Past Speakers

Maha Abouelenein

Head, Global Communications & Public Affairs, Google in the Middle East & North Africa
Mania Akbari

Filmmaker, Actress, Artist & Writer
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
Ambassador (Ret) Ram Aviram

Lead Consultant, BIT
Yavuz Baydar

Journalist
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

His All-Holiness Archbishop of Constantinople
Sir Dirk Brossé

Music Director, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
Victoria A. Budson

Executive Director, WAPPP Harvard Kennedy School
Stephen Cole

Global Broadcaster & Communications Consultant
Chris Cramer

Editor-at-Large, Reuters
Rawan Da’as

Amends Fellow
Thanos Dokos

Director General, Eliamep
Dr. Wejdan Abu-Elhaija

Dean, King Abdullah School for Engineering
Noor El-Fadl

Entrepreneur
Mohamed Wael Saeed El-Fakharani

REGIONAL MANAGER, GOOGLE EGYPT & NORTH AFRICA
Elizabeth Filippouli

Founder & CEO, Global Thinkers Forum & Athena40
Dr. Daniel Fung

Vice Chairman, Salzburg Global Seminar
Fadi Ghandour

Founder & CEO, Aramex
Eva Grosman

CEO, Centre for Democracy & Peace Building, TEDxStormont Organiser
Lorraine Hariton

Chairman, Emeritus The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs & Executives
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
Georgia Kartsanis

CEO, Sargia Partners & President, CEO Clubs See Europe
Lara Kawash

Entrepreneur
Valerie Keller

Global Leader, EY Beacon Institute / Executive Director, Markets
Saira Khan

Presenter & Managing Director, Miamoo
Margery Kraus

Founder & Executive Chairman, APCO Worldwide
Dr. Heinrich Kreft

Ambassador
Christiana Lambrinidis

Scholar
Geir Lippestad

Lawyer
Hams Madanat

Intellectual Property Consultant, Cedar White Bradley
Hani Masri

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

VP Global Centers, Columbia University
Stryker McGuire

Senior Editor, Bloomberg Markets
Peter Millett

HE The British Ambassador, Jordan
Saad Mouasher

Editor-at-Large, Reuters
Alfinaz Murad

General Manager, Grofin Jordan
Professor Dimitris V. Nanopoulos

President, Academy of Athens
HE Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser

High Representative, The UN Alliance of Civilizations
Dr. Bartlomiej E. Nowak

Political scientist
Lindsey Oliver

International Commercial Director, Bloomberg Television
Akinwole Omoboriowo II (AOII)

Chairman & CEO, Genesis Energy Holdings
Panos Papazoglou

CMP, Ernst & Young
Athanassios G. Platias

Proffessor of Strategy, University of Piraeus
Helle Porsdam

Global Ethics Fellow - Professor, American Studies - Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen
Abeer Qumsieh

Entrepreneur
Susan Foley Rocco

Founder, Producer & Host, Women to Watch™ Media, LLC
David Rodin

Carnegie-Uehiro Senior Fellow, Global Ethics Fellow
Joel H. Rosenthal

President, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
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
Souad Talsi MBE

Founder, Al-Hasaniya Moroccan Women Centre
Dr. Maisah Sobaihi

Academic, Writer, Director & Performer
Mrs. Marianna V. Vardinoyannis

Unesco Goodwill Ambassador
Marc Ventresca

Fellow & University Lecturer, University of Oxford
Marco Veremis

CEO, Upstream
Humaira Wakili

Director, TYO Nablus Center
Tu Weiming

Professor, Philosophy & Director, The Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Peking University
Elif Shafak

Author, Columnist, Speaker & Academic
The Rt. Hon. the Lord Alderdice

Chairman, The Centre for Democracy & Peace Building, Belfast
Tawakkol Karman

2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
The Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood MP

UK Minister for Defence People and Veterans
The Rt. Hon. Rory Stewart OBE MP

Minister of State for International Development and Minister of State for Africa at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office
The Rt Hon The Baroness Onora Sylvia O’Neill of Bengarve CBE, PBA

Philosopher, Cross-bench Member, The House of Lords
Dr. Parag Khanna

Leading Global Strategist, World Traveller & Best-selling Author