The practice of diplomacy increasingly involves handling not only differences in national
cultures, but different organisational and professional cultures at the same time. The
Second International Conference on Intercultural Communication and Diplomacy (Malta,
13-15 February, 2004) will focus specifically on organisational and professional cultures
and diplomacy. Diplomats today function in an increasingly multilateral environment:
more often than in the past they are required to interact with a multitude of
international organisations, ranging from the UN down to specific interest lobby groups.
Simultaneously, diplomats are more and more involved in communicating directly with
the domestic public; again with a multitude of groups.
a. Keynote Speaker - Professor Geert Hofstede (Maastricht University and Institute
)
b. Dr Nadia Boyadjieva (Plovdiv University)
c. Professor Marie-Therese Claes (ICHEC Brussels Business School and the University
of
Louvain)
d. Dr Eduardo Gelbstein (DiploFoundation)
e. Dr Kostadin Grozev (Sofia University)
f. Professor Dietrich Kappeler (DiploFoundation)
g. Daniel J. Kealey (Canadian Foreign Service Institute)
h. Jovan Kurbalija (DiploFoundation)
i. Doug MacDonald (Centre for Intercultural Learning, Canadian Foreign Service
Institute)
j. Ambassador Kishan S Rana (DiploFoundation)
k. Dr Biljana Scott (Centre for Linguistics and Philology, Oxford University)
l.. Raymond Seguin (Canadian Foreign Service Institute)
m. Professor Paul Sharp (Alworth Institute for International Studies, University of
Minnesota, Duluth)
n. Thomas Vulpe (Centre for Intercultural Learning, Canadian Foreign Service Institute)
o. Dr Geoffrey Wiseman (School of International Relations, University of Southern
California)
p. Dr R.S. Zaharna (American University, Washington DC)
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This conference will be of interest to:
a. diplomats from all countries and all departments of ministries of foreign affairs,
embassies and consulates
b.. diplomats and officials of international organisations
c. specialists in intercultural communication
d. students of diplomacy, international relations, political science, intercultural
communication, management, etc.
e. academics in the fields of diplomacy, international relations, political science,
intercultural communication, management, etc.
f. journalists, religious authorities, NGO employees, and international organisation
employees who work with diplomats regularly
g. business people
REGISTRATION
For more information about the conference, program details and registration forms
please visit our conference website or email us at
conference@diplomacy.edu.
