Shada Islam, a respected and well-known Brussels-based commentator on European Union affairs, will conversate with us about how to narrate Europe as a fascinating story, how storytelling matters to Europe, and how to work in the EU as a woman. Shada Islam now works independently as an advisor/analyst/strategist/columnist on questions related to Europe Africa Asia Geopolitics Trade and Inclusion. Ms Islam is a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, a member of the European Policy Centre’s prestigious Strategic Council and Non-Resident Fellow at the Centre for Global Development. She worked for nine years as Director of Europe and Geopolitics at Friends of Europe, an influential independent think tank based in Brussels. She now runs her own Brussels-based global strategy and advisory company, New Horizons Project.

Jordi Pardo, an archeologist based in Barcelona, will tell us about communication in European cultural heritage, and role of arts and culture in keeping Europe together. Pardo is an expert in cultural policies, development and urban renewal managing. He acts as an advisor for projects in Barcelona and other cities in Europe, America and Asia. He is General Director of the Pablo Casals Foundation. Vice-president of “Cercle de Cultura”, founder of NARTEX BARCELONA. Graduate in History and Geography, DEA in Social Sciences, MBA in Public Administration by ESADE, and Diploma in direction of Cultural Institutions by ESADE-New York University. Jury member of the European Capitals of Culture (European Commission, 2012-2016), and UNESCO pool of experts in culture (2011-2015). Previously he was Director of the Barcelona Museum of Design project, and Manager of the Centre for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona (CCCB).

Christine Bosse tells us about language, and communication in European business, education, sports, and arts and culture. Christine Bosse is a Danish businesswoman with a global mindset. She has distinguished herself by her dedication to ambitious company goals, growth and sustainability and by the remarkable results she has achieved through strong leadership, clear governance and efficient turnarounds. Today Christine Bosse works full-time as board member in internationally oriented companies. She is board director in Allianz and chairman of Tele Greenland. Additionally, she serves as chairman of BØRNEfonden and The Danish European Movement and she is actively engaged with Copenhagen Business School, Norwegian School of Economics and the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Today's guest Daniel Freund will speak with us about the challenge of language in European institutions, the use of social media to communicate the EU, and the complexities of interpersonal communication in the pandemic's virtual environment. Daniel Freund (born 14 October 1984) is a German politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since July 2019. He is a member of Alliance 90/The Greens (German: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen or Grüne) at national level, and sits with the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance in the European Parliament.

Listening and communicating online, European politicians, democracy, and solidarity in Europe: these are the themes that we will address today with Roger Casale. Roger is a civil rights campaigner and the founder and executive director of New Europeans, a citizens' movement based in Brussels and London working for the renewal of European democracy. Roger Casale’s work on EU citizenship and human rights has been widely recognized by the Financial Times Future of Britain Award, the Schwarzkopf Europe Award and the award of a Presidential medal by President Macron. He is a former British Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Private Secretary in the UK Foreign Office. Outside politics he worked from 2005 - 2013 as the Senior Parliamentary Affairs Adviser to the Board of Finmeccanica (Leonardo) UK. Before entering politics he was a university lecturer and taught at the University of Greenwich and the LSE. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Commendatore of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He lives in Italy and is a frequent commentator on European affairs, including on platforms such as Voxeurop, The Parliament Magazine, Brussels Times, Euractiv, RAI3, Deutsche Welle, The Guardian, The Financial Times, and The New European.