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Government Officials

Senator Prof. Bedrich Moldan
Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
Mr. Boldan graduated from the Mathematical-Physical Faculty at
the Charles University in Prague 1958. From early 70´s he
was involved in environment affairs in many directions. Since 1989,
he became a member of the Czech Parliament and the Minister of the
Environment of the Czechoslovakia. Currently, he is a Professor
at the Charles University in Prague, and Senator of the Parliament
of the Czech Republic. He is a member of the Civic Democratic Party
(ODS) and the Minister of Environment in a Shadow Government of
this political party. His parliamentary work is primarily focused
on environment affairs. He is a Chairman of the European Environment
Agency in Copenhagen.
Humanitarian Workers

Mr. Simon Panek
President of the People in Need Foundation
Simon Panek was one of the student leaders of strike, which hastened
the fall of communist regime in the Czech Republic in 1989. In 1992
he co-founded the People in Need Foundation, the largest humanitarian
aid organization in Central Europe, which he is now the Executive
Director of. He works also for The Office of the Czech President
in issues of crisis and war problems. He took part in realization
of many films about wars and postwar changes in former Yugoslavia
and regions of former Soviet Union.
Business Executives

Mr. Radek Spicar
External Affairs Director, Skoda Auto
Radek Spicar has graduated from the Charles University and the
University of Cambridge. He also studied at Georgetown University
and Harvard University. He is a former Deputy Vice Prime Minister
for Economic Affairs. Radek Spicar is currently working as a Director
of External Affairs for Skoda Auto (Central Europe's biggest car
manufacturer) where he is responsible for relations with public
institutions on a national and European level, structural funds
and implementation of the Corporate Social Responsibility concept.
Besides his work for Skoda Auto, he also lectures at the Institute
of Economic Studies (Charles University) and at the Diplomatic Academy
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic. Economic diplomacy,
corporate social responsibility, cultural industry and the contribution
of think tanks and NGOs are just some of the topics he devotes his
time to on a long-term basis.
Diplomats

H.E. Mr. Helmut Elfenkamper
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Mr. Elfenkamper serves as an Ambassador of Germany to the Czech
Republic since 2005. In the past, he worked with the United Nations
in New York, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassies of Germany
in Lisbon, Paris and Warsaw.

H.E. Ms. Catherine von Heidenstam
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
H.E. Ms. von Heidenstam has a broad diplomatic experience. She
has worked in the Permanent missions of Sweden to the OECD and the
UN. She was closely involved with the UN Department and Press Department.
She held various positions in the Swedish embassies worldwide -
Vietnam, Austria, Finland. She has been an Ambassador of Human Rights.
She has served as an Ambassador of Sweden to Tunisia. She was appointed
an Ambassador of Sweden to the Czech Republic in 2006.

H.E. Mrs. Huo Yuzhen
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Mrs. Yuzhen has a broad diplomatic experience representing the
People's Republic of China. Her career dates back to 1985 with her
as an Attache of the Embassy of China in the Czechoslovak Socialist
Republic. She held diverse positions in the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of China overseeing European and Middle Asian affairs. She
started her career with the Embassy in the Czech Republic in 1998
as an advisor, later becoming an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
in 2006.

H.E. Mr. Arie Arazi
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Mr. Arazi, Ambassador of Israel to the Czech Republic, has passed
his credential letters to the president of the Czech Republic Vaclav
Klaus on November 3, 2005 at the Prague castle. In 2000-2005, he
served as Deputy Manager in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel,
and supervised the Center for International Cooperation (MASHAV).
In the years of 1995-2000 he has been an Ambassodr of Israel in
Seoul, South Korea. Mr. Arazi started his career in the MFA of Israel
in 1974.

H.E. Mr. Athar Mahmood
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

H.E. Ms. Nomsa Q.J. Dube
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Mr. Mr Michel Pouchepadass
Charge d'Affaires of the French Embassy

Ms. Brigitte Luggin
Information and Communication Officer
Representation of the European Commission in the Czech Republic
Envrionmentalists

Mr. Milan Smrz
Chairman of Civic Association Eurosolar.cz
Born in Prague, Mr. Smrz studied Chemistry, specializing in Chemical
technology. In the years of 1973 - 1992, worked as an assistant
at the Insitute of Energy of the Prague Technical University. He
is the author and co-author of more than 60 scientific articles,
patents and lectures. In the year of 1991, was selected as an expert
member of the National Register (NIS). Today, he is an independent
consultant on chemistry, materials and energy related issues. He
offers lectures in high schools, various offices and universities.
His current works are concerned with the strategies for renewable
energies and energopolitics. In 2002 in Berlin, he was elected a
vice-president of the European Association for Renewable Energies
EUROSOLAR, specializing in sustainable development. In summers,
he works regularly on direct ecological projects with international
youth groups in cooperation with INEX. In the past, member of the
German-Czech special overboard committee on rescue of nature INTERREG.
In the past, opposition member of the local municipal council in
Prague.
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