WORLD PROTOCOL MATTERS CONFERENCE 2022

Over the course of three-days, hundreds of attendees from 45 countries, heard lectures from 32 speakers comprised of diplomats, scholars, practitioners, business professionals, and educators who stressed the importance of protocol in diplomatic relations as well as, the need to formalize protocol as a profession.

On 11 May 2022 the organizers, Ms. Nikoletta Hosso, World Protocol Magazine (WPM) and World Protocol Organization (WPO), the Honorable Patricia Kenneth-Divine, International Centre for Protocol and Diplomacy; and LaDonna L. Myers, Myers & Associates LLC; launched their first event, the World Protocol Matters 2022 online conference.

 

Attendees were also honoured to hear directly from Ambassador Rufus Gifford, Chief of Protocol of the United States; and Ambassador Barbara M. Barrett, 25th Secretary of the Department of the Air Force and former U.S. Ambassador to Finland,as they shared their perspectives on the value of leveraging diversity, inclusionand equity in protocol and protocol as a “soft-power,” a of protocol in diplomatic relations, and more importantly to serve as a collaboration platform for professionals in the fields of protocol and diplomacy to share perspectives, thoughts, and ideas on how to sustain its continued growth as a profession.

As we continue toward our vision and long-term goal of attaining global understanding and cooperation to ultimately declared 11 May as “World Protocol Day,”it is important that we maintain the “World Protocol Momentum”and “World Protocol Movement” and recognize and celebrate every “World Protocol Moment.” With WPM 2022 behind, we look up and onward to what lies ahead.

Summary on the conference: https://worldprotocolmagazine.org/international-organisations-civil-initiatives/world-protocol-matters-2022-and-beyond/

Facebook page with video recordings of the lectures: https://www.facebook.com/worldprotocolmatters/?locale=hi_IN&paipv=0&eav=AfZrfsfUHWCpUJastnhDzrynNpXSvDIWku3f6pY35zGQ0bxyzWEW_lkXYGOUlM4KJQQ&_rdr

LinkedIn event: https://www.linkedin.com/events/worldprotocolmattersonlineconfe6926514980011839488/about/

Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9Jtc21tXwQ