Current Official Speakers

Mikhail Shvydkoy

A distinguished professor of foreign theater history and a member of the Academy of Humanities, Shvydkoy speaks with authority on a variety of topics ranging from the theater history of the Soviet Union, to politics, art, culture, and the media.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Internationally known as Africa’s “Iron Lady,” President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became the first woman to lead an African nation. A Harvard-educated former World Bank economist, she is a leading promoter of peace, justice, and democratic rule who was recently honored with a Nobel Peace Prize for her work in ...

John Bruton

John Bruton is a former Prime Minister of Ireland and a former President in office of the European Council.He is one of the number of experts invited by the Greek Presidency of the European Union to prepare a Paper for discussion in May 2003 by the Foreign Ministers of the European Union on how best to improve relations ...

Hussein Hassouna

Having been involved in countless diplomatic negotiations, and contributed to the delegation that led to the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty, there are no other speakers available today who can address issues of the Middle East with the same insight, experience, and knowledge as Ambassador Hassouna.

Bernard Kouchner

As the dynamic founder of the Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders, Kouchner is known as an independent thinker. A popular French politician, doctor, and diplomat, who previously served as Minister of Health and Special Representative of the Secretary-General, he is currently the French ...