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Cross-Continental Cooperation Summit 2013
"Unlocking the Potential of Cross-Continental Cooperation: Uniting the World's Leading Powers"

Berlin: September 25th - 27th, 2013;
Washington, D.C.: November 4th - 7th, 2013;
Moscow: November 26th - 28th, 2013;
Beijing: December 4th - 6th, 2013

www.Cross-Continental-Cooperation-Summit.org


Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce and bring to your attention our forthcoming academic international conferences, to be hosted by the ICD in partnership with other leading organizations. The information attached below provides further details on the programs offered at these events. We would be extremely grateful if this announcement could also be shared with other interested parties by forwarding the information provided below.

ICD Bi Annual Newsletter for January – June 2013
I am pleased to report that the ICD has had a productive first part of the year of 2013, including a high number of speakers and participants in ICD events and program. Throughout this high magnitude of activity, we have continued to promote the research, teaching, promotion, and development of the field of Cultural Diplomacy, which has led to the building of many developments for the ICD in 2013. For your convenience, we assembled the most important developments and news together in a newsletter summarizing the first part of 2013, which you can be downloaded via the following hyperlink:

[www.culturaldiplomacy.org]

ICD Newsletter/Mailing List
If you would like to be kept up-to-date with the latest developments at the ICD, you can join our mailing list. To join the mailing list, simply send an email to "mailings@culturaldiplomacy.org" with the word "Subscribe" in the subject line. Your email address will then be added to the list automatically. If you no longer wish to receive emails from the ICD in future, please send us an email at info@culturaldiplomacy.org indicating this.

To view the complete ICD Calendar of Events for 2013, please click here.

Sincerely,

Mark Donfried
Director & Founder
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD)
Kurfürstendamm 207-8 Berlin, Germany-10719
Phone: 00.49(0)30.2360-7680
www.culturaldiplomacy.org
info@culturaldiplomacy.org

What is Cultural Diplomacy? Click Here
Cultural Diplomacy, How it Operates Today Click Here

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Cross-Continental Cooperation Summit 2013
"Unlocking Potential: Uniting the World's Leading Powers"
(Berlin: September 25th - 27th, 2013; Washington, D.C.: November 4th - 7th, 2013; Moscow: November 26th - 28th, 2013; Beijing: December 4th - 6th, 2013)
www.Cross-Continental-Cooperation-Summit.org

The Cross-Continental Cooperation Summit of 2013 will be a culmination of four events taking place across the globe. The events will take place in major capital cities including Berlin, Washington D.C., Moscow, and Beijing, with the continents of Europe, North America, and Asia as hosts to the events. The Summit will focus on the potential success for improved intercultural relations in uniting the great powers of the contemporary world to better face today's global concerns.

The Summit will create a forum for the world's superpower´s representatives to publicly discuss and promote common goals, thus devising potential solutions for contemporary and future world challenges while keeping individual interests at heart. The ultimate aim of the Summit will be to create a more stable public global environment by promoting intercultural dialogue between nations, consequently bringing the international community closer to secure more prosperous future.

The following events will take place from September-December 2013:

The Berlin Summit on Cross-Continental Cooperation 2013
"’Future Prospects in International and Intercultural Relations: Building Bridges between Europe, USA, Russia, and China"
(Berlin; September 25th - 27th, 2013)

The Washington, D.C. Summit on Cross-Continental Cooperation 2013
"Future Prospects in Enhancing Continental Cooperation to Secure Political, Economic, and Social Progress"
(Washington, D.C.; November 4th - 7th, 2013)

The Moscow Summit on Cross-Continental Cooperation 2013
"Using Russian Cultural Diversity and Heritage to Promote Further Cooperation between Russia, USA, Europe, and China"
(Moscow; November 26th - 28th, 2013)

The Beijing Summit on Cross-Continental Cooperation 2013
"Fostering an Occidental-Oriental Collaboration: Creating Cultural Understanding to Promote Stronger Ties between the World’s Great Powers"
(Beijing; December 4th - 6th, 2013)

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Youth Education & Development Advancement
Young Leaders' Forums - Forthcoming Conferences
(Berlin; September 2013)
www.icd-ylf.org
To apply, please click HERE

The Young Leaders' Forums are international networks of like-minded young individuals with an interest in developing, supporting, and sustaining intercultural relations. Over the past decade, the ICD Young Leaders' Forums have grown to become one of Europe’s largest independent cultural exchange organizations, hosting programs that facilitate interaction among young individuals of all cultural, academic, and professional backgrounds from across the world.

We are currently accepting applications for the following conferences:

Europe Meets China: A Forum for Young Leaders
“Encouraging a Sino-European Culture & Economy-Based Relationship to tackle Economic and Political Crises”
(Berlin; September 23rd – 27th, 2013)
www.icd-emc.org

Europe Meets Russia: A Forum for Young Leaders
“Political and Economic Influence, Trade, Borders, and Culture: Understanding European-Russian Relations”
(Berlin; September 23rd – 27th, 2013)
www.icd-emr.org

Cultural Diplomacy in Europe: A Forum for Young Leaders
“Analyzing Youth Unemployment within the EU: Global Dialogue for Tackling Youth Unemployment”
(Berlin; September 25th – 29th, 2013)
www.icd-europe.org

USA Meets Europe: A Forum for Young Leaders
‘’Future Prospects in International and Intercultural Relations: Building Bridges between Europe and the USA
(Berlin; September 25th – 29th, 2013)
www.icd-usame.org

Afghanistan Meets the USA: A Forum for Young Leaders (AFMUSA)
“Collaborating for a Peaceful Partnership: Framing the Post-2014 Bilateral Agenda”
(Washington D.C.; November 4th – 8th, 2013)
www.AfghanistanMeetsUSA.org

Pakistan Meets the USA: A Forum for Young Leaders (PMUSA)
“Fostering a Comprehensive Partnership through Dialogue & Intercultural Understanding”
(Washington D.C.; November 4th – 8th, 2013)
www.PakistanMeetsUSA.org


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To view the complete ICD Calendar of Events for 2013, please click here