Continuing on the success of “ WPM2022” organising partners International Centre for Protocol and Diplomacy (ICPD),World Protocol Magazine and World Protocol Organisation (WPM, WPO) and Myers & Associates, LLC – will collaborate to bring together thought-leaders, influencers, intellectuals and skilled professionals to share lessons learned, leverage our collective knowledge and experiences ,explore methods to bring about the need of a Protocol curriculum to the forefront.
Our goal to highlight the expansiveness of the protocol profession and the various aspects and strategic value of the field when applied and leveraged beyond the operational and tactical levels, will help frame conversation on the need for a more formal practicum.
Our vision and long-term goals remain to achieve a global understanding and cooperation supporting our ultimate initiative of declaring henceforth, 11 May as “World Protocol Day.”
The two-day, online conference will host dozens of Speakers from around the world, while also aiming to create a brand to organise the conference annually.
The list of partners and confirmed speakers are growing by the day, below are just a few:
WORLD PROTOCOL MATTERS CONFERENCE 2023
SPEAKERS LIST
• Mr. Alistair M. Warwick-Nelson
China’s only British Etiquette Expert and Butler Founder of European Etiquette Academy Limited
• Mr. Alex B. Lawani
State, Diplomatic, Business and Conference Interpreter Trainer, Intercultural Communications Expert CEO, Inter lex Communications
• Mr. Andrea Miliccia
Founder and Principal, House of Protocol
Director of Protocol and Guest Management at FIFA World Cup Qatar, 2022
• Mr. Charles Crawford
Former British Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina Founding Partner of Ambassador Partnership LLP
• Mr. David Francis
Senior Director, Government Relations;(International) U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (supporting PARIS 24)
• Ms. Denver Beaulieu-Hains
Public Affairs Professional, Communication Strategist, Author, Speaker, Consultant
• Dr. Elizabeth Colton
Diplomat & Journalist in Residence-Warren Wilson College;
Professor of Diplomacy-UNITAR& Partner International Universities;
Board-Chair, Reporters Sans Frontieres RSF-USA/North America;
frm. Foreign Service Officer & UN Development Planner;
Emmy Award-winning journalist/diplomatic correspondent;
Board-member, DACOR Organization for Foreign Affairs Professionals & Diplomats
• Prof Chris Isike
Professor of African Politics and International Relations
Director, African Centre for the study of the United States
Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
Editor-in-Chief, Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies (SCOPUS accredited) Editor, Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict Transformation Social Cohesion Advocate, Republic of South Africa (Appointed by the Minister of Sports, Arts & Culture)
President, African Association of Political Science (AAPS)
• Dr. Thomas Sladko
Managing Director of International School of Protocol and Diplomacy Expert in Communication, Protocol and Diplomacy
• Ms. Jackie Vernon Thompson
President and Founder, From the Inside-Out School of Etiquette Certified Etiquette Expert/Consultant, Best Selling Author and Community Leader Executive board member for the city of Lauderhill’s Chamber of Commerce
• Ms. Kimberley D. Morgan
Diplomatic Protocol Adviser, International Affairs Adviser, U.S. Department of State
• Ms. Marie Betts-Johnson
President, International Protocol Institute of California
• Ms. Maureen Hurley
Public Diplomacy and International Exchange Professional, frm. U.S. Air Force Protocol Officer, member, Protocol & Diplomacy International/Protocol Officers Association (PDI-POA)
• Ms. Miri Yachin
Frm. and first Chief of Protocol of the Knesset, The Israeli Parliament
• Mr. Patrick Chun
Co-founder of IITTI World Civility Index, Canada Executive Director, ISSTA International Soft Skills Trainer Accreditation
• Ms. Rana Nejem
Founding Director, YARNU, The Art of Social Intelligence, Jordan , Author, Social and Cultural Intelligence coach
• The Honourable Lars-Hjalmar Wide
