Valery Gedroits, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

Boris Deich, People’s Deputy of Ukraine, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine

Ermukhamet Ertysbaev, Minister of Culture, Information and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan

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

Claudia Lux, IFLA President-Elect, General Director, Zentral- und Landesbibliothek, Berlin, Germany

Sergey Mazurenko, Head, Federal Agency for Science and Innovation, Moscow, Russia

Valentina Pashkova, Director, Information Resources Center, US Embassy to Ukraine; Vice President, Ukrainian Library Association, Kiev, Ukraine

Lyudmila Shvetsova, Mayor of Moscow First Deputy in Moscow Government, Moscow, Russia

Mikhail Shvydkoy, Head, Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography, Moscow, Russia

Olga Shokalo-Bench, Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

Ernest Di Mattia, President, The Ferguson Library; Director, International Library, Information and Analytical Center, Stamford, CT, USA