Michael Abramowitz
President of Freedom House
Speakers
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The Forum 2000 Conference along with other gatherings takes place in Prague and a number of other cities.
Since 1997 the conference has attracted a wide array of illustrious personalities, Nobel prize laureates, former and current politicians, businessmen, and many others. Their common experience is carrying the weight of responsibility.
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Fredo Arias-King
President, CASLA Institute
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Ivan Bartoš
Chairman, Czech Pirate Party
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Daniel Berg
Member of Executive Board, Momentum Party
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Igor Blaževič
Programme Director, Prague Civil Society Centre
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Kateřina Březinová
Director of Ibero-American Centre, Metropolitan University in Prague
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Martin Buchtík
Sociologist, STEM
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Martin Bútora
Sociologist, Institute for Public Affairs
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Darren Byler
Anthropologist, University of Washington
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Juan Pablo Cardenal
Journalist, writer and lecturer
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Dobromir Ciaś
Founder, Edge NPD
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Ondřej Císař
Sociologist, Charles University
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Paul Cliteur
Chairman and professor of Jurisprudence University of Leiden
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Mete Coban
Chief Executive, My Life My Say
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Ana Marietta Colanzi Forfori
Coordinator, CICAEF-UPSA Research Center
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David Černý
Artist
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Vanessa D’Ambrosio
Former Captain Regent – Head of State
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Nada Dhaíf
Founder, Bahrain Rehabilitation & Anti-Violence Organization (BRAVO)
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Stéphane Dion
Ambassador to Germany and Special Envoy for European Union and Europe
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Stéphane Dion
Ambassador to Germany and Special Envoy for European Union and Europe
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Detmar Doering
Project Director for Central Europe and the Baltic States, Friedrich-Naumann Foundation
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Oleksandra Drik
Head of the Board, Civic Lustration Committee
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Edipcia Juliana Dubón Castro
Pro-democracy and Women's Rights Advocate
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Norman Eisen
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
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João Espada
Director, Institute for Political Studies, Catholic University of Portugal
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Theresa Fallon
Founder and director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies
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Marco Antonio Fernández Martinéz
Research Professor, Tecnológico de Monterrey
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Joerg Forbrig
Director, Fund for Belarus Democracy, German Marshall Fund
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Ralf Fücks
Managing Director, Center for Liberal Modernity
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Erkin Gadirli
Secretary of Foreign Relations, Republican Alternative (ReAl)
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Konstanty Gebert
Journalist, Gazeta Wyborcza
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Carl Gershman
President, National Endowment for Democracy
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Ken Godfrey
Executive Director, European Partnership for Democracy
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Taťána Gregor Brzobohatá
Founder, Beauty of Help Foundation
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Natalya Gryaznevich
Spokeswoman, Open Russia
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Márton Gyöngyösi
Vice-President, Jobbik Movement for a Better Hungary
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Martin Hála
Founder and Director, Sinopsis
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Tomáš Halík
Sociologist, President, Czech Christian Academy
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Han Dongfang
Founder, China Labour Bulletin
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Eva Hanáková
Executive director, SingularityU Czech Summit
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Jan Hartl
Sociologist, founder, Stem Institute
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Antje Hermenau
Political Consultant
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Agnieszka Holland
Film director
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Cyril Hovorun
Acting Director, Huffington Ecumenical Institute, Loyola Marymount University
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Szu-chien Hsu
Deputy Foreign Minister
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Dita Charanzová
Vice President, European Parliament
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Hasler Iglesias
National Youth Coordinator, Voluntad Popular
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Ramin Jahanbegloo
Political Philosopher, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation
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Balázs Jarábik
Non-Resident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Axel Kaiser Barents von Hohenhagen
Co-founder and Executive Director, Fundación para el Progresor
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Zuzana Kepplova
Editor, SME
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Flavia Kleiner
Co-President and Co-Founder, Operation Libero
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Jan Komárek
Professor of Law, University of Copenhagen
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Daniel Konrád
Editor of the Arts Desk, Hospodářské noviny
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Miriam Kornblith
Senior Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, National Endowment for Democracy
