Speakers
Please note that the following list of speakers is constantly being updated and may be subject to change.
Rushan Abbas
Executive Director, Campaign for Uyghurs
USA
Markéta Pekarová Adamová
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament
Czechia
José Manuel Albares
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Spain
Abdulwahab Alkebsi
Managing Director, Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), Member, ICDR
USA
adasdas
Luis Almagro
Secretary General, Organization of American States
Uruguay
Roman Anin
Founder, Editor-in-chief, Istories
ussia
Bogdan Aurescu
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Romania
Jinkyung Baek
Director, Research Department, East Asia Institute
South Korea
Annalena Baerbock
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Germany
Romina Bandura
Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
USA
Yuliia Bankova
Chief Editor, Liga.net
Ukraine
Mikuláš Bek
Minister for European Affairs
Czechia
Daniel Berg
Vice-President, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Hungary
Rob Berschinski
Senior Director for Democracy and Human Rights, Special Advisor to the President, NSC
USA
Patrick Boehler
Head of Digital Strategy, Radio Free Europe
Austria/Czechia
Anna Brabcova
Director, Labour Market Integration Department, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Czechia
Elmar Brok
Politician, Senior Adviser, Munich Security Conference
Germany
Piotr Buras
Director, ECFR Warsaw
Poland
Olga Burlyuk
Assistant Professor, UvA Amsterdam
Ukraine
Reinhard Bütikofer
Chair, Delegation for Relations with the People's Republic of China, European Parliament
Germany
Samuel Chu
Founder and President, The Campaign for Hong Kong
USA
Viola Von Cramon
Vice-Chair, Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee, European Parliament
Germany
Ilia Darchiashvili
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Georgia
Anna Derevyanko
Executive Director, European Business Association
Ukraine
Detmar Doering
Head of Project Office for Central Europe and the Baltic States, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Germany
Maryana Drach
Director, Ukrainian Service, RFE/RL
Ukraine/Czechia
Martin Dvořák
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Czechia
Konstantin von Eggert
Journalist, Political Commentator, Deutsche Welle
Russia
Ali Ehsassi
Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Commons
Canada
Petr Fiala
Prime Minister
Czechia
Petr Fleischmann
Member, Board of Directors, Forum 2000 Foundation
Czechia
Jamie Fly
President and CEO, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation
USA
Anna Fotyga
Member, European Parliament
Poland
Ralf Fücks
Managing Director, Center for Liberal Modernity, Member, ICDR
Germany
Francis Fukuyama
Political Scientist
USA
Petr Gandalovic
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Czechia
André Gattolin
Member, Senate
France
Carl Gershman
Founding President, National Endowment for Democracy, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation, Member, ICDR
USA
Arzu Geybullayeva
Columnist, Journalist, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation, Member, ICDR
Azerbaijan
Eamon Gilmore
European Union Special Representative for Human Rights
Ireland
Ken Godfrey
Executive Director, European Partnership for Democracy, Member, ICDR
United Kingdom/Belgium
Myroslava Gongadze
Eastern Europe Chief, Voice of America
Ukraine
Lóránt Győri
Geopolitical Analyst, Political Capital
Hungary
Pekka Haavisto
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Finland
Marek Havrda
Deputy Minister, Ministry for European Affairs
Czechia
Marek Hilšer
Senator
Czechia
Wopke Hoekstra
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Netherlands
Hanna Hopko
Former Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, Verkhovna Rada
Ukraine
Werner Hoyer
President, European Investment Bank
Germany/Luxembourg
Joseph Humire
Executive Director, Center for a Secure Free Society
USA
Andy Hunder
President, American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine
Ukraine
Maiko Ichihara
Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Member, ICDR
Japan
Nadiia Ivanova
Deputy Director, Center for Human Rights, People in Need
Ukraine/Czechia
Ramin Jahanbegloo
Political Philosopher, Professor, Jindal Global University, Member, Program Council of Forum 2000 Foundation, Member, ICDR
