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Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah -	The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew His All-Holiness Archbishop of Constantinople	HE Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Nobel Peace Prize Laureate	Muhtar Kent Chairman, Coca-Cola Company	Kate Elizabeth Winslet, CBE Actress	The Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood MP UK Minister for Defence People & Veterans	HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan President, Royal Scientific Society
Joel H. Rosenthal President, Carnegie Council for Ethics	Baroness Onora O’Neill Philosopher	HE Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi Former Minister, UAE	The Rt. Hon. Rory Stewart OBE MP Author, Member of Parliament UK	Fadi Ghandour Founder & CEO, Aramex	Arianna Huffington President, AOL Huffington Post Media Group	The Rt. Hon. the Lord Alderdice Chairman, The Centre for Democracy & Peace Building
Dr. Sheikha Al Maskari Chairperson, Al Maskari Holding	Dr. Parag Khanna Author	Stryker McGuire Senior Editor, Bloomberg Markets	Tawakkol Karman Nobel Peace Prize Laureate	Saskia Sassen Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology	Khalid Alkhudair CEO, Glowork.net	Didem Altop Co-Founder, 2C Project House
Ayesha Hazarika MBE Political Commentator UK	Ali Aslan TV Presenter, Deutsche Welle	Nawal El Saadawi Author & Activist	Carne Ross Author & Analyst	Usama Fayyad Entrepreneur & Investor	HRH Princess Beatrice of York VP Partnerships & Strategy, Afiniti	Professor Dimitris V. Nanopoulos President, Athens Academy
HE Raja Easa Al Gurg Managing Director, The Easa Saleh Al Group LLC	Mary Nazzal-Batayneh Partner, 17 Asset Management	David Rodin Global Ethics Fellow, Carnegie Council	Margery Kraus Founder & CEO, APCO Worldwide	Tu Weiming Professor of Philosophy, Peking University	Sir Dirk Brosse Music Director, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia	Alicia Hatch CMO, Deloitte Digital
Shelley Zalis CEO, The Female Quotient	Shermine Dajani CEO, Panmed Energy	Kate Smith, CMG British Ambassador, Hellenic Republic	Lorraine Hariton CEO, Catalyst	Marco Vicenzino Global Strategist	Mania Akbari Film Director	Yannis Boutaris Mayor of Thessaloniki (Greece)
Attiya Mahmoud Career Diplomat	Rishm Najm Alternate Director, Lahore Grammar School	Dr Shamshad Akhtar Former Under-Secretary-General, United Nations	Seema Aziz Founder & Managing Director, Sefam	Omer Aftab Social Entrepreneur	Maria Umar Founder & President, Women’s Digital League	Roshaneh Zafar Managing Director, Kashf Foundation
Simay Dinc Co-founder & Game Producer, Recontact	Tim Bright Partner, One World Consulting	Lale Can Managing Director, Afiniti Turkey	Ebru Ozderim Chairwoman, Limak Investments	Begum Cana Ozgur Designer	Nurdeniz Tuncer_1 Owner, Law firm of Nurdeniz Tuncer	Dr Salma Nims Secretary-General, Jordanian National Commission Women
Samar Nassar Board Member, United Arab Football Association	Dr Wafa Al Khadra Dean, American University of Madaba	Olga Stavropoulou Founding Member, Knowl Social Enterprise	Natalia Katifori - Kolotoura Co-founder & MD, OPUS Integrated Communication	Katia Stathaki Director Vodafone Business, Vodafone Greece	Myladie Stoumbou Director, Commercial Partner Programs, Microsoft Corp	Lefteris Trechas Chief Operations Officer, APIVITA SA
Lisa Baldwin Chief Information Officer, Tiffany & Co.	Dana Strong President, Consumer Services, Comcast Cable	Bridget McIntyre Former Chief Executive Officer, RSA Insurance	Neishaa Gharat Designer & Founder, House Of Gharats	Julia de Boinville VP Business Development, Afiniti	Michael E Economakis Executive Chairman, Petros Petropoulos SAIC (Plc)	Christopher Gaunt Chairman, British Chamber of Commerce Turkey
