| № | Name | Occupation |
| 1. | Vjacheslav V. Igrunov | Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Conference, Deputy of the State Duma, Director of International Institute for Humanities and Political Studies. |
| 2 | Chingiz T. Aitmatov | Ambassador of Kirgizstan in Benelux countries, Chairman of Issyk-Kul forum, writer |
| 3 | Andrey Y. Melville | Dean of political science faculty (MGIMO), Vice-president of RISA. |
| 4 | Victor M. Sergeev | Academician of RANS, Director of International Research Center, professor of MGIMO. |
| 5 | Vladimir P. Lukin | Vice-speaker of the State Duma, Deputy of the State Duma, professor |
| 6 | Andrey G. Bitov | Russian writer, president of PEN-Club in Russia |
| 7 | Fazil A. Iskander | Russian writer, publicist |
| 8 | Vladimir A. Ryzhkov | Deputy of the State Duma |
| 9 | Victor A. Sadovnichiy | Rector, Moscow State University. |
| 10 | Bjorn Wittrock | Director, Swedish Collegium for advanced study in the Social Sciences |
| 11 | Richard Griffiths | Professor, Leiden University (Netherlands). |
| 12 | Wolfgang Eichwede | Professor, Director of East-European Research Center, Bremen University. |
| 13 | Federico Nobile | Italian writer, organizer of Arts festival in Tuscan. |
