Hon. Herbert Klein, Decadal Keynote Speaker
Fmr. United States Congressman
Council Member, National Democratic Institute

Dr. Saqib Qureshi, Keynote Speaker
Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Author, The Broken Contract

Massimo Tommasoli, Plenary Speaker
Permanent Observer to the United Nations

International IDEA

Dr. Uchenna Ekwo, Conference Co-Chair
President
Center for Media & Peace Initiatives

Dr. Robert Shick, Conference Co-Chair
Visiting Professor
School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University-Newark

Dr. Gregg Van Ryzin
Professor and Interim Dean
School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University-Newark

George Baumgarten
U.N. correspondent

Robert Bernstein
Director, Media & Public Affairs
Help A Star Foundation

John Cavanaugh
CEO and President of the Board
The Plunk Foundation

Dr. Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia
Professor
School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University-Newark

Tanya Domi
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Dr. Umar Gwandu
Faculty Member in Mass Communication
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto

Kahraman Haliscelik
Press Secretary
Organization of Turkic States

Edmund Janniger
Vice President, Center for Media & Peace Initiatives
Director-General, International Security Forum

Dr. Stephanie Newbold
Associate Professor
School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University-Newark

Alexander Ostashko
Ukrainian American journalist

Mohamed Al-Sindi
Fmr. Ambassador to the United Nations
Republic of Yemen

Dr. Robert Suskind
Dean Emeritus
California University of Science and Medicine