Fonteh Akum
Programme Head, Dakar office of the Institute for Security Studies
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.
Programme Head, Dakar office of the Institute for Security Studies
Former Secretary of State
Secretary General, Organization of American States
Asia Editor, Financial Times
Representative of Bolivia, Organization of American States
Political Analyst, Head of Public Opinion Research, Reforma
Head, Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General, NATO
Political Activist
Director, Hungarian Service, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Journalist, Member of Africtivistes
Director, Gateway House
President, National Democratic Institute
Executive Director, Global Digital Policy Incubator, Stanford University
Former Editor-in-Chief, Cumhuriyet
First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Human Rights Activist, Former Judge
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Chief Analyst, Hospodářské noviny
Senior Analyst, European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
Research Professor, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Senior Fellow and Senior Advisor, German Marshall Fund
Secretary General, Community of Democracies
Historian, Author
President, National Endowment for Democracy
Columnist, Writer
Chief Executive Officer, Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Sociologist, Member of the House of Lords
Special Representative for Human Rights, European Union
Executive Director, European Partnership for Democracy
Senior Fellow, Shalom Hartman Institute
Chief Executive Officer, American Jewish Committee
Scientist
Executive Director, Center for Development and Democracy
National Youth Coordinator, Voluntad Popular
Vice-President for Values and Transparency, European Commission
Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation
Chairman, Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom
Human Rights Activist
Executive Director, Forum 2000 Foundation
Senior Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, National Endowment for Democracy
Senior Fellow, School of International & Public Affairs, Florida International University
Political Analyst, Founder, The Weekly Standard
Professor of International Affairs, Georgetown University
Deputy Director, Varieties of Democracy Institute
Head of Diplomacy & Conflict Studies, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
Founder, Environment Center, Charles University
Journalist
Writer, Political Activist
Political Scientist
Editor and Publisher
Activist, Presidential Candidate
President, Latin American Youth Network for Democracy
Analyst, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
President and CEO, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)
Executive Director, European Endowment for Democracy
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Director, Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies
Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Professor, University of Zagreb
Founder and Chief Editor, China Digital Times
Sociologist, Former Prime Minister
Americas Director, Amnesty International
Political Scientist, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation
Economist, Columbia University
Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
Politician, Human Rights Activis
Director, Center on Global Economic Governance, Columbia University, IDEA/CERGE-EI
Executive Director, Ethical Systems
President, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Director of Strategy, Republikon Institue
Commentator, Deutsche Welle
Member, European Parliament
Executive Director, Centre for Economic Strategy
President of the Senate, Parliament of the Czech Republic
Vice President for Studies and Analysis, National Endowment for Democracy
Politician, Professor, Former Member, German Bundestag
Sociologist, Journalist, Member of the Board, Kultura Liberalna Foundation
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, Carnegie Europe
Professor, University of Oxford
Historian