Dr. Stephen Lambden, Academic Researcher at University of California, Merced
Snjezana Buzov, Lecturer on Turkish and Islamic Studies at Ohio State University, USA
Obie Luschin Moore, CEO at DP Holding SA, Switzerland
Hadi Salehi Esfahani, Professor of Economics at University of Illinois, Urbana
Barbara Brend, Specialist in the Field of Islamic Manuscript Painting, Persian, Ottoman, Sultanate and Mughal / London
Angel Rabasa, Senior Political Scientist in Rand Corp., USA
Sheikh Omar Salem, President of Ibn Rushd Insitute, Senior Fellow of the Foundation for Religious Diplomacy
Prof. Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Iranian University Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University
Bill Schneider, Distinguished Senior Fellow and Resident Scholar at Third Way
Dr. Nedzad Grabus, Mufti of Slovenia & Chairman of the Meshihat of the Islamic Community in Slovenia
Dr. Sibylle Wentker, Centre for Studies in Asian Cultures and Social Anthropology, Institute of Iranian Studies - Austria
Dr. Raya Shani, Instructor on Islamic Art and Architecture at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Oleh Kshanovsky, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University - Ukraine
Nate Lawrence, PhD Student - USA
Mona Khademi, Independent Researcher and the Director of International Arts Management
Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh, Northeastern Illinois University, USA
Dr. Leonard Lewisohn, Senior Lecturer on Persian and Sufi Literature at University of Exeter, England
Prof. Dimitar Dimitrov - University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria
Dr. Dariush Borbor, Architect and Planner, Iran
Birgitt Hoffmann, Professor of Iranian Studies at University of Bamberg - Germany
Amir Mosaddegh Katouzian, Journalist at RFE/RL's Persian Service, Prague
Prof. Vasil Prodanov, Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research at BAS (Bulgarian Acadamy of Sciences)
James Gelvin, Professor of History at University of California - USA
Abrurrahman Tawfiq / National Union of Kuwaiti Students
Dr. Dirk Hollander, Partner of Zeb Gmbh, Germany