Rushan Abbas
Executive Director, Campaign for Uyghurs
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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Gayane Abrahamyan
Member of Parliament
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Olusegun Adeniyi
Chairman, Editorial Board, THIS DAY Newspapers
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Alina Aflecailor
Activist, Human Rights Educator
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Abdulwahab Alkebsi
Managing Director for Programs, Center for International Private Enterprise
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Veronica Anghel
Associate Fellow, Bologna Institute for Policy Research
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Federigo Argentieri
Director, Guarini Institute for Public Affairs, John Cabot University, Rome
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Antonio Argenziano
Member, Presidency Council, European Movement
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Hamid Arsalan
General Director for Stratcom, Ministry of Interior
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Péter Árvai
CEO, Prezi, Founder, Bridge Budapest
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Rachel Azaria
Former Chairwoman, Reforms Committee, Knesset
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His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Archbishop, Constantinople-New Rome
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Benedetta Berti
Head, Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General, NATO
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Veronika Bílková
Director, Centre of International Law, Institute of International Relations
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Ignacio Martín Blanco
Member, Parliament of Catalonia
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Tania Bruguera
Artist and Activist
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Fabian Burkhardt
Associate, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP Berlin)
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Susan M. Corke
Director, Transatlantic Democracy Working Group, German Marshall Fund
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Manuel Cuesta Morúa
Activist, Founder, Progressive Arch
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David Černý
Artist
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Tom Daly
Director, Democratic Decay & Renewal
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Neelam Deo
Co-Founder, Gateway House
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João Espada
Director, Institute for Political Studies, Catholic University of Portugal
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Pavel Fischer
Chairperson, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security, Senat
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Jamie Fly
Senior Fellow and Senior Advisor, German Marshall Fund
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Ralf Fücks
Managing Director, Center for Liberal Modernity
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Carl Gershman
President, National Endowment for Democracy
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Arzu Geybulla
Columnist, Writer
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Michael Gonzalez
Senior Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
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Han Dongfang
Founder, China Labour Bulletin
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Sascha Hannig
Researcher, Fundación para el Progreso
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Haykuhi Harutyunyan
President, Protection of Rights Without Borders
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Ivan M. Havel
Scientist
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Wilhelm Hofmeister
Director, Konrad Adenauer Foundation
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Edita Hrdá
Managing Director for the Americas, European External Action Service, EU
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Zdeněk Hřib
Mayor of Prague
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Jana Hybášková
Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Armando Chaguaceda
Country Expert, Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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Cristiana Chamorro
Founder, Violeta Chamorro Foundation
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Glanis Changachirere
Founder, Director, Institute for Young Women Development
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Hasler Iglesias
National Youth Coordinator, Voluntad Popular
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Maiko Ichihara
Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University
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Dolkun Isa
President, World Uyghur Congress
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Ramin Jahanbegloo
Political Philosopher, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation
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Roman Joch
Vice-President, Civic Institute
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Tawakkol Abdul-Salam Karman
Human Rights Activist, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
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John Keane
Author of The Life and Death of Democracy
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Gilles Kepel
Director, Middle East and Mediterranean Program, Ecole Normale Supérieure
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Arnold Chung Chin Kiu
Founding Member, Demosisto
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Jakub Klepal
Executive Director, Forum 2000 Foundation
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Jan Komárek
Professor of Law, University of Copenhagen
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Miriam Kornblith
Senior Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, National Endowment for Democracy
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Gerd Leonhard
Futurist
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Šarūnas Liekis
Dean, Political Science and Diplomacy Faculty, Vytautas Magnus University
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Libby Liu
President, Radio Free Asia
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Anna Lührmann
Candidate for German National Parliament (Bundestag), Green Party
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Amichai Magen
Head of Diplomacy & Conflict Studies, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
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Ilgar Mammadov
Chairman, Republican Alternative
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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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Markus Meckel
Protestant Reverend
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Adam Michnik
Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza
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Mikuláš Minář
Chairman, Milion Moments for Democracy
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Bedřich Moldan
Founder, Director, Environment Center, Charles University
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Vitalii Moroz
Head, New Media, Internews Ukraine
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Asha Ahmed Mwilu
Journalist
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Karam S. Nachar
Executive Director, Al-Jumhuriya Collective
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Andréa Papus Ngombet Malewa
Activist and politician
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Ghia Nodia
Director, International School of Caucasus Studies, Ilia State University
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Per Nyholm
Writer, Commentator, Columnist, Jyllands-Posten
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Josiah Ober
Professor of Political Science and Classics, Stanford University
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Claus Offe
Political Sociologist, Hertie School of Governance
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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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Marc F. Plattner
Founding Co-Editor, Journal of Democracy
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Peter Pomerantsev
Visiting Fellow, Institute of Global Affairs
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Jerzy Pomianowski
Executive Director, European Endowment for Democracy
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Oana Popescu-Zamfir
Director, GlobalFocus Center
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Martin Povejšil
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Vesna Pusić
Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Professor, University of Zagreb
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Xiao Qiang
Founder and Chief Editor, China Digital Times
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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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Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy
Director, Belsat TV
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Libor Rouček
Co-Chair, Czech-German Discussion Forum
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Jacques Rupnik
Political Scientist, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation
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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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Miroslava Sawiris
Research Fellow, GLOBSEC Policy Institute
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Gulnara Shahinian
Founder, Democracy Today
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Natan Sharansky
Politician, Human Rights Activis
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Dan Schueftan
Director, National Security Studies Center, University of Haifa
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Lucie Smolková
Regional Coordinator, Fridays for Future
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Jordi Solé
Foreign Affairs Secretary, Republican Left of Catalonia
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Jonathan Stein
Managing Editor, Project Syndicate
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Tereza Stöckelová
Researcher, Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Tamara Sujú
Human rights defense attorney
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Jan Šnaidauf
Chief Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Gadi Taub
Senior Lecturer, Historian, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Nicolas Tenzer
Chairman, Study and Reflection Center for Political Action
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Francisak Viacorka
Senior Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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Dánae Vílchez
Journalist
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Konstantin von Eggert
Commentator, Deutsche Welle
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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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Filip Vurm
Deputy Head, Czech Embassy in Afghanistan
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Lech Walesa
Former President, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
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Christopher Walker
Vice President for Studies and Analysis, National Endowment for Democracy
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Karolina Wigura
Sociologist, Journalist, Member of the Board, Kultura Liberalna Foundation
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Yang Jianli
Opposition Leader
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Grigor Yeritsyan
President, Armenian Progressive Youth NGO
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Richard Youngs
Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, Carnegie Europe
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Leyla Yunus
Director, Institute for Peace and Democracy
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Cardinal Joseph Zen, SDB
Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong
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Yevgeniy Zhovtis
Director, Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law
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Jan Zielonka
Professor, University of Oxford
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Michael Žantovský
Executive Director, Václav Havel Library
