Speakers

Abdulla Shahid

Maldives

Ani Yeremyan

Armenia

David Dabydeen

Guyana

Deepak Bhojwani

India

Diana Mickevičienė

Lithuania

Dr. Piotr Antoni Świtalski

Poland

Dr. Waiel Awwad

Syria

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Ireland

Felicity Volk

Australia

Firat Sunel

Turkey

Indran Amirthanayagam

USA

Jaimini Bhagwati

India

Mandla Langa

South Africa

Mohamed Tawfik

Egypt

Mookhesswur Choonee

Mauritius

Mpho Boshego

South Africa

Olexander Scherba

Ukraine

Ranjit Rae

India

Sandra Kalniete

Latvia

Talmiz Ahmad

India

Thierry Mathou

France

Thomas Prinz

Germany

Kallol Bhattacherjee

India

Helena Nolan

Ireland

Branimir Farkaš

Croatia

Madan Kumar Bhattarai

Nepal

Betsy Udink

The Netherlands

Marcel Kurpershoek

The Netherlands

Anju Ranjan

India

Mariano Caucino

Argentina

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25 – 27, Oct 2026

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