Canada/Iran
Věra Jourová
Vice-President, Values and Transparency, European Commission
Czechia
Taras Kachka
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy
Ukraine
Irena Kalhousova
Director, Herzl Center for Israel Studies, Charles University, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation
Czechia
Evgenia Kara-Murza
Advocacy Coordinator, Free Russia Foundation
Russia/USA
Gilles Kepel
Political Scientist, Professor, Sciences Po
France
Jakub Klepal
Executive Director, Forum 2000 Foundation
Czechia
Pavlo Klimkin
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ukraine
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze
Chair, Committee on Integration of Ukraine to the EU, Verkhovna Rada
Ukraine
Gerald Knaus
Chairman, European Stability Initiative
Austria
David Konecký
Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Czechia
Wojciech Konończuk
Deputy Director, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)
Poland
Miriam Kornblith
Senior Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, National Endowment for Democracy
Venezuela/USA
Yanina Korniienko
Investigative Journalist, Slidstvo.info
Ukraine
Lenna Koszarny
Founding Partner, CEO, Horizon Capital
Canada/Ukraine
Jiří Kozák
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Czechia
Lukáš Kraus
Lawyer, Advocacy Officer, Frank Bold
Czechia
Péter Krekó
Director, Political Capital Institut, Member, ICDR
Hungary
Petr Krogman
Owner, Agromino
Czechia/Ukraine
Dmytro Kuleba
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ukraine
Jaroslav Kurfürst
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Czechia
Rasťo Kužel
Executive Director, MEMO 98
Slovakia
Evan Laksmana
Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore
Singapore
Sook Jong Lee
Senior Fellow, Asia Democracy Research Network, Sungkyunkwan University
South Korea
Jan Lipavský
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Czechia
Tetyana Lokot
Associate Professor, Digital Media and Society, School of Communications, Dublin City University
Ireland
Markus Lux
Senior Vice President, Global Issues, Robert Bosch Stiftung
Germany
Amichai Magen
Director, Program on Democratic Resilience and Development, Professor, Reichman University, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation, Member, ICDR Israel
Andrea Papus Ngombet Malewa
Founder, Sassoufit Collective
Republic of the Congo/France
Nyaradzo Mashayamombe
Women Rights Activist, Founding Executive Director, Tag a Life International (TaLI), Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation, Member, ICDR
Zimbabwe
Katarína Mathernová
Deputy Director General, European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission
Slovakia
Oleksandra Matviichuk
Head, Center for Civic Liberties
Ukraine
Stefan Meister
Head, Program International Order and Democracy German Council on Foreign Relations, Member, ICDR
Germany
Oleksandr Merezhko
Chair, Committee on Foreign Policy and Interparliamentary Cooperation, Verkhovna Rada
Ukraine
Derek Mitchell
President, National Democratic Institute
USA
Martha Mutisi
Senior Programme Officer, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)’s Governance and Justice Programme
Zimbabwe
Farida Bemba Nabourema
Executive Director, Togolese Civil League
Toho
Patricio Navia
Political Scientist, Columnist, Universidad Diego Portales
Peru/Chile
Niroshini Nugawela
Attorney-at-Law, Member, ICDR
Sri Lanka
Nanjala Nyabola
Writer, Political Analyst, Author
Kenya
Iuliia Osmolovska
Chairwoman, Transatlantic Dialogue Center, Senior Fellow, Ukraine and Eastern Europe, GLOBSEC
Ukraine/Slovakia
Ana Palacio
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Spain
Jagannath Panda
Head, Stockholm Centre for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, Editor, ISDP
India
Šimon Pánek
Co-Founder, Director, People in Need, Member, International Advisory Board, Forum 2000 Foundation, Member, ICDR
Czechia
Karl-Heinz Paqué
Chairman, Board of Directors, Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Germany
Tomáš Petříček
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Czechia
Mattia de' Grassi di Pianura
Member of Cabinet of Commissioner for Democracy and Demography, European Commission
Italy
Inna Pidluska
Deputy Executive Director, International Renaissance Foundation
Ukraine
Jerzy Pomianowski
Executive Director, European Endowment for Democracy, Member, ICDR
