Speakers

Nizar Amedi

President of the Republic of Iraq

Qubad Talabani

Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government

Bafel Talabani

President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

The Lord Grimstone of Boscobel

Baron Grimstone of Boscobel; f UK Minister for Investment; f Chairman Barclays Bank plc; Chairman Gemcorp Capital; Vice Chairman BlueFive Investments

General Richard Myers

15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States

Giorgos Gerapetritis

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic

Frans Timmermans

Minister of State of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; f. Executive Vice-President of the European Commission

Basil Gavalas

The Founding Strategic Advisor & Secretary of the International Advisory Committee, Slemani Strategic Forum

General Sir Nick Carter

f. Chief of the Defence Staff, United Kingdom & Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution

Nizar Naser Hussein

Governor of Central Bank of Iraq

Mohamed Khaled Nordin

Minister of Defence of Malaysia

Andres Pastrana

President, Christian Democrat International (CDI); 31st President of Colombia

Olusegun Obasanjo

5th & 12th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria & f. Chairman of the African Union

Yulia Tymoshenko

10th & 13th Prime Minister of Ukraine; Member of Parliament, Ukraine & Leader of the Batkivshchyna Party

James Heappey

f. Minister of State for the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom

General John R. Allen

1st Special Presidential Envoy of the USA for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; f. President of the Brookings Institution

Sherri Kraham Talabany

President and co-founder of SEED Foundation

Kiril Petkov

f. Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria

Macky Sall

4th President of Senegal

Khalid Shwani

Minister of Justice of the Federal Government of Iraq

AbdulSalam Medeni

Advisor to the President of the Kurdistan Region

Dr. Greg Mills

Member of the Board, RUSI – The Royal United Services Institute

Muhtar Kent

Member of the Board of Directors of The Coca Cola Company; f. Chairman & CEO of The Coca Cola Company

Adonis Georgiadis

Minister of Health of the Hellenic Republic

Bisher Khasawneh

f. Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Jordan

General Sir Ralph Wooddisse

f. Commander, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, NATO

Haval Abubakir

Governor of Sulaymaniyah

Avdullah Hoti

MP; f. Prime Minister of Kosovo

Shoresh Ismail

Minister for Peshmerga Affairs of the Kurdistan Regional Government

Marcelo Queiroga

f. Minister of Health of the Federative Republic of Brazil

Harsh Vardhan Shringla

33rd Foreign Secretary of India; Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Amb. Francesco M. Talò

Special Envoy for the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) of the Italian Republic

Hryhoriy Nemyria

f. Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Ukrainian Parliament; f. Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine

Eerik-Niiles Kross

MP; f. Chief of the Intelligence Service of Estonia

Matthew Boyle

Washington Bureau Chief, Breitbart News

Nikolas Papadopoulos

MP & President of the Democratic Party of Cyprus (DIKO)

Tobias Ellwood

f. Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East and Defence Minister of the United Kingdom; Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council

Dr. Dara Rashid Mahmud

Minister of Planning of the Kurdistan Regional Government

Ahmed Mufti

Deputy Minister of Natural Resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government

Amanj Faiq

General Director, Slemani Investment Board

Dr. Alia Hatoug-Bouran

Senator, The Jordanian Senate; President, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean; Member of the Advisory Council, IISS

Anna Diamantopoulou

f. European Commissioner & Greek Cabinet Minister; President of DIKTIO

George Birnbaum

Partner, Oracle Advisory Group; Advisor to Multiple Heads of State

Bernardino León

6th Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain; f. Special Representative of the United Nations Mission for Libya

Ana Birchall

f. Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Justice of Romania

Victoria Taylor

Director of Iraq Initiative and Syria Project, Atlantic Council

Vlada Galan

Partner, Oracle Advisory Group; Advisory to various Heads of State

Andreas David

Founder & Non-Executive Chairman, Dominor Holdings Limited

Enver Hoxhaj

MP; f. Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo

Zhwan Sabir

Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government

Ambassador Jon Wilks

Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council; f. Special Envoy for Syria of the United Kingdom; f. Ambassador to Iraq of the United Kingdom

Dimitris Avramopoulos

MP; f. European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship; f. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence of the Hellenic Republic