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2007 Istanbul Conference, List of Speakers

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List of Speakers, Participants and Delegates, Istanbul, Turkey 2007 (as of 30th April)

  • Seyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi, President, Institute for Interreligious Dialogue, Tehran, Iran
  • Dr. Alparslan Acikgenc, Vice-Rector and Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Mr. Swami Agnivesh, Member, International Peace Council (2003-), Chairperson, UN Trust Fund on Contemporary Form of Slavery (1994-2004), amongst others, India
  • Prof. Ada Aharoni, Founder, International President, IFLAC, Pave Peace, amongst others, Haifa, Israel
  • Mr. Mohamad Iwhida Ahmed, PhD candidate, Department of Comparative Study of Religions, Charles University, Czech Republic
  • Dr. Orna Almog, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Kingston University, Surrey, UK
  • Mr. Mustafa Akyol, Writer, Columnist (The WhitePath.com); Referans and Hurriyet Daily, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Prof. Dr. Mahmut Aydin, Faculty of Divinity- Science of Philosophy and Theology, Sakarya University, Istanbul
  • Gyandev Becceea, President, Satyam Gyanam Anandam Society, Mauritius
    Dr. Margaret Brabant, Director, Centre for Citizenship and Community, Butler University, Indianapolis, USA
  • Prof. Dr. Oguz Borat, Rector, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Prof. Dr. Omer Caha, Dean, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Prof. Joseph A. Camilleri, Director, Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Mrs. Rita Camilleri, Melbourne, Australia
    Zuhal Unalp Cepel, Reseach Assistant, Department of International Relations, Dokuz Eylul University, Buca-Izmir, Turkey
  • Dr. Irena Chiru, National Intelligence Academy, Bucharest, Romania
  • Dr. Ella Ciuperca, National Intelligence Academy, Bucharest, Romania
  • Assist. Prof. Dr. Abdulkadir Civan, Department of Economics, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Mrs. Donna Corse, USA
  • Dr. Bahman Dadgostar, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Pain Management and Behavioral Medicine, California, USA
  • Prof. Jamshid Damooei, Co-Director, Centre for Leadership and Values, California Lutheran University, USA
  • Ms. Ruhsen Dizdaroglu, insieme tours, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Dr. Erica Ehrenberg, Executive Director, American Institute of Iranian Studies, USA
  • Rev.Fr. Dr. M. Lorenz Moises J Festin , San Carlos Seminary, Makati City, Philippines
  • Frithjof Finkbeiner, Global Marshall Plan Initiative Coordinator, Hamburg, Germany
  • Mr. Yoav Frankel, Research Associate, Interfaith-Encounter Association, Israel
  • Ms. Marjorie Frey, Common Ground Global Initiative, Chicago, USA
  • Ms. Mayumi Futamura, Rotary World Peace Fellow, Rotary Centre for Peace, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
  • Mr. Richard Garrett, USA
  • Mr. Metin Gorgec, insieme tours, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Prof. Linda Groff, California State University, Carson, USA
  • Prof. Dr. Sinasi Gunduz, Faculty of Divinity, Istanbul University, Turkey
  • Prof. Dr. Kenan Gursoy, Faculty of Arts and Science, Galatasaray University, Turkey
  • Mr. Gordon Hayles, Coventry, UK
  • Mrs. Jackie Hayles, Coventry, UK
  • Prof. Dr. Omer Faruk Harman, The Councillor/ Presidency of Religious Affairs, The Republic of Turkey, in France
  • Dr. Wilfried A. Hofmann, Counsellor, Central Council of Muslims in Germany (ZMD),  German Diplomat and author, Director of Information for NATO at Brussels (1983-1987), German Ambassador to Algeria (1987-1990) and Ambassador to Morocco (1990-1994), Germany
  • Dr. Shahrul Mizan Ismail, Public Law Department, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Prof. Yahya R. Kamalipour, Head, Department of Communication, Purdue University Calumet, USA
  • Mrs. Mah Kamalipour, USA
  • Ms. Niki Kamalipour, USA
  • Ms. Shirin Kamalipour, USA
