Participants
In total, more than 60 persons took part in the Symposium. In addition to 10 speakers, the participants included leaders of intercultural projects, especially those who are involved in joint initiatives with the Borderland Foundation or the Fondazione Alexander Langer Stiftung. They participated actively in the Symposium and provided, along with local organizations, presentations of their intercultural projects. There were also intellectuals and cultural animators from Sarajevo and the region, students, and journalists.
New Agora Participants
Rachel Avnery - Israel
Edwin Bendyk - a journalist, “Polityka” magazine, Warsaw, Poland
Vojka Djikić - a poet, Executive Editor, “Sarajevske Sveske” magazine, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ivana Djokić - a philosopher and journalist, Serbia
Ingrid Facchinelli - a memeber of the Fondazione Alexander Langer Stiftung, Bolzano, Italy
Rigels Halili - a cultural animator, anthropologist, and student of the PhD programme at the Centre for Social Studies at the Polish Academy of Science, Albania
Diana Ivanova - a freelance journalist and cultural manager, Sofia, Bulgaria
Brendan Jackson - a commmunity artist, The Public NGO, Great Britain
Maja Jaszewska - a journalist, “Przegląd Powszechny” magazine, Poland
Levan Khetaguri - a Chairman of the Stichting Caucasus Foundation, Rector of State University of Theatre and Film, Tbilisi, Georgia
Cedo Kisić - a writer and translator, Sarajevo
Sándor Köles - a Senior Adviser, International Centre for Democratic Transition, Budapest, Hungary
Tamriko Lordkipanidze - Georgia
Tanja Miletić-Oručević - a theatre director, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ivan Milenković - a philosopher, Serbia
Gregor Mirwa - a founder and a manager of the cultural festival “Le Week-End” in Guben/Gubin, Germany
Ranka Mutevelić - a Director of the Puppet Theatre in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Katarzyna Nowak - a journalist, Polish Radio, Poland
Magda Nowakowska - a journalist and translator, Tbilisi, Georgia
Husein Oručević - a political scientist, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Attila Pató - a philosopher, Hungary
Alexander Phoundoulakis - an Administrative Assistant, the Foundation "Old Synagogue" in Hania, Creete, Greece
Mateja Ratej - Institute of Philosophy on the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Slovenia
Rasa Rimickaite - a translator, the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to Poland
Nick Rushby - a commmunity artist, The Public NGO, Birmingham, Great Britain
Jahangir Salimkhanov - a Co-ordinator of the Arts and Culture Network Program of the Open Society Institute, Assistance Foundation, Azerbaijan
Slavko Santić - a writer and translator, Sarajevo
Angela Schenk - a culturologist, Italy
Joanna Szwedowska - a journalist, Polish Radio, Poland
Isabella Thomas - an essayist and writer, a contributor for, among others, the "Guardian" and "Prospect" magazine and an architect of the The Blackwall Debates in East London – a series of public discussions exploring the issues of the British-American relations, multiculturalism, and feminism, London, Great Britain
Marina Trumić - a writer and translator, Sarajevo
Dimitar Tzolov - Workshop for Civic Initiatives Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria
Prof. Ugo Vlaisavljević - a philosopher, essayist, member of the P.E.N. Center of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo
Karsten Xuereb - a culturologist, Malta
Students
Institute of Applied Social Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland:
Anna Czyżewska
Anna Klimczak
Łukasz Konopa
Maciek Mroczek
Filip Pazderski
Alicja Plachówna
Krystian Połomski
Magda Szleszyńska
Karol Wittels
Wojciech Zgliczyński
Chair of Russian Studies, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland:
Mikołaj Banaszkiewicz
Magdalena Bażela
Café Europa Participants
Almir Basović - Sarajevo
Krzysztof Czyżewski - Poland
Aleš Debeljak - Slovenia
Ferida Duraković - Sarajevo
Peter Jukes - Great Britain
Migjen Kelmendi - Kosovo
Chris Keulemans - Netherlands
Mileta Prodanović - Serbia
Goran Samardzić - Sarajevo
Bashkim Shehu - Albania/Spain
Damir Uzunović - Sarajevo
Antonije Žalica - Netherlands