Anders Åslund (PIIE), Sergei Guriev (New Economic School, Moscow), Alexei L. Kudrin (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation), Michael A. McFaul (US Ambassador to Russia), Robert D. Hormats (Undersecretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs), Andrew Kuchins (Center for Strategic and International Studies) and Ed Verona (US-Russia Business Council)
Carlo Calenda (Deputy Minister for Economic Development of Italy), Emma Marcegaglia (President of BUSINESSEUROPE), Caroline Freund (PIIE) and Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)