Ambassador Neelam Deo, director and co-founder of Gateway House, attended the Forum 2000 conference, as a panelist for three sessions, from the 13-17 September. The conference seeks to provide a platform for global leaders, to openly debate and share these critical issues.
Neelam was a panelist for three sessions at the conference:
India as a democracy promoter?
This round-table session was moderated by Hrishabh Sandilya, a political analyst.
The other participants were Surendra Munshi, a Indian sociologist and Paul Flather, Secretary General, Europaeum, United Kingdom.
The Soft Power of China:
This round-table session was moderated by Martin Palouš, President, International Platform for Human Rights in Cuba.
The other participants were Juan Pablo Cardenal, Spanish Journalist, Olga Lomová, Head of The Far East Studies Department, Charles University, Czech Republic and Yi-Huah Jiang, Senior Advisor to the President, Former Prime Minister, Republic of China (Taiwan), Taiwan
Global role of BRICS:
In an invitation-only panel discussion with Frederik Willem de Klerk, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, South Africa, moderated by Ivan Vejvoda, Senior Vice President, The German Marshall Fund of the U.S.