FUTURE DIPLOMACY

Welcome addressDr. Guido Biessen Head Economic Department, Royal Dutch Embassy in Berlin

Introduction Prof. Elizabeth Sikiaridi and Prof. Frans Vogelaar Hybrid Space Lab

KeynoteCathryn Clüver Executive Director, Future of Diplomacy Project, Belfer Center for Science and

John F. Kennedy School of Government

Embassy Lab Future Diplomacy addresses the potential a creative diplomacy and creates an interdisciplinary framework for crossover exchange between

*Can embassies ally with crowd-sourced transnational citizen networks, tapping into their innovative creative potential?

Natasha Apostolidi Senior Political Advisor, Orange Grove Incubator, Royal Dutch Embassy in Athens Sarah BidoliNetwork for International

Mercator Fellowship Alumni

Corinna Blutguth Program Coordinator Berlin Programming, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Dieuwke Boersma Artist, Artistic Researcher, Assistant Professor, Academy of Media Arts Cologne Dr. Elisabeth Botsch Program Director, European Academy Berlin

Rolf Brockschmidt Journalist, Editor, Head of Supplement, Der Tagesspiegel

Gabriela Canales Sue Lyn Chong Global Diplomacy Lab

Onur Eryuce Secretary General, Associ- ation of Social Democratic Municipalities of Turkey

Juliana Figale Elisabeth Flesch Global Diplomacy Lab

Nicola Forster President of Think Tank Foraus

Egbert Fransen Director Pakhuis de Zwijger, Platform for Art, Design and City Making, Amsterdam

Linda Gabel SAP Innovation Center in Potsdam and SAP Labs Berlin

Sebastian Gallander Head of Think Tank, Vodafone Foundation Germany

Gordana Gavrilovic Global Diplomacy Lab Özkan Gölpinar Art Critic, Researcher Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, Member of the Dutch Council for Culture

Marijke van Hees Vice-Chair of the Economic Development Forum from Eurocities, Chair of the Dutch RetailAgenda, Member of the Dutch Council for Culture

Ilka Hennet Senior Manager, BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt

Sabine Hentzsch Representative for the Executive Committee

Goethe-Institut

Senta Höfer Global Diplomacy Lab

Bernd Hüttemann Secretary General European of Movement Germany and Vice-President of European Movement International

Amarachi A. Igboegwu Diversity Consultant, Heidelberg University

Dutch, German, and international professional diplomats, creative professionals, and other experts.

Welcome addressDr. Guido Biessen Head Economic Department, Royal Dutch Embassy in Berlin

Introduction Prof. Elizabeth Sikiaridi and Prof. Frans Vogelaar Hybrid Space Lab

KeynoteCathryn Clüver Executive Director, Future of Diplomacy Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government

The Embassy Lab at the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Berlin brings together the official traditional institution of the Embassy with the innovative potential of a creative lab to develop a ‘Creative Diplomacy’.

Embassy Lab Future Diplomacy addresses the potential a creative diplomacy and creates an interdisciplinary framework for crossover exchange between

*Can embassies ally with crowd-sourced transnational citizen networks, tapping into their innovative creative potential?

*Can embassies contribute to renewal by using the potential of cultural differences as a motor of innovation?

Natasha Apostolidi Senior Political Advisor, Orange Grove Incubator, Royal Dutch Embassy in Athens Sarah Bidol Network for International Affairs - Stiftungskolleg and Mercator Fellowship Alumni

Corinna Blutgut Program Coordinator Berlin Programming, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Dieuwke Boersma Artist, Artistic Researcher, Assistant Professor, Academy of Media Arts Cologne Dr. Elisabeth Botsch Program Director, European Academy Berlin

Rolf Brockschmidt Journalist, Editor, Head of Supplement, Der Tagesspiegel

Gabriela Canales Sue Lyn Chong Global Diplomacy Lab

Onur Eryuce Secretary General, Associ- ation of Social Democratic Municipalities of Turkey

Juliana Figale Elisabeth Flesch Global Diplomacy Lab

Nicola Forster President of Think Tank Foraus

Egbert Fransen Director Pakhuis de Zwijger, Platform for Art, Design and City Making, Amsterdam

