Fabrizio Balassone (Bank of Italy), Jörg Decressin (International Monetary Fund (IMF)), Paolo Mauro (PIIE), Ángel Ubide (PIIE), D.E. Shaw, Fabrizio Saccomanni (Director General of the Bank of Italy), Ajai Chopra (PIIE), Carlo Cottarelli (Commissioner of Public Spending Reform in Italy ), Jacob Funk Kirkegaard (PIIE), Augusto Lopez-Claros (World Bank) and Hung Tran (Institute of International Finance)
Justin Wolfers (PIIE), Jacob Funk Kirkegaard (PIIE), Michael Strain (American Enterprise Institute), Damon Silvers (AFL-CIO) and Mark T. Bertolini (Aetna)