrej Nosko
Program Director, Open Societ Think Tank Fund
Hungary
Tarek Osman
Author, Analyst
Egypt
Anders Østergaard
Documentarist
Denmark
Martin Palouš
President, International Platform for Human Rights in Cuba, Director, Václav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy, FIU
USA/Czech Republic
Šimon Pánek
Co-Founder and Director, People in Need
Czech Republic
Bogdan Patru
Stategy and Legal Affairs Director, Smartlink Communications
Romania
Nenad Pejic
Editor-in-Chief and co-CEO, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Czech Republic/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Andris Piebalgs
Member of Board, Global Fund Europe
Latvia
Ivan Pilip
Former Minister of Education
Czech Republic
Petr Pithart
Former Prime Minister
Czech Republic
Tomáš Pojar
Vice President for International Relations, CEVRO Institute
Czech Republic
Wojciech Przybylski
Editor in Chief, Res Publica Nowa
Poland
Pavel Pšeja
Member, Board of Directors, DEMAS
Czech Republic
Martin Půta
Governor, Liberec Region
Czech Republic
Silvie Pýchová
CEO, SKAV
Czech Republic
Iveta Radičová
Sociologist, Former Prime Minister
Slovakia
Daniela Retková
Special Programs Coordinator, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
Czech Republic
Mykola Riabchuk
Political and Cultural Analyst
Ukraine
Věra Řiháčková
Senior Research Fellow, Europeum
Czech Republic
Libor Rouček
Former Member, European Parliament
Czech Republic
Jacques Rupnik
Political Scientist
France
Gabriel Salvia
Director, Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America
Argentina
Hrishabh Sandilya
Political Analyst
India
Andreas Schleicher
Director, Directorate of Education and Skills, OECD
Germany
Jiří Schneider
Director of Special Projects, Prague Security Studies Institute
Czech Republic
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
Oana Serafim
Director, Moldova Service, RFE/RL
Moldova
Taus Serganova
Activist, Professor, Grozny State Oil and Technological University
Russia
Parth J. Shah
Founder President, Centre for Civil Society
India
Hussein Shobokshi
Businessman, Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic
Saudi Arabia
Mona Siddiqui
Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies, University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Ivana Skálová
Head, Eastern European Program, People in Need
Czech Republic
Jan Šnaidauf
Head of the Political and Economic Section, EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Czech Republic
Bohuslav Sobotka
Prime Minister
Czech Republic
Naghmeh Sohrabi
Professor of Middle East History, Brandeis University
United Statesof America
Michaela Šojdrová
Vice-Chair, Committee on Culture and Education
Czech Republic
Jan Sokol
Politician and Philosopher
Czech Republic
Manfred Spitzer
Director, Psychiatric University Hospital Ulm
Germany
Daniel Stach
Journalist, Czech Television
Czech republic
Krassen Stanchev
Associate Professor, Sofia Unversity and Board Chairman, Institute for Market Economics
Bulgaria
Ondřej Šteffl
Founder and CEO, Scio
Czech Republic
Gintaras Steponavicius
Former Minister of Education and Science
Lithuania
Václav Štětka
Sociologist
Czech Republic
Tamara Sujú
Human Rights Lawyer
Venezuela
Sandra Švaljek
Researcher, Former Deputy and Acting Mayor of Zagreb
Croatia
Jan Švejnar
Director, Center on Global Economic Governance, Columbia University, IDEA/CERGE-EI
USA/Czech Republic
Pavel Svoboda
Chair, Legal Affairs Comittee, European Parliament
Czech Republic
Argentina Szabados
Chief of Mission of IOM German
Germany
Muhammad Tahir
Director, Turkmen Service, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Turkmenistan
Amin Tarzi
Director, Middle East Studies, Marine Corps University
United States of America
Pavel Telička
Member of the European Parliament and 2nd vice-president of the ALDE group
Czech Republic
Enrique ter Horst
Diplomat, Former UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
Venezuela
Galina Timchenko
Exiled Journalist, Executive Editor, Meduza.io
Russia
Rukiye Tinas
Assistant Professor, Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Turkey
Lilian Tintori
Human Rights Activist, Wife of Leopoldo López
Venezuela
Sayataw U Sein Di Ta
Abbot, Asia Light Monastery in Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay Division
Burma
Rostislav Valvoda
Director, Prague Civil Society Centre
Czech Republic
Zsuzsanna Végh
Research Assistant, Center for EU Enlargement Studies, Central European University
Hungary
Ivan Vejvoda
Senior Vice-President, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Serbia
Viphandh Roengpithya
Founder and Chairman, Viptel Company
Thailand
Kumar Vishwanathan
Activist
Czech Republic
Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager
Grand Chancellor, Sovereign Order of Malta
Germany
Alexandr Vondra
Director, Prague Centre for Transatlantic Relations (PCTR)
Czech Republic
Vlaďka Votavová
Director, Association for International Affairs
Czech Republic
Tomáš Vrba
Chairman, Board of Directors, Forum 2000 Foundation
Czech Republic
Christopher Walker
Executive Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy
USA
Gert Weisskirchen
Chair, Central European Future Forum
Germany
Ilona Fejér Wiss
President, The Behal Fejér Institute, Inc
United States of America
Michael Žantovský
Executive Director, Václav Havel Library,
Czech Republic
Lubomír Zaorálek
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Czech Republic
Yevgeniy Zhovtis
Chair of the Board of Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law
Kazakhstan