Linda Gabel SAP Innovation Center in Potsdam and SAP Labs Berlin

Sebastian Gallander Head of Think Tank, Vodafone Foundation Germany

Gordana Gavrilovic Global Diplomacy Lab Özkan Gölpinar Art Critic, Researcher Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, Member of the Dutch Council for Culture

Marijke van Hees Vice-Chair of the Economic Development Forum from Eurocities, Chair of the Dutch RetailAgenda, Member of the Dutch Council for Culture

Ilka Hennet Senior Manager, BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt

Sabine Hentzsch Representative for the Executive Committee in the Capital City Office, Goethe-Institut

Senta Höfer Global Diplomacy Lab

Bernd Hüttemann Secretary General European of Movement Germany and Vice-President of European Movement International

Amarachi A. Igboegwu Diversity Consultant, Heidelberg University

Adi Farjon Israel Spokesperson of the Embassy of Israel in Berlin

Dr. Sabine Junginger Politics for Tomorrow, Head of the Competence Center for Design & Manage-ment, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Peter Kettner Head of Office of the Former President of Germany Christian Wulff Janec Kohlschütter Co-Founder Insights Germany

Thomas Kraubitz Architect and Urban Planner, Senior Consultant, Buro Happold Engineering Cities

Gitta Lauster Special Assistant to the Director, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin

Gabriella Lazzoni Program Director, Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation, The Hague, Program Director New Diplo-macy Initiatives, Académie Diplomatique Internationale, Paris

Lina Li Project Manager at adelphi consult GmbH

Dr. Katharina Lobeck Global Leadership Academy, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenar-beit (giz) GmbH

Heiko Nitzschke Research Commissioner, Policy Planning Unit, German Foreign Office

Sabine Olthof Head of Program Global Partners of Germany / Alumniportal Deutschland, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (giz) GmbH

Dr. Dieter Reinl Head of Section Foreign Policy Network in Germany, Federal Foreign Office

Philipp Sälhoff Senior Project Manager, Das Progressive Zentrum

Susanne Salz Founder of United Actors

Jochen Sandig Cultural Entrepreneur,Radialsystem, Advisory Board Global Parliament of Mayors

Felix Schramm Head Customer Relationship Manager, Universal Music Group, Founder AgProp

Isabelle Schwarz Head of Advocacy, R&D and Knowledge Management, European Cultural Foundation

Carolin Silbernagl Member of the Board better-place lab / gut.org gAG Imran Simmins First Secretary Political, South African Embassy in Berlin

Aarash D. Spanta Human Rights Attorney, Berlin

Prof. Dr. Eckart D. Stratenschulte Director European Academy Berlin Cristina Umani Senior Manager, BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt

Weijer Vermeer Communications Advisor for Digital and Public Diplomacy, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Daniel Wagner Steering and Reform of the Center for International Peace Operations, Crisis Prevention, Stabilisation, Peacebuilding Network, Evaluation, German Federal Foreign Office

Dutch, German, and international professional diplomats, creative professionals, and other experts.

Embassy Lab Future Diplomacy reflects and investigates the potential of such an Embassy Lab model.

*How can we develop Embassy Lab further as an European Embassy Lab?

The program takes place in the premises of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Berlin (Klosterstraße 50, 10179 Berlin) on October 7th 2016 from 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm. It includes a series of short presentations as well as networking / workshop sessions in small groups and will be followed from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm by a closing reception with drinks.

Dirk Weber Psychologist, Executive Director, Senior Consultant, DWEC Group, Berlin Dominik Wörner Co-Founder Insights Germany

Meike Ziegler Artist, Designer of Creative Rituals, Founder of Creatual Lab

Christel Arlette Zunneberg European Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin Office

Organization / ContactProf. Elizabeth Sikiaridi and Prof. Frans Vogelaar of Hybrid Space Lab curate the program, together with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Berlin.

Embassy Lab Future Diplomacy is organized in network partnership with the Global Diplomacy Lab, a platform for exploring a new and more inclusive diplo-macy that is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, the Robert Bosch Foundation, the Mercator Foundation and the Global Leadership Academy of the giz (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH).

For further information www.hybridspacelab.net/thinktank/future-diplomacy/

email office@hybridspacelab.net

FUTURE DIPLOMACY