Speakers

Speakers

2018 Aurora Dialogues Yerevan will bring together distinguished humanitarians, academics, philanthropists, business leaders and members of civil society.

Noubar Afeyan

Founder and CEO, Flagship Pioneering; scientific innovator, professional entrepreneur and philanthropist; Co-Founder, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

Kyaw Hla Aung

Lawyer and Rohingya Leader; 2018 Aurora Humanitarian

Marguerite Barankitse

Founder, Maison Shalom; 2016 Aurora Prize Laureate

Fr. Héctor Tomás González Castillo

Founder, La 72; 2018 Aurora Humanitarian

Doctor Tom Catena

Catholic missionary, 2017 Aurora Prize Laureate

Jane Corbin

Journalist and film-maker, BBC Panorama

Lord Ara Darzi

Director, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London; Aurora Prize Selection Committee Member

Ilwad Elman

Program Director, Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre; 2017 Aurora Humanitarian

Gareth Evans

President Emeritus, International Crisis Group; Former Australian Foreign Minister; Aurora Prize Selection Committee Member

Alice M. Greenwald

President & CEO, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum

Vartan Gregorian

President, Carnegie Corporation of New York; Co-Founder, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

Dirk Jacobs

Professor of Sociology, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Mike van Kauvenbergh

Director, Fondation du Grand-Duc et de la Grande-Duchesse

Bernard Kouchner

Co-Founder, Médecins Sans Frontières; Aurora Prize Selection Committee Member

Sunitha Krishnan

Co-Founder of Prajwala; 2018 Aurora Humanitarian

Stephen Kurkjian

Former Washington Bureau Chief and Founder, Investigative Column Spotlight, The Boston Globe

Preethi Nallu

Founding Editor, Refugees Deeply

Umra Omar

Founder, Safari Doctors; 2016 CNN Hero

Samantha Power

Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations; Aurora Prize Selection Committee Member

John Prendergast

Founding Director, Enough Project

Mary Robinson

Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Former President of Ireland; Aurora Prize Selection Committee Member

Philipp Rösler

CEO, Hainan Cihang Charity Foundation

Ruben Vardanyan

Impact Investor and Social Entrepreneur; Co-Founder IDeA Foundation; Co-Founder, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

Monique Villa

CEO, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Ernesto Zedillo

Former President of Mexico, Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization; Aurora Prize Selection Committee Member