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CEDAR Professional Development Seminar and Drinks Reception

19 June 2010
Duisburg

To mark the introduction of the CEDAR Mentoring Programme to Germany, CEDAR hosted an evening of inspiration and networking on Saturday 19 June in the beautiful surroundings of the recently built Duisburg Mosque.

The event gathered professionals and young people for a stimulating evening of exchange including a series of professional development talks, drawing on the life experiences and professional expertise of CEDAR members, an impressive line-up of speakers including Abdul Ahmed Rashid (Germany) ZDF; Siddik Bakir (Germany/UK) Honorary Political Adviser to Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, House of Lords and Famile Arslan (The Netherlands) Founder of Arslan Lawyers.

A reception following the seminar with drinks and buffet brought together members and friends of the CEDAR network, as well as some of the impressive women who have been nominated for the European Muslim Women of Influence List (EMWI) and representatives from the Duisburg DITIB Merkez Moschee.

Vanessa Redgrave, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2012, speaking at the University of Oxford, February 2012.
Jonathan Powell, former Chief of Staff to Tony Blair, addresses the inaugural Turkey Workshop, London, September 2011
Journalist and blogger Sunny Hundal, delivering a presentation at ISD's Social Media and Intolerance workshop, April 2012
Leading activists from pro-democracy movements in the Middle East, speaking at a Weidenfeld Debate, February 2012
Historian Saul Friedlander, Inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography at the University of Oxford, May 2012
Lord Weidenfeld and Sir Ronald Grierson, co-founders of the Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme, April 2010
HE Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech Foreign Minister, addresses an invited audience at an ISD policy breakfast, October 2011
CEDAR Chair Ahmed Larouz, addressing the Social Innovation and Social Action Conference, Lambeth Palace, November 2011
Peter Kellner, President of YouGov and Dr David Muir, Faith in Britain, at the launch conference of the Phoenix Initiative, October 2010