International Schiller Institute In-Person Conference, 30-31 May, 2026, Berlin, Germany
Panel 1: The Urgent Need for a New International Security and Development Architecture
- Moderator: Stephan Ossenkopp
- Helga Zepp-LaRouche (Germany), Founder of the Schiller Institute: “We will not let European 0civilization go under!”
- Professor Zhang Wei (China), Director of the China Institute at Fudan University: “Building a Profitable Multipolar World Order”
- Pino Arlacchi (Italy), former UN Deputy Secretary-General: “Are we sure that the coming economic storm will be global?”
- Chas Freeman (USA), former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia: “The Birth, Death, and Prospective Rebirth of the World Order” (via video)
- Sanjay Tripathi (India), former senior official in Indian ministries: “The Urgent Need for a New Global Security”
- Dr. Wolfgang Bittner (Germany, author: “Sovereignty, Neutrality, Culture”
Panel 2: Sovereignty and Consensus of the Governed
- Jacques Cheminade (France), former presidential candidate, President of Solidarité et Progrès: “A New Beginning to Prevent the Extinction of Humanity”
- Jürgen Schöttle (Germany), Engineer: “Economical Energy Supply and Sovereignty Are Inseparable”
- Patrick Baab (Germany), German journalist and author
- Retired Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Bosshard (Switzerland), former military advisor to the OSCE Secretary General
- Dr. Jasminka Simić (Serbia), Editor, Radio-Television Serbia, Belgrade: “The China-inspired new form of cooperation among the states of the Global South from a Serbian perspective”
- Dr. Theodore Postol (USA) , Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology, and National Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (via video)
Concert and Dialogue of Civilizations – Artists from China, Russia, Germany, Albania, and others
- Almira Emiri (Albania) – Albanian concert pianist
- Irina Zhuravleva (Russia) – Soprano
- Fan Xu (China) – Chinese baritone
- Almishba (Bulgaria) and Bulgarian singer,
- Martin Kaptein – Russian pianist and author; Mozart, Fantasy in C minor, K. 475
- Gabriele Gysi – Actress and author
- Andrea Röschke Video presentation (Iran)
- Dr. Bittner (Germany), Autor, Poems
- Dr. Mostafa Maleki (Iran) – Iranian diplomat and Germanist: “Hafiz and Goethe, a spiritual encounter between Persia and Germany”
- Artists’ Association Europe and Asia in Germany e.V. (Germany/China): “The Song of Lotus Picking”
- Poetry from Various Cultures
Sunday, May 31
Panel 3: The End of 500 Years of Colonialism – Part 1
- Harley Schlanger (USA), 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution
- H.E. Eskindir Yirga Asfaw (Ethiopia), Ambassador of Ethiopia
- H.E. Majid Nili (Iran), Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Daud Azimi (Afghanistan), Board Member of the Afghan National Peace Front (PNF)
- Video message from a group of young Ugandans
Panel 3: The End of 500 Years of Colonialism – Part 2
- Charles Onana (France/Cameroon), political scientist and author
- Purnima Anand (India), President of the BRICS Forum India
- Abbey Makoe (South Africa), journalist, founder of the Global South Media Network (via video)
- Jérôme Ravenet (France), Professor of Philosophy, Sinologist (via video)
- Wolfgang Riess (Germany), “The Future of the Automotive Industry”
- Mrutjuanjai Mishra (India), Journalist (Commentator for the Times of India)




