Cultural Diplomacy & Cross Continental Cooperation: Building Bridges between Europe, USA, Russia, and China

Cross-Continental Cooperation Summit 2013


"Unlocking Potential: Uniting the World's Leading Powers"

(Berlin, Washington, D.C., Brussels, Moscow, Beijing; September - December, 2013)

www.Cross-Continental-Cooperation-Summit.org    


The Cross-Continental Cooperation Summit of 2013 will be a culmination of seven events taking place across the globe. The events will take place in major capital cities including Berlin, Washington D.C., Moscow, and Beijing, with the continents of Europe, North America, and Asia as hosts to the events. The Summit will focus on the potential success for improved intercultural relations in uniting the great powers of the contemporary world to better face today's global concerns.

The Summit will create a forum for the world's superpower´s representatives to publicly discuss and promote common goals, thus devising potential solutions for contemporary and future world challenges while keeping individual interests at heart. The ultimate aim of the Summit will be to create a more stable public global environment by promoting intercultural dialogue between nations, consequently bringing the international community closer to secure more prosperous future.


The ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2013

“Cultural Diplomacy & Cross Continental Cooperation: Building Bridges between Europe, USA, Russia, and China"

(Berlin: December 17th – 21st, 2013)

The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy is the world's leading event in the field of cultural diplomacy and is the final concluding event of the Institutes Cultural Diplomacy for the year.

The conference will bring together current and former heads of state and ministers, celebrities and dignitaries including an interdisciplinary group of participants traveling to Berlin from all over the world to discuss Cultural Diplomacy in our interdependent world. The 2013 event will include parallel large-scale events dedicated to the fields of cultural diplomacy & international relations, peace building, human rights, arts and culture.

The 2013 Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy is ICD's will be held in the framework of the ICD event series on Cross Continental Co-operation; The Annual conference will be the final and sixth event in the series. Ranging from broad topics of discussion to specific areas within the field of Cultural Diplomacy, the annual conference will provide a wide and detailed analysis of Cultural Diplomacy for 2013.

Conference Locations

Based in Berlin, the conference will be hosted at a number of important political, historic, and cultural locations across the city.

Conference Participants

Participation in the conference is open to governmental & diplomatic officials, academics, artists, journalists, civil society practitioners, private sector representatives, young professionals and students as well as other interested individuals from across the world.

Conference Speakers & Delegates

The speakers during the Conference will include heads of state and ministers, dignitaries and celebrated artists as well as leading figures and experts from international politics, the diplomatic community and civil society from across the world.

These speakers will include high number of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board.

Conference participants

The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy encourages academic research and analysis of issues related to the goals of the Conference. The ICD would therefore like to welcome the participants of the conference to submit a paper they would like to be considered for presentation at the conference as well as being included in the proposal document that will be issued following the conference and will be sent to all governments and leaders of the international community worldwide.

Certificate of Attendance

All conference participants will be awarded an official certificate of attendance upon completion of the program, which will provide details of the speakers who took part and the topics discussed. Each certificate will be signed by members of the ICD's Advisory Board.
Berlin Christmas Markets

Participants of the conference will have the opportunity to visit the famous Berlin Christmas markets while they are in Berlin.

Anyone who wants to experience the incomparable charm of "WinterMagic" has to come to Berlin! Berlin is the capital city of the German Christmas Markets. Whether one prefers a contemplative and magical Christmas Market or a lively and urban one, this year Berlin offers a choice of over sixty Christmas Markets spread across the city.