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Bernard Kouchner
Founder, Médecins Sans Frontières
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Jonathan Ledgard
Technologist, Novelist, Former Correspondent, The Economist
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Miriam Lexmann
Director of EU Regional Programmes, International Republican Institute
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Ford Fu-Te Liao
President, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
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Bobo Lo
Independent Scholar and Consultant on Russia and China
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Jana Maláčová
Minister, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
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Nyaradzo Mashayamombe
Women’s Human Rights Activist
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Giuseppe Mastruzzo
Director, International University College of Turin
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Adam Michnik
Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza
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Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
Professor of Democracy Studies, Hertie School of Governance
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Zhanna Nemtsova
Founder, Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom
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Paulo Neves
Member of Parliament, Assembly of the Republic
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Suzanne Nossel
Chief Executive Officer of PEN America, former Executive Director of Amnesty International USA
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Yanelys Núñez Leyva
Curator, art critic, and co-author of the Museum of Dissent in Cuba
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Per Nyholm
Writer, Commentator, Columnist, Jyllands-Posten
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Sofi Oksanen
Writer
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José Manuel Ormachea Mendieta
Political Scientist
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Martin Ortega Carcelén
Professor of International Law and International Relations, Complutense University
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Tarek Osman
Author, Analyst
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Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
Artist
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Šimon Pánek
Co-Founder and Director, People in Need
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Rosa María Payá Acevedo
President, Latin American Youth Network for Democracy
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Tomáš Petříček
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Tomáš Pojar
Vice-Rector, CEVRO Institute
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Oana Popescu-Zamfir
Director, GlobalFocus Center
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Daniel Prokop
Head of Social and Political Research, MEDIAN s.r.o.
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Wojciech Przybylski
Editor in Chief, Res Publica Nowa
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Vesna Pusić
Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Professor, University of Zagreb
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Iveta Radičová
Sociologist, Former Prime Minister, Member, Forum 2000 International Advisory Board
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Rafaela Requesens
Director, Juntos Por la Vida Foundation
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Rafael Rincón-Urdaneta Zerpa
Director of Strategy and Global Affairs, Fundación para El Progreso
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Libor Rouček
Co-Chair, Czech-German Discussion Forum
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Gabriel Salvia
General Director, Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America
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Maia Sandu
President
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Lobsang Sangay
Sikyong, Central Tibetan Administration
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Vivian Schiller
CEO, Civil Foundation
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Jiří Schneider
Executive Director, Aspen Institute Prague
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Dan Schueftan
Director, National Security Studies Center, University of Haifa
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Karel Schwarzenberg
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Tamara Sujú
Human rights defense attorney
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Zsuzsanna Szelényi
Former member, National Assembly
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Juraj Šeliga
Student Activist, Co-Founder, Za Slušné Slovensko
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Michal Šimečka
Vice-Chairman, Progressive Slovakia
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Lenka Štěpánová
Teach Live, former President of Czech High School Students Union
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Jan Švejnar
Director, Center on Global Economic Governance, Columbia University, IDEA/CERGE-EI
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Rostislav Valvoda
Director, Prague Civil Society Centre
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Kadri Veseli
President, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo
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José Miguel Vivanco
Executive Director in Human Rights Watch's Americas Division
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Ondřej Vlček
Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Consumer Business, Avast Software
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Konstantin von Eggert
Commentator, Deutsche Welle
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Elisabeth von Hammerstein
Advisor to the Commissioner for France at the German Ministry of Defense
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Alexandr Vondra
Member, European Parliament
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Tomáš Vrba
Chairman, Board of Directors, Forum 2000 Foundation
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Christopher Walker
Vice President for Studies and Analysis, National Endowment for Democracy
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Jan Zielonka
Professor, University of Oxford