frm. Sweedish Ambassador in Spain, Pakistan, the Holy See and Malta, frm. Chef de cabinet of the President of the UN General Assembly, frm. Chief of Protocol at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm, frm. First Marshal of the Court of H.M. The King of Sweden
• Ms. Rondi Allan
Director, Sustainability adviser, Sustainable X
Advisory Board Member, The Global Chamber UK
• Ms. Shahrzad (Sherry) Dowlatshahi
Chief of Protocol &Protocol Officer at the City of San Antonio, Texas
ORGANISED BY
PATRICIA KENNETH-DIVINE, INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PROTOCOL AND DIPLOMACY
LADONNA L. MYERS, MYERS & ASSOCIATES LLC
NIKOLETTA HOSSO, WORLD PROTOCOL MAGAZINE / WORLD PROTOCOL ORGANISATION
PROGRAMME:
ALL TIMES REFLECTED IN GMT +1 TIME ZONE
SESSION ONE: Thursday, 11 May 2023
1:00pm-3:30pm GMT+1, (8:00am-10:30amEDT)
12:45pm-1:00pm Networking, Logging into forum
1:00pm-1:20pm Opening ceremonies
Keynote Addresses/Organizers Overview: Hon. Patricia Kenneth-Divine, Nikoletta Hosso, LaDonna L. MyersVideos
1:20pm-1:45pm The Honourable Lars-Hjalmar Wide
TOPIC: How’s Royal Protocol Different? -some personal reflections
1:45pm-2:10pm Ms. Maureen Hurley
TOPIC: Citizen Diplomacy
2:10pm-2:35pm Ms. Marie Betts-Johnson
TOPIC: Contemporary Diplomacy and the Role of Protocol Within
2:35pm-3:00pm Mr. David Francis
TOPIC: Protocol Considerations for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, The Team USA Perspective
3:00pm-3:25pm Dr. Elizabeth Colton
TOPIC: Training Diplomats: Protocol in Public Diplomacy
3:25pm-3:30pm CLOSING REMARKS: Ms. Nikoletta Hosso
SESSION TWO: Thursday, 11 May 20234:00pm-6:30pm GMT+1, (11:00am-1:30pmEDT) 3:30pm-4:00pm Networking, Logging into forum
4:00pm-4:10pm OPENING CEREMONIES
Conference Overview, Programme Insights by Patricia Kenneth-Divine, Nikoletta Hosso, and LaDonna L. Myers
4:10pm-4:35pm Ms. Jackie Vernon Thompson
TOPIC: Make Networking Second Nature or Networking with a purpose or Networking-The Key to a Successful Business or Networking on another level.
4:35pm-5:00pm – Ms. Denver Beaulieu-Hains
TOPIC: Effective Communication and Words Unspoken
5:00pm-5:25pm – Ms. Kimberley D. Morgan
TOPIC: Practical Protocol and Diplomacy
5:25pm-5:50pm Mr. Charles Crawford
TOPIC: “Precision in Protocol”
5:50pm-6:00pm- Mr. U. Desmond Alufohai, VIDEO PRESENTATION
TOPIC: Protocol Support at MIA
CLOSING REMARKS: The Honourable Patricia Kenneth-Divine
SESSION ONE: Friday, 12 May 20231:00pm-3:30pmGMT+1,(8am-10:30amEDT)
12:30pm-1:00pm Networking, Logging into forum
1:00pm-1:10pm Conference Overview, Programme Insights, and Introduction of Speakers by LaDonna L Myers
1:10pm-1:35pm Dr. Thomas SladkoTOPIC: Convergence of Communications, Protocol and Soft-Diplomacy
1:35pm-2:00pm Prof. Christopher IsikeTOPIC: Soft Diplomacy and Soft Power
2:00pm-2:25pm Mr. Alistair M. Warwick-NelsonTOPIC: Doing Business in China-Understand the Guanxi Concept
2:25pm-2:50pm Ms. Miri YachinTOPIC: “50 Years as Chief of Protocol of the Knesset”
2:50 -3:15 : Ms. Rondi AllanTOPIC: X “Sustainable Leadership in Diplomacy”
3:25pm CLOSING REMARKS: LaDonna L. Myers
SESSION TWO: Friday, 12 May 20234:00pm-6:30pm GMT+1, (11am-1:30pmEDT) 3:30pm-4:00pm Networking, Logging into forum
4:00pm-4:10pm OPENING CEREMONIESConference Overview, Programme Insights by Patricia Kenneth-Divine, Nikoletta Hosso, and LaDonna L. Myers
4:10pm-4:35pm Ms. Alex B. LawaniTOPIC: Protocol in Diplomatic Interpretation
4:35pm-5:00pm Ms. Shahrzad Dowlatshahi TOPIC: International Relations, Protocol and Diplomacy at the Municipal Level”
5:00pm-5:30pm Ms. Rana NejemTOPIC: When in the Arab World
5:30pm-5:55pm – Mr. Andrea MilicciaTOPIC: Protocol at the FIFA World Cup Qatar
5:55pm-6:20pm Mr. Patrick ChunTOPIC: World Civility Index
6:20pm-6:30pm CLOSING REMARKS: THE ORGANIZERSWPM 2023 WRAP UP
Event on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-protocol-matters-online-conference-wpm-2-tickets-617952882707
Summary in World Protocol Magazine: https://worldprotocolmagazine.org/protocol-education-communication/world-protocol-leaders-called-on-the-united-nations-to-recognize-world-protocol-day-at-the-world-protocol-matters-online-conference-in-2023/
News in Hungarian: https://nprsz.hu/world-protocol-matters-2023-conference-nemzetkozi-konferencia-elismeresek/