Profession-based diplomacy: options, challenges and prospects
11.07.2026 / Köln
PROGRAMME:
11:00–11:15 Opening & introduction
11:15 –12:45 Diolomacy: profession-specific areas of practice using the example of law
Dilan Akdoğan, Association for Democracy and International Law (MAF-DAD)
Eleonora Scala, International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI)
12:45 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 15:00 A New Beginning for Syria: Steering Aid, Helping to Shape Reconstruction
Dr Birgit Koch-Dallendörfer, Union of Kurdish Doctors in Germany
Janosch Tries, Friedrichshain / Kreuzberg – Derik Town Twinning
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 16:45 Medicine and diplomacy: organisations and perspectives
Domen Podnar, Head of the International Department, German Medical Association
Ahmet Bekisoğlu, Youth Delegate to the WHA (World Health Assembly) 2025
16:45 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:00 Discussion and planning: Kurdish diplomacy and professional perspectives