Poland
Maciej Popowski
Acting Director-General, Directorate General Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR), European Commission
Poland
Mihai Popșoi
Deputy Speaker, Moldovan Parliament
Moldova
Max Primorac
Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation
USA
Kateřina Procházková
Journalist, Sinopsis
Czechia
Tomáš Prouza
President, Confederation of Commerce and Tourism
Czechia
Aliaksandra Pushkina
Communication Director, Zerkalo.ia
Belarus
Vesna Pusic
Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Professor at University of Zagreb, Program Council Member of Forum 2000 Foundation, Member, ICDR
Croatia
Iveta Radičová
Sociologist, Former Prime Minister, Member, International Advisory Board, Forum 2000 Foundation
Slovakia
Gordan Grlić Radman
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
Croatia
Marta Lucía Ramírez
Former Vice President
Colombia
Zbigniew Rau
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Poland
Trisha Ray
Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
India
Urmas Reinsalu
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Estonia
Olha Reshetylova
Coordinator, Media Initiative for Human Rights
Ukraine
Joanna Rohozinska
Resident Program Director Europe, International Republican Institute
Belgium
Libor Rouček
Former Vice President, European Parliament, Co-Chairman, Czech-German Discussion Forum
Czechia
Jacques Rupnik
Political Scientist, Research Professor, CERI-Science Po, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation, Member, ICDR
France
Kateřina Šafaříková
Journalist
Czechia
Niranjan Sahoo
Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
India
Nikoloz Samkharadze
Chair, Foreign Relations Committee, Parliament
Georgia
Hrishabh Sandilya
Senior Programme Manager, EPIM - European Programme for Integration and Migration
India
Gulnara Shahinian
Founder, Democracy Today, UN Special Rapporteur on Slavery 2008-2014, Member, ICDR
Armenia
Annika Silva-Leander
Head, North America at International IDEA
Sweden
Brandon Silver
Director of Policy & Projects, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, Member, ICDR
Canada
Veronika Kuchyňová Šmigolová
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Czechia
Graham Stuart
Minister for Europe
United Kingdom
David Stulík
Senior Analyst, European Values Center for Security Policy
Czechia
Tamara Sujú
Executive Director, CASLA Institute
Venezuela
Jan Švejnar
Director, Center on Global Economic Governance, Columbia University, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation
USA/Czechia
Daniel Szeligowski
Head of Eastern Europe Programme, The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)
Poland
Martina Tauberová
Former Deputy Minister for EU and International Trade, Ministry of Industry and Trade
Czechia
Nicolas Tenzer
Chairman, Center for Studies and Research on Political Decision, Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis
France
Tsai Ing-wen
President, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Penpa Tsering
Sikyong, Central Tibetan Administration
Tibet
Tolkun Umaraliev
Managing Editor, Current Time digital
Kyrgyzstan/Czechia
Rostislav Valvoda
Director, Prague Civil Society Centre, Member, ICDR
Czechia
Alexander Verkhovsky
Director, SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis
Russia
Francisak Viacorka
Senior Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Vice-President, Digital Communication Network
Belarus
Alexandr Vondra
Member, European Parliament, Member, Board of Directors, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation
Czechia
Miloš Vystrčil
President, Senate of the Parliament
Czechia
Christopher Walker
Vice President, Studies & Analysis, National Endowment for Democracy, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation, Member, ICDR
USA
Gert Weisskirchen
Chairman, Europa-Union Rhein-Neckar
Germany
Karolina Wigura
Chairwoman, Kultura Liberalna Foundation
Poland
Jaushieh Joseph Wu
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Qiang Xiao
President, Editor-in-Chief, China Digital Times, Member, ICDR
China/USA
Richard Youngs
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation, Member, ICDR
United Kingdom
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine
Ukraine
Michael Žantovský
Executive Director, Václav Havel Library, Member, Program Council, Forum 2000 Foundation, Member, ICDR
Czechia
