Berlin Economic Forum 2025

"International Business, Sustainable Investments & Environmental Projects for Advancing Global Development, Democracy and Peace"

(Potsdam; March 3rd - 6th, 2025)

Forum Speakers & Delegates

Speakers for the Forum include (among others) the following Dignitaries:

Ahmet Aras
Mayor of Muğla Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey		 Akkan Suver
President of the Marmara Group Foundation		 Ana Polak Petrič
Ambassador of Slovenia to Germany
Andrei Chistol
State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova		 Andrian Iastremschi
President of the Moldovan Stock Exchange		 Attila Gyorgy
State Secretary in the Ministry of Public Finance of Romania 
Boris Tadić
President of Serbia 2004-12		 Boris Petrović-Njegoš
Member of the House of Petrović-Njegoš; Son and Heir Apparent to Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro		 Carlos James
Minister of Tourism of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 
Charles Fernandez
Minister of Tourism, Investment and Economic Development of Antigua and Barbuda 		Davor Filipovic
Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Croatia 2022-23		 Edin Dilberović
Secretary General ad interim of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Emil Constantinescu
President of Romania 1996-2000		 Etleva Kadilli
Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF		 George Panteli
Director General of the Cyprus Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth 
Gjorge Ivanov
President of North Macedonia 2009-19		 Ivan Ivanov
Chairman of the Board, International Center Alliance of Civilizations		 Ivo Josipović
President of Croatia 2010-15
Jack McConnell
First Minister of Scotland (2001-07)		 Jan Vapaavuori
Chair of Finnvera's Board of Directors ;Former Mayor of Helsinki; Former Minister of Economic Affairs		 Jean-Philippe Chauzy
Chief of Mission, IOM Germany
Katalin Bogyay
President of UNESCO 36th General Conference; Former UN and UNESCO Ambassador of Hungary		 Leila Ali Elmi
Member of the Parliament of Sweden		 Luitpold Prinz von Bayern
Head of König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei; Member of the House of Wittelsbach
Martin Frick
Director of the WFP Global Office Berlin		 Már Guðmundsson
Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland 2019		 Miguel Pedro Sousa Monteiro
President of the Board of Directors of Cape Verde Stock Exchange
Mikael Ribbenvik Cassar
Deputy Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA)		 Mladen Ivanic
Chairman of Presidency of Bosnia & Herzegovina 2014-15, 2016-17		 Mohammed Omran
Professor of Financial Economics, Arab Academy for Science & Technology; Ex-Chairman of the Financial Regulatory Authority of Egypt & the Egyptian Exchange
Natalia Gavrilița
Prime Minister of Moldova 2021-23		 Pablo Hernández de Cos
70th Governor of the Bank of Spain 2018-24		 Rajeeva Bandaranaike
Chief Executive Officer, Colombo Stock Exchange
Sandris Laganovskis
Director of Cooperation and Partnerships Department in the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)		 Sanita Osipova
Judge of the Supreme Court of Latvia		 Sok Hour Hong
CEO of the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX)
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
Chair of the Alba Party, Scotland; Former Member of the British Parliament; Former Member of the COE Parliament

 Trajan Angeloski
President of Macedonian Chamber of Commerce

Vlad Nistor
Former President of the Senate, University of Bucharest; Former Romanian MP & MEP

The Berlin Initiative:

“For a Diplomatic Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” »

The Berlin Initiative will be launched in the framework of the Berlin Economic Forum 2025
The Berlin Initiative is led by Dr. Yossi Beilin & Dr. Hiba Husseini
(Launch Event, Potsdam; March 3-5th, 2025)

Speakers for the Event include (among others) the following Dignitaries:

André Azoulay
Counsellor to H.M. King Mohammed VI, Morocco

 Massimo d'Alema
Prime Minister of Italy 1998-2000; Minister of Foreign Affairs 2006-8		 Miguel Ángel Moratinos
United Nations Under-Secretary-General, High-Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations
Samih al Abed
Former Palestinian Minister of Housing & Public Works		 Hiba Husseini »
Former Chair of the Legal Committee to Final Status Negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis		 Yossi Beilin »
Former Minister of Justice of Israel; Leading “Architect” of the Oslo Accords & the Geneva Initiative
Harris C. Georgiades
Chairman, Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and European Affairs of Cyprus		 Humza Yousaf
First Minister of Scotland (2023-24) 		Nitzan Horowitz
Former Israeli Minister for Health; Former Head of the Merez Party
Ann Linde
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden 2019-22		 Robert Serry
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process 2007-15		 Erkki Tuomioja
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland 2000-07, 2011-15
Jörg Walendy
Representative of the German Foreign Ministry		 Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
Chair of the Alba Party, Scotland; Former Member of the British Parliament; Former Member of the COE Parliament

 Andreas Reinicke
Director Deutsches-Orient-Institut
Gjorge Ivanov
President of North Macedonia 2009-19		 Emil Constantinescu
President of Romania 1996-2000		 Mladen Ivanic
Chairman of Presidency of Bosnia & Herzegovina 2014-15, 2016-17
Hesham Youssef
Senior Egyptian Diplomat 		Shlomo Brom
Senior Researcher (Emeritus) at the Institute for National Security Studies of Israel		 Farah Bdour
Jordanian Political Analyst specializing in Conflict Resolution and Mediation
Uli Brückner
Jean Monnet Professor For European Studies, Stanford University Berlin		 Peter Jambrek
Rector of the New University, Slovenia		 Michel Liegeois
Senior Professor in International Relations and Security Studies at UCLouvain (Belgium)