Janis Urbanovics
President of the Baltic Forum, member of the Latvian Parliament

Igor Yurgens
Chairman of the Advisory board of the Baltic Forum, Chairman of the Board of Institute of Contemporary Development in Russia

Aleksander Vasilyev
Member of the Board and Executive Director of the Baltic Forum

Dimitri Simes
President and CEO of the Center for the National Interest, Publisher of The National Interest (USA)

Alexander Rahr
Program Director, Berthold Beitz Center for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Central Asia at the DGAP (Germany)