Judy Dempsey
Judy Dempsey is a Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe and editor-in-chief of its Strategic Europe blog since 2012. Prior to that, she was a columnist for the International New York Times and between 2004-201, the International Herald Tribune’s Germany Correspondent in Berlin. From 2001 to 2004, Dempsey was the Financial Times’ Diplomatic Correspondent in Brussels […]
Maja Piscevic
Maja Piscevic is a Senior Fellow and the head of the Balkans initiative at the EastWest Institute (EWI) in Belgrade, prior to which she served as the Vice President for Communications at EWI headquarters in New York. Prior to EWI, Maja served as Executive Director at the American Chamber of Commerce Serbia, Executive Director and […]
Dr. Nathalie Tocci
Nathalie Tocci is Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali and Honorary Professor at the University of Tübingen. She is Special Advisor to EU High Representative and Vice President of the Commission Josep Borrell. As Special Advisor to HRVP Federica Mogherini she wrote the European Global Strategy and worked on its implementation. She has been a […]
Sonja Licht
Sonja Licht is the President of the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence (BFPE). She founded BFPE in 2003 as an organization that will continuously work on capacity building of people active in political and public life. BFPE pays a special attention to the empowerment of women, youth and minorities active in politics and civil society, […]
Agon Maliqi
Agon Maliqi is a policy analyst, civil society activist and media writer from Prishtina, Kosovo. He is the creator and co-founding editor of sbunker.net, an Albanian language opinions and analysis blog which gathers a younger generation of academics, think tankers and civil society activists. Mr. Maliqi’s main interests include regional and international affairs, the state […]
Berat Rukiqi Ph.D.
– Co-owner and co –founder of “Trosha” – a successful startup company which employs more than 70 people – Board member, as a representative of the private sector at “Millennium Foundation Kosovo” – 11 years’ experience at KCC (Kosovo Chamber of Commerce) in various positions, recently elected as the President of KCC – 4 years’ […]
Amb. Wolfgang Ischinger
Ambassador Ischinger has been Chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) since 2008. A German career diplomat, he was State Secretary (Deputy Foreign Minister) from 1998 to 2001. From 2001 to 2006, he was the Federal Republic of Germany’s Ambassador to the U.S., and from 2006 to 2008, to the Court of St James’. He […]
Miroslav Lajcak
Miroslav Lajčák is the EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues, a position he assumed on 2 April 2020. Having dedicated his professional life to diplomacy, representing both the Slovak Republic and the international community, Miroslav Lajčák has more than 30 years of experience in foreign policy. In his […]
James O’Brien
James O’Brien is Vice Chair of Albright Stonebridge Group (ASG) and leads the firm’s Europe practice. A founder of the firm, he has worked extensively on issues affecting consumer goods, health, entertainment, environment, media (including free speech), information technology, telecommunications, and finance sectors. Mr. O’Brien is also a member of the management and investment committees […]
Ramiro Avendaño Jaramillo
Executive with 43 years of age and 18 years of professional experience in the Telecommunications and Media industries, with responsibilities in Asia, Europe and Latin America. Currently President of Channel 1, having previously held the presidency of El Heraldo and the Board of Directors of the Colombian Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications (CCIT), member […]
Karen Abudinen Abuchaibe
Karen Abudinen es abogada y cuenta con más de 15 años de experiencia trabajando en la planeación, gestión y obtención de recursos en el sector público y privado. Actualmente, es la Ministra de las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones del país y desde esta posición busca generar más equidad para los colombianos a […]