Past Speakers

Sarah Abu Alia

Founder & Project Director, Artmedium
Hakan Altinay

President, The Global Civics Academy
Shahira Amin

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Ali Aslan

TV Host, Deutsche Welle
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

His All-Holiness Archbishop of Constantinople
Stephen Cole

Global Broadcaster & Communications Consultant
Chris Cramer

Editor-at-Large, Reuters
Rawan Da’as

Amends Fellow
Noor El-Fadl

Entrepreneur
Dr. Wejdan Abu-Elhaija

Dean, King Abdullah School for Engineering
Mohamed Wael Saeed El-Fakharani

REGIONAL MANAGER, GOOGLE EGYPT & NORTH AFRICA
Fadi Ghandour

Founder & CEO, Aramex
Omar Hamarneh

Executive Chairman, El Hasan Business Park
Her Royal Highness Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan

President, The Royal Scientific Society
Eva Hukshorn

Partner, Efactor.com
Ayman Itani

CEO, Think Media Lab
Dr. Suhail Jouaneh

Co-Foounder, Better Business
Yiorgos Kaminis

Mayor, Athens
Lara Kawash

Entrepreneur
Valerie Keller

Global Leader, EY Beacon Institute / Executive Director, Markets
Margery Kraus

Founder & Executive Chairman, APCO Worldwide
Dr. Heinrich Kreft

Ambassador
Hams Madanat

Intellectual Property Consultant, Cedar White Bradley
Hani Masri

President Tomorrow's Youth Organization (TYO)
Professor Safwan Masri

VP Global Centers, Columbia University
Peter Millett

HE The British Ambassador, Jordan
Saad Mouasher

Editor-at-Large, Reuters
Alfinaz Murad

General Manager, Grofin Jordan
HE Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser

High Representative, The UN Alliance of Civilizations
Lindsey Oliver

International Commercial Director, Bloomberg Television
Athanassios G. Platias

Proffessor of Strategy, University of Piraeus
Abeer Qumsieh

Entrepreneur
Saskia Sassen

Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology & Co-Chair, The Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University
Dr. Odeh R. Al-Jayyousieren Shahin

Director, The Doci
Shada El Sharif

Head of Sustainability, Arabtech Jardaneh (AJ)
Samar Shawareb

Founder & Managing Director, Arabia Weddings, Jordan
Majd Shweikeh

Group CEO, VTEL Middle East & Africa Limited
Dr. Hayat Sindi

Founder & President, I2nstitute
Ashraf Ezzeldine Sobhi

Country Manager, Jordan & Holy Land Qatar Airways
Rana Sweis

Journalist
Fida Taher

Founder & CEO, Zaytouneh.com
Jumana Twal

CEO & Founder, Bidaya Corporate Communications
Humaira Wakili

Director, TYO Nablus Center
Mrs. Marianna V. Vardinoyannis

Unesco Goodwill Ambassador
Thanos Dokos

Director General, Eliamep
Panos Papazoglou

CMP, Ernst & Young
Tu Weiming

Professor, Philosophy & Director, The Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Peking University
Dr. Daniel Fung

Vice Chairman, Salzburg Global Seminar
Victoria A. Budson

Executive Director, WAPPP Harvard Kennedy School
Georgia Kartsanis

CEO, Sargia Partners & President, CEO Clubs See Europe
Yavuz Baydar

Journalist
Geir Lippestad

Lawyer
Dr. Maisah Sobaihi

Academic, Writer, Director & Performer
Ambassador (Ret) Ram Aviram

Lead Consultant, BIT
Sir Dirk Brossé

Music Director, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
Marc Ventresca

Fellow & University Lecturer, University of Oxford
Christiana Lambrinidis

Scholar
Marco Veremis

CEO, Upstream
Akinwole Omoboriowo II (AOII)

Chairman & CEO, Genesis Energy Holdings