SPEAKERS

Birgit Van Hout

Birgit Van Hout heads the United Nations Human Rights Regional Office for Europe since June 2017. She has over 25 years of experience in human rights, rule of law, gender, and peace & security from the UN Department of Peace-Keeping Operations, the UN Department of Political Affairs.

Sarah K. Lee

Birgit Van Hout

Sarah was part of the Admissions Recruiting Committee at Harvard Law School, Schools Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative at MIT and she was also an assistant director at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Robin De Zeeuw

Birgit Van Hout

Robin De Zeeuw

Diplomacy Fellow at Best Delegate and Student Ambassador at Erasmus University College. Robin is an Advisory Board Member at Hope for education and leadership in Afghanistan NGO and currently works as Business Developer.

Leo Von Breithen-Thurn

Prince Leo was Country Liaison Officer for the European Parliament in Strasbourg. In June 2014, Prince Leo was head of delegation to the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict organised by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and chaired by the Foreign Secretary William Hague and the UN Special Envoy Angelina Jolie.

Marije Cornelissen

Leo Von Breithen-Thurn

With a team of dedicated women, Marije is working towards the establishment of a UN Women National Committee in the Netherlands, to promote gender equality and the position of women worldwide and to combat gender-based discrimination and violence.

Radan Safarik

Leo Von Breithen-Thurn

Radan Safarik

Public administration officer/lawyer with specialization in gender equality, human rights, eu law and international law. Member of several international advisory bodies and secretary of several domestic committees working in the field of gender equality and domestic violence prevention.

Elina Viitasaari

Rona Van Der Zander

Monika Babcanova

Elina is a UN representative at Gender Focal Point for Center for Global Nonkilling and has therefore written UN statements concerning violence against women for the Commission on the Status of Women.

Monika Babcanova

Rona Van Der Zander

Monika Babcanova

Monika is the winner of 2015 Slovakian Peace Award. She is the owner of ColomBiana and works in order to decrease the poverty line in South America and all over the world. Her company is based in the United States but operates mainly in South America.

Rona Van Der Zander

Rona is an entrepreneur and university lecturer. She has working experience in 8 different countries with large businesses, NGOs and international organizations. Rona worked on projects with the United Nations Association in Australia and the UN Global Compact in New York City.

Omar Al Busaidy

Aigerim Nogoibaeva

Omar is a famous entrepreneur and business leader from United Arab Emirates. He has published a book called Just Read It, and it eventually became one of the UAEs best selling books. Recently he has been awarded by the Fulbright Association.

Aigerim Nogoibaeva

Aigerim comes from unique small country in Central Asia - Kyrgyzstan. Shenis 25 years old, have graduated National University in Kyrgyzstan in 2015. She have started my career at the age of 18 as a volunteer. She positions herself as a Global Citizen.

Angela Abraham

Aigerim Nogoibaeva

Angela Abraham

Angela is the founder, editor and lead writer of Descriptionari, a website that helps millions of youth worldwide with creative writing.

Patrik Choleva

Currently, he is Chief Financial Officer at leading construction company Skanska Poland and also responsible for Diversity & Inclusions there. Previously worked as CFO for Skanska Czech Republic & Slovakia, Innogy group or KPMG. In 2012 he was awarded CFO of the Year in the Czech Republic by CFO Club.

Onyi Anyado

Patrik Choleva

Fondly referred to as Mr Distinction, Onyi is the founder of Onyi Anyado Media House & is a multiple award-winning Global Leadership Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur, Workshop Facilitator & Business Coach.

Petra Bouskova

Patrik Choleva

Petra Bouskova

Petra in a nutshell? Her life consists of three passions. Professional Coach and Trainer of presentation skills. She leads workshops for IT and marketing companies, and individually coaches people 1-on-1.

Salam Kedan

Valery Senichev

Salam Kedan

Salam is a Muslim Arab who grew up in a Muslim Arab town called Baqa al Gharbiyye, under the control of the Israeli government; she joined Model UN when she was 16 years old, traveling and joining many international conferences made her more aware of her identity. She opened her centre, Salam Centre for Peace, to provide more opportunities for the youth in her community.

Pavla Gomba

Valery Senichev

Salam Kedan

Pavla is the Executive Director of UNICEF Mission in the Czech Republic. Ranked among most influential women in the Czech Republic by Forbes continously since 2013. One of top 25 women in the Czech public sector by Economia a.s. in 2016 and 2017.

Valery Senichev

Valery is a psychologist and career consultant with a focus on Future Skills and Future Jobs. He is also a co-founder & trainer of Educamp.cz, a platform focused on training and consultancy in professional development and meaningful jobs.