Edward Oakden CMG British Ambassador, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	Nighat Said Khan Executive Director at ASR Resource Centre (ASR)	Giles Watkins CEO, Giles Watkins	Adam Cooper Chief Architect, ID2020	Geoffrey Goodell Deputy ED, UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies	Steve Gotz Distinguished Entrepreneur, University of Oxford	Valerie Khan Independent Consultant
Dr Yvonne Thompson CBE Managing Director, ASAP	Sarah Hall President, Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)	Justine Lutterodt FRSA Director, Centre for Synchronous Leadership	Susana Frazao Pinheiro Director, Healthcare Initiative School, Un. College London	Abeer Al-Bawab General Director, Scientific Research Support Fund (SRF)	Dr Rana Dajani Associate Professor, Biology, Hashemite University	Dr Ganmaa Davaasambuu, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Sally Jordan Professor Physics Education, The Open University	Fernando Salvetti, PhD, Esq. Founder & Managing Partner, Logosnet	Stephen Cole Global Broadcaster & Communications Consultant	Dr Abdullah Khataibeh Professor in Science Education, Yarmouk University	Anjum Malik Managing Partner, Alhambra U.S. Chamber	Professor Hanan Malkawi VP for Science Engagement, Royal Scientific Society-RSS	Amin Nehme President, Lebanese Development Network (LDN)
Dr Neven Bondokji Senior Researcher, West Asia North Africa Institute	Dr Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck El Erian Fellow, The Carnegie Middle East Center (CMEC)	Mike Hardy CMG OBE FRSA Chair, Intercultural Relations, Coventry University	Eva Grosman CEO, Centre for Democracy & Peace Building	Marc Ventresca Fellow & University Lecturer, University of Oxford	Susan Foley Rocco Founder, Women to Watch™ Media, LLC	Devin T. Stewart Senior Programme Director, Carnegie Council
Yannis Koutsomitis TV Producer, Eurozone Expert	Anthony Bartzokas Board Director, Eur.Bank Reconstruction & Development	Iliana Schmatelka Managing Director, International Leadership Institute	Phaidon Tamvakakis Vice President & Managing Director, Alpha Trust	Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis President, Biopolitics International Organisation	Yiorgos Kaminis Mayor, Athens	George Pagoulatos Professor, Athens University of Economics & Business
Panagiotis Mihalos Honorary President, Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association	Dr Dia Anagnostou Assistant Professor, Politics, Panteion University	Helle Porsdam Professor, American Studies,University of Copenhagen	Shahira Amin Journalist	Dr. Bartlomiej E. Nowak Political Scientist	Michael Spanos Managing Partner, Global Sustain	Kostas Marinos PhD, Government & Constitutional Ethics
Socratis Ploussas President, Hellenic Startups Association	Dimitris Tsingos President, YES	George Gritzalas Managing Partner, Hangover Media	Dimitris Zafeiriadis Vice President, Knowl Social Enterprise	Gregory Farmakis CEO - Agilis SA Statistics & Informatics	Paschos Mandravelis Journalist	Nikos Philippas Professor, Finance Department, University of Piraeus
Dr Dimitris Keridis Ass. Professor, International Politics, Panteion University	Maha Abouelenein Head, Global Communications, Google ME & NA	Saira Khan Presenter & Managing Director, Miamoo	Souad Talsi MBE Founder, Al-Hasaniya Moroccan Women Centre	Hakan Altinay President, The Global Civics Academy	Dr Heinrich Kreft Ambassador	Lindsey Oliver International Commercial Director, Bloomberg Television
Christiana Lambrinidis Scholar	Marco Veremis CEO, Upstream	Georgia Kartsanis CEO, Sargia Partners & President, CEO Clubs See Europe	Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Unesco Goodwill Ambassador	Hani Masri President Tomorrow's Youth Organization (TYO)	H.E. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser High Representative, The UN Alliance of Civilizations

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