Cultural manager and university lecturer. Coordinator of the Culture 2000 programme in Poland (2003-2005), coordinator on the European Affairs Unit in the Ministry of Culture since 2005. Currently chief specialist in the International Cultural Centre in Kraków; coordinator of the...

Former High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, the United Nations Initiative which aims to improve understanding and cooperative relations among nations and peoples across cultures. Jorge Sampaio is also the former President of the Republic of Portugal from1996 to...

Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Puerto Rico, and has worked as a Research Associate at the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies in Jordan. Caraballo-Resto's research is focused on the anthropology of religion with particular interest in...

Director of the Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Stenou is a specialist in the field of intercultural communication. As a member of various research institutes devoted to intercultural...

Born in Casablanca and raised in Italy, his mother tongues are Italian and Arabic. Chaouki is a professional journalist and the President of the Cultural Islamic Centre of Italy. He was a Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. He...

Professor at Cracow University of Economics. Pedziwiatr's expertise lies in Sociology of migration and religion, social movements, Islam and Muslim communities in Europe, Islamism in MENA countries, immigrants in Poland and Polish migration policy. Recently he has been involved in...

Professor of Sociology and Public Policies at the European University of Tirana. Barjaba received a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in 2005, and has been an elected Associate Member of the Academy of Sciences...

Lecturer in Intercultural Communication at the University of Valencia. Navarro's research focuses on media and migrations in the Euro-Mediterranean space, and lecturer in the master 'Intercultural Mediation and Citizen Participation' (University of Valencia, Spain). She has worked also in the...

Lecturer at the Greek Open University. Kontochristou has collaborated with leading research institutes and has worked many years as a consultant. Kontochristou has directed the Departments of Promotion and Communication and International Collaborations of the Hellenic Culture Organization at the...

Former Country Director of the British Council in Morocco. Rose has also been the Director of the Our Shared Europe project and the founding Director of 'Counterpoint', the British Council’s think-tank on cultural relations and public diplomacy. Rose has spoken...