GLOBAL PANEL - Forum and Annual general meeting

November 10th/11th, 2003 - berlin

SPEAKERS

Below mentioned persons have already promised their participation or have expressed interest in coming:

GERMANY

Hon. Wolfgang Clement: Federal Minister of Econimics and Labour, Federal Republic of Germany
Hon. Doris Barnett, MP: Deputy Speaker, Committee for Labour Relations and Social Affairs, German Bundestag
Hon. Kurt Bodewig, MP: former Minister of Transport, Building & Housing, Germany,
Deputy Chairman of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union
Mr. Herbert Bodner: CEO, Bilfinger and Berger
Dr. Hans Hermann Bowitz: former Chief of Staff to Federal President Roman Herzog, Germany
General Dieter Clauss (ret.): former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), SHAPE
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Haarmann, Esq.: Principal Partner Haarmann Hemmelrath, Frankfurt
Hon. Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, MdB: former Justice Minister, Germany; Chair, FDP Bavaria, Spokeswoman for European Affairs
Hans Eike v. Oppeln-Bronikowski, Esq.: Senior Partner, Streitbörger-Speckmann, Berlin
Dr. Lutz Raettig: Chairman of the Management Board, Morgan Stanley Bank AG, Frankfurt
Hon. Dr. Günter Rexrodt, MP: former Minister of Trade and Economics, Germany; Chair, FDP Berlin
Hon. Klaus Dieter Reichardt, MdL: Deputy Chair (CDU), Baden-Württemberg State Legislature; Budget Committee
Dr. Klaus Riehmer, Esq.: Partner, Haarmann Hemmelrath & Partner, Frankfurt
Prof. Dr. Gerald Rittershaus, Esq.: University of Heidelberg; Principal Partner Rittershaus, Mannheim
Dirk T. Schmitt: Board Member, Ahrens & Behrent, Frankfurt
Dr. Joachim Pfeiffer: MdB, Deutscher Bundestag

THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Hon. JUDr. Cyril Svoboda: Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hon. Jirí Dienstbier: Chair, Czech Council on Foreign Relations; former Foreign Minister; Special Rapporteur, UN Human Rights Commission (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Yugoslavia)
Ing. Pavel Bratinka: Cabinet Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister, Czech Republic (ret.); Vice-President, The Prague Society
Hon. Ing. arch. Jan Kasl: Chairman, European Democratic Party of the Czech Republic; former Lord Mayor of Prague
Ambassador Dr. Boris Lazar: Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Berlin
Ambassador František Cerný (ret.): former Czech Ambassador to Germany
H.E. Juan Flemming: Ambassador of Argentina to the Czech Republic; former Deputy Head Mission to Germany

THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Hon. JUDr. Eduard Kukan: Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Tomas Chrenek: Chairman of the Board Moravia Steel
H.E. Patrick Lawless: Ambassador of Australia to Poland and the Czech Republic

POLAND

Hon. Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, PhD: Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Barbara Lambuda: Minister of State, Office of the President
Adam Mischnik: Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza

HUNGARY

Hon. László Kovács: Minister of Foreign Affairs

RUSSIA

Ambassador Boris D. Pankin (ret.): former Foreign Minister to Michael Gorbachev; former Ambassador to Sweden and Czecheslovakia (Soviet Union): former Russian Ambassador to the Court of St. James (UK)
Ambassador Prof. Dr. Vladimir Lomeiko (ret.): Executive Vice President of the IBBF (International Baden-Baden Foundation); former Press Secretary to Michael Gorbachev; former Ambassador to UNESCO; Soviet Union and Russian Federation

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dr. Youssef Bodansky: Director Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and unconventional Weapons
Prof. Marc S. Ellenbogen: President of Prague Society; Chairman, Global Panel; Senior Associate, Maxwell School, Syracuse; Associate Fellow & Professor, IIAS, Canada
Prof. John Palmer, PhD.: Dean, The Maxwell School, Syracuse; Public Trustee, Medicare & Social Security System; former Asst. Secretary, Health and Human Services, USA
Ambassador Thomas Pickering: Senior Vice President International Relations Boing; former Undersecretary of State; former Ambassador to Israel, Jordan, Russia and the United Nations
Mr. Herman Pirchner: President, American Foreign Policy Council
Mr. Ash Rajan: Senior Vice President, Prudential Securities, New York
Dr. William Schneider: Chairman Department of Defense Science Board; former Undersecretary of State
Prof. Mark Sirower, Ph.D.: New York University; Author and Commentator, Boston Consulting Group, USA
Martin Walker: Editor-in-Chief, United Press International (U.P.I.)
Hon. Roger Wicker (R-MS): Deputy Majority Whip
and others to be confirmed.

THE UNITED KINGDOM

The Baroness Cox of Queensbury: Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, UK
John Marks, OBE, PhD: Director, Educational Research Trust, UK
Lord Malcolm Pearson of Rannoch: House of Lords, UK

AUSTRIA

Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Alois Mock: Honorary Chairman, Austrian People´s Party (ÖVP);
former Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister

THE NETHERLANDS

Frans M. J. Lurvink: Industrialist, President Alerdinck Foundation, Netherlands

FRANCE

Hon. Francis Etienne: Consul General of France to Stuttgart