    Lalljee Kamlesh, Satyam Gyanam Anandam Society, Mauritius
  • Ms. Lauri Kamm, Administrator, Common Ground, Chicago, USA
  • Prof. Dr. Bekir Karliga, Faculty of Divinity, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Mr. Jim Kenney, Executive Director, Interreligious Engagement Project [IEP21], Chicago, USA
  • Mrs. Cetta Kenney, IEP21, Photo Editor, Interreligious Insight, Chicago, USA
    Dr. Irfan Ahmad Khan, President, World Council of Muslims for Interfaith Relations, Chicago, USA
  • Prof. Dr. Mahmut Erol Kilic, Faculty of Divinity, Marmara University, Turkey
  • Mr. Zekihan Kiziloglu, insieme tours, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Havva Kok, Department of International Relations, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
  • Christopher Kosovich, masters candidate, Purdue University Calumet, USA
  • Prof. Esmail Koushanpour, Common Ground Global Initiative, Chicago, USA
  • Jenny Koushanpour, Common Ground Global Initiative, Chicago, USA
  • Rev. Dr. Kevin Long, Rector, St. Thomas More College, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
  • Assoc. Prof. Dora Marinova, Head, Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia
  • Dr. Bruce Matthews, Bard College, New York, USA
  • Dr. Ross McDonald, Co-ordinator, Business, Society and Culture Programme, University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Dr. Kamran Mofid, (Founder-Convenor), Founder, Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative, Coventry, UK
  • Mrs. Anne Mofid, Coventry, UK
  • Dr. Hebron L. Ndlovu, University of Swaziland, Swaziland
  • Prof. Hassan Nejad, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, USA
  • Mrs. Behrokh Nejad, Yellow Springs, OH, USA
  • Dr. Ayse Dilek Ogretir, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, USA
  • Ms. Chakra Raj Ojha, PhD candidate, School of Professional Development and Leadership, University of New England, Armidale, Australia
  • Dr. Sezai Ozcelik, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, USA
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Ozdemir, Director of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, Turkey
  • Dr. Ruwan Palapathwala, Melbourne College of Divinity, Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Mr. James B. Quilligan, Managing Director, Centre for Global Negotiations, Philadelphia, USA
  • Rev. Dr. Alan Race, Editor-in-Chief, Interreligious Insight; IEP21, Leicester, UK
  • Dassruth Rajendraprasad, Satyam Gyanam Anandam Society, Mauritius
  • Marshalee Ray, Chair, Common Ground Global Initiative, Chicago, USA
  • Ms. Farahnaz Rezaei, Member of the Women Cultural Social Society-WCSS, State of Kuwait
  • Nora Rowley, M.D., Interreligious Engagement Project, Chicago, USA
  • Dr. Sammas Salur, (Co-convenor 2007), Department of Public Administration, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Dr. Raviv Schwartz, Research Fellow, Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy, Tel Aviv University, Israel
  • Ms. Shamin Samani, PhD candidate, Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia
  • Mr. Sidney L. Shipton OBE KFO, Co-ordinator, The Three Faiths Forum, London, UK
  • Mrs. Judith Shipton, London, UK
  • Mr. Frank Tillmann, PhD candidate, Faculty of Philosophy, Martin Luther University, Halle-wittenberg, Germany
  • Mr. Peter Townend, Coventry, UK
  • Mrs. Kate Townend, Coventry, UK
  • Prof. Eiko Tyler, Chaminade University, Honolulu, USA
  • Mr. William A. Tyler, Honolulu, USA
  • Ms. Erica Tyler, PhD candidate, Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
  • Mr. Cemal Usak, Secretary General, Intercultural Dialogue Platform, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Mr. Erol User, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Mr. Andrew Wicking, PhD candidate, Melbourne College of Divinity, Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Mr. Nejdan Yildiz, Final year student, International Relations Programme, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey

(More participants and delegates to be listed)