Dr. John ADAMSON University of Cambridge, UK · Adam Smith ALBION Central Eurasia Leadership Academy, USA · Samir Aliyev Centre for Media and Public Initiatives, Azerbaijan · Umed BABAKHANOV Asia-Plus News, Tajikistan · Rafael BEHR The Observer, UK · Ingrid BETANCOURT Politican, Colombia · Vasile BOTNARU Radio Free Europe, Moldova · Daniel BRÖSSLER Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany · Dr. Hugo BÜTLER NZZ Group, Switzerland · Linda CHRISTMAS Guardian Foundation, UK ·  Kai DIEKMANN BILD & BILD am Sonntag , Germany · Dr. Mathias DÖPFNER Axel Springer AG, Germany · Konstantin EGGERT MBE BBC Russian Service, Russia · Maria Eismont Russian Independent Media Program, New Eurasia Foundation, Russia ·  Jutta FALKE-ISCHINGER Journalist, Germany · Dr. Frank-Dieter FREILING International Affairs, ZDF German Television, Germany · Dr. Eric FREY Der Standard, Austria · Angela GAREIS Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany · Nik GOWING BBC World, UK · Natalia GUMENYUK Inter TV channel , Ukraine · Disa Håstad Member of organising committee for World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies, Sweden · Sasha HAVLICEK Institute for Strategic Dialogue, UK · Jann JAKOBS Lord Mayor capital state Potsdam, Germany · Candace JOHNSON SES/ASTRA, Luxembourg · Peter KELLNER YouGov , UK · Bridget KENDALL BBC, UK · Günter KNABE Deutsche Welle (DW TV), Germany · Bobir KOMMILOV National TV and Radio Company of Uzbekistan · Roger KÖPPEL Die Weltwoche, Switzerland · Natalia KROLEVICH TV 5, Kyrgyzstan · Dame Ann LESLIE  Daily Mail, UK · Gideon LICHFIELD The Economist, Jerusalem/New York · John LLOYD Reuters Institute and Financial Times, UK · Dr. Victor MARTINOVICH Belgazeta, Belarus · Olexander MARTYNENKO, Interfax news agency, Ukraine · Gilles MERRITT Europe’s World, UK · Kristina MIKULOVÁ Weidenfeld Scholar, Slovakia · Ilhama MONSUMOVA Region+, Azerbaijan · Boris NAVASARDIAN Yerevan Press Club, Armenia · Alexey NIKOLOV Russia Today, Russia · John O'SULLIVAN Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Czech Republic · Andrei OSTALSKI BBC Russian Federation Service, Russia · Lord OWEN former UK Foreign Secretary and EU peace negotiator in the former Yugoslavia, UK · Andrew PAULSON SUP online, Russia · Hella PICK Institute for Strategic Dialogue, UK · Matthias PLATZECK Minister President of Brandenburg, Germany · Ovidiu Daniel POPICA Banii Nostri, Romania · Anthony ROBINSON Journalist and Commentator, UK · Dr. Klaus ROST Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany · Louis SCHWEITZER Le Monde, France · Andrea SEIBEL Die Welt, Germany · Tøger SEIDENFADEN Politiken, Denmark · Maxim SHEVCHENKO Channel One, Russia · Elchin SHIKHLINSKIY Zerkalo newspaper & Azerbaijani Journalists Union, Azerbaijan · Bahodir SIDIKOV Georg Eckert Institute, Brunswick, Usbekistan · Mykola SIRUK Den newspaper, Ukraine · Dr. Michael STÜRMER Die Welt, Germany · Marat TAZABEKOV AKI Press News Agency, Kyrgyzstan · Derek THOMSON France 24, France · Michael THUMANN Die Zeit, Germany · Misha VARDZELASHVILI Georgian Public Broadcasting, Georgia · Daniel VERNET Le Monde, France · Lord WEIDENFELD, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, UK· Gwyneth WILLIAMS BBC World Service, UK · Nino ZHGENTI Weidenfeld Scholar, UK