Evgeny Kuzmin, Deputy Head, Cultural Heritage Department, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation , Moscow, Russia

Andrei Zemskov, President, International Association of Research, Scientific and Technical Libraries; Director, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia

Elena Masyutina, Department Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia

Mikhail Avetisov, Deputy Director, Central Scientific Agricultural Library, Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Leonid Aleshin, Professor, Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, Moscow, Russia

Larisa Vasilieva, Deputy Director, Russian State Library for the Blind, Moscow, Russia

Tamara Vasilieva, Head, Center for Information Technologies, Russian State Library, Moscow, Russia

Felix Voroisky, Section Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia

Ekaterina Genieva, Director General, M.I. Rudomino All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature; President, Open Society Institute - Russia (Soros Foundation), Moscow, Russia

Vladimir Golubev, Director, Belarus Agricultural Library, Minsk, Belarus

Mikhail Goncharov, Department Head, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia

Yury Grikhanov, Director, Center for National Culture Monitoring, Academy of Professional Training in Arts, Culture, and Tourism, Moscow, Russia

Lyudmila Drozdova, Director, I. Franko Crimean Republican Universal Scientific Library, Simferopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine

Vladimir Zaitsev, President, Russian Library Association; Director, National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia

Lyubov Kazachenkova, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Biblioteka Journal, Moscow, Russia

Andrei Kapterev, Department Head, Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, Moscow, Russia

Galina Kislovskaya, Deputy Director General, M.I. Rudomino All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow, Russia

Yury Kitov, Vice-Rector for Research, Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, Moscow, Russia

Ada Kolganova, Deputy Director, Russian State Art Library, Moscow, Russia

Lester Pourciau, Vice-President, International Library, Information, and Analytical Center (ILIAC); Associate Editor of International Issues and Activities, Library Hi Tech News, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Margaret Lambert, Associate Professor, University of Memphis Libraries, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Boris Marshak, Head, Research Division, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia

Nadezhda Pavlova, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Sci-tech Libraries Journal, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia

Victoria Sokolovskaya, Leading Specialist, Information Support of Science and Technology Department, Ministry of Science and Technologies of the Russian Federation , Moscow, Russia

Eduard Sukiasyan, Editor-in-Chief, Library Bibliographic Classification, Russian State Library, Moscow, Russia

Olga Tolstikova, Senior Bibliographer, M.I. Rudomino All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature; Representative, IFLA Clearinghouse in Russia, Moscow, Russia

Victor Fedorov, Director, Russian State Library, Moscow, Russia

Francisca Co, Associate Professor, University of Memphis Libraries, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Yakov Shraiberg, Chairman, “Crimea 2000” International Conference Organizing Committee; First Deputy Director, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology; Moscow, Russia