• Carne Ross
• Founder and Director, Independent Diplomat

• Speaking at BIF-5
• September 2009
• Providence, RI

An independent diplomat: After 15 years in the British diplomatic corps, Carne Ross became a "freelance diplomat," running a bold nonprofit that gives small, developing and yet-unrecognized nations a voice in international relations. At the BIF-5 conference, he calls for a new kind of diplomacy that gives voice to small countries, that works with changing boundaries and that welcomes innovation.