Introduction

The Berlin Economic Forum Project 2014-2014 (www.beforum.de) is the world’s leading project combining the fields of International Economics and Relations, Nation Branding and Cultural Diplomacy with an interdisciplinary and multinational program. The Project was established in order to further promote sustainable economies worldwide and the inauguration of the project took place in November 2014 with its launch event in Berlin.

The next event series will take place from March - October 2017 in Berlin/Germany and will focus on Sustainable Economies, Tourism & Responsible Foreign Investments.

Forum Location

The event series will take place in all main cities of Germany.

Forum Speakers & Delegates

Speakers & Delegates during the 2017 forum will include among others leading politicians and economists, senior diplomats, leading governmental officials, senior academics, and representatives from the private sector. These speakers will include individuals from the ICD Advisory Board. To learn more about the ICD Advisory Board, please click here.

Speakers & Delegates for the Summit include:

President Emil Constantinescu President of the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy; Former President of Romania	Hon. Edmund Stoiber Former Minister President of Bavaria	Hon. Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi Former Director General of the WTO
Hon. Jürgen Trittin Former German Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation & Nuclear Safety	Hon. Erkki Tuomioja Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland	Hon. Dirk Niebel Former German Minister for Economic Cooperation
The Hon. Minister Fernando Vaz Minister of Tourism and Crafts of Guinea-Bissau	Dirk Glaesser (Director, Program for Sustainable Development of Tourism, UNWTO)	Minister Ephraim Kamuntu Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities of Uganda
Hon. Markus Meckel Former Foreign Minister of the German Democratic Republic	Philipp Lengsfeld (MdB) Member of the German Parliament	Hon. Rupert Scholz Former German Minister for Defence
Bernhard Schwager Head Sustainability Office, Robert Bosch GmbH	Hon. Gert Weisskirchen Former Senior Member of the German Parliament	Chairman Nondas Cl. Metaxas CEO, Cyprus Stock Exchange
Amb. Ali Ahmad Jalali Ambassador of Afghanistan to Germany	CEO Tiaan Bazuin Chief Executive Officer, Namibian Stock Exchange	Amb. Ramón Custodio Espinoza Ambassador of Honduras to Germany
Amb. Jauhar Saleem Ambassador of Pakistan to Germany	Amb. Alberto Guani Ambassador of Uruguay to Germany	Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor Khan Managing Director, Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC)
Jovo Rabrenovic Director General in the Directorate for Development of Nation Brand, Ministry of Economy of Montenegro	Marija Cvorovic Head of the Department for Development of Nation Brand, Ministry of Economy of Montenegro	Maria Stylianou Michaelidou Manager, Limassol Tourism Board

Forum Participants »

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

If you would like to reserve a position and participate in one of the events of the forum, please click on the link below and fill out the online registration form:

Certificate of Attendance - 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 Conference Committee.

Participant Papers »

The Conference Committee encourages academic research and analysis of issues related to the goals of the Conference. The Conference Committee 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.