Mrs. Izabela Albrycht, Chair, Kosciuszko Institute, Poland

H.E. Evangelos Apostolakis, Minister of Defence, Greece

Mr. Ben Oni Ardelean, Associate Senior Felow, New Strategy Center, Romania

Mr. Tahir Aziz, Conciliation Resources, London, UK, former Director of the Human Rights Commission of the Government of Pakistan

Mrs. Maja Bakran Marcich, Deputy Director General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission

Mrs. Alina Bărgăoanu, Dean, Faculty of communication and public relations, National School of Political Science and Public Administration (SNSPA), Romania

Mr. Massi Begous, Senior Vice President International Industrial Development, Naval Group, France

Mr. Michael Baumgartner, former US State Department Officer in Iraq and Afganistan, USA

Brig. Gen. Cristian Bizadea, Deputy Director, Romanian Intelligence Service, Romania

Mr. Jan Boll, Director of the Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach, Washington State University, USA

Mr. Nir Boms, Research Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Mr. Yordan Bozhilov, Founder and President of the Sofia Security Forum, Bulgaria

Mr. Yehor Bozhok, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

Ms. Laura G. Brent, Cyber Defence Officer, Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO

Mr. Cyrille Bret, Associate Professor, Sciences Po Paris, France

Lt. Gen. (Ret) Hovard Bromberg, former Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Forces Command, former Chief of Staff, U.S. Strategic Command, USA

Mr. Mihai Buia, member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center

Mr. Paul Carrese, Director of the School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership, Arizona State University, USA

Ambassador Sergiu Celac, Honorary Chairman of the New Strategy Center

Ambassador (Ret.) Asif Chaudhry, Vice-President, International Programs, Washington State University, USA

General Nicolae Ciucă, Chief of Defense Staff, Romania

Mr. Dan Cogălniceanu, Professor of Environmental Science and Conservation Biology, Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania

Ambassador Lazăr Comănescu, member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center

Mr. Brian Cox, President, Institute for Faith-Based Diplomacy, Washington DC, USA

Admiral (Ret.) Marcellino Corsi, Senior Advisor for Combat System for Fincantieri, Italy

Mr. Seth Cropsey, Director, Center for American Seapower, Hudson Institute, USA

Mr. Robert Crossler, Department of Management, Information Systems & Entrepreneurship, Washington State University, USA

Brig. Gen. (ret.) Brian Donahue, President, ByLight Company, USA

Mr. Ovidiu Dranga, Ambassador of Romania to Poland

Ambassador Sorin Ducaru, Chairman of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center

Mr. Dan Dungaciu, member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center

Mr. Ioan Dura, Professor of History and Philosophy of Religions, Faculty of Theology, Ovidius University Constanţa, Romania

Mr. Adam Eberhardt, Director of the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), Poland 

Mr. Decebal Făgădău, the Mayor of Constanța, Romania

Mr. Iulian Fota, member of the Scientific Council of the New Strategy Center, Romania

Mr. George Friedman, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures, USA

Mr. Mihai Gîrțu, Deputy Rector, Ovidius University, Constanta

Dr. Oliver Gnad, Co-founder of The Bureau für Zeitgeschehen (Bureau of Current Affairs), Berlin, Germany

General Claudio Graziano, Chief of Defense Staff, Italy, next chairman of the European Union Military Committee from November 2018

Lt. Gen. (Ret) Frederick Benjamin Hodges, Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), former commander United States Army Europe, USA

Mr. Jonathan W. Hoyle, Vice President for Europe, Lockheed Martin International, USA

Mr. Constantin Ionescu, State Advisor, Presidential Administration, Romania

Mr. Ivica Ivanovic, Director General of Directorate for Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence, Montenegro

Ambassador (Ret) Victor Jackovich, first US Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, former U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia, USA

Mr. Borbely Laszlo, state advisor at the Prime-Minister Office, coordinator of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development, Romania

Mr. Guillaume Lagane, Director Bilateral Relations Department, Ministry of Defence’s Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy, France

H.E. Gabriel Leș, Minister of Defence, Romania

Ambassador (Ret.) Gheorghe Magheru, member of the Scientific Council of New Strategy Center 

Mr. Grzegorz Małecki, President, The Institute of Security and Strategy Foundation, former Head of the Foreign Intelligence Agency (AW), Poland

Mr. Sergiu Manea, CEO, Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR), Romania

Mr. Andrea Margeletti, Chairman, Centro Studi Internazionali, Italy

Mr. Alexandru Maximescu, Public and Regulatory Affairs Director, OMV Petrom, Romania

Mr. Greg Melcher, COO, Center for the Study of New Generation Warfare, USA

H.E. Teodor Meleșcanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania

H.E. Dan Mihalache, Ambassador of Romania to UK

Mrs. Jelena Milic, Director, Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies, Serbia

Brig. Gen (Ret) Mircea Mîndrescu, Senior Associate Felow, New Strategy Center, Romania

Vice Admiral Alexandru Mîrșu, Chief of the Naval Forces Staff, Romania

Mr. Alexis Morel, Vice President Thales Group UnderWaterSystems, France

Mr. Mihnea Motoc, Deputy Head, European Political Strategy Center (EPSC), European Commission

Mrs. Lesya Nikolayeva, Sustainable Consumption and Production Consultant, United Nations Environment Programme, Switzerland

Mr. Ionel Nițu, President, New Strategy Center

Mr. Phillip Petersen, President, Center for the Study of New Generation Warfare, USA

Mr. Emanuel Plopeanu, Dean of History and Political Sciences Faculty, Ovidius University Constanța

Mr. Iulian Popa, associate expert, New Strategy Center, Romania

Mr. Stefan Popescu, Deputy Director of Regulatory and Public Affairs, ENGIE Romania

Mr. Charles Powell, Director of the Elcano Royal Institute, Spain

Mr. Thomas Preston, C.O.Johnson Distinguished Professor of International Relations, School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs, Washington State University, USA

Mr. Rade Rajkovcevski, Vice-Dean for International Cooperation, Faculty of Security – Skopje, North Macedonia

General (Ret.) Joseph W. Ralston, Vice Chairman Cohen Group, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of NATO Allied Command Operations, USA

Mr. Anton Rog, Head of the National Cyberint Center, Romanian Intelligence Service, Romania

Mrs. Liga Rozentale, Director of Governmental Affairs for EU Cybersecurity Policy, Microsoft

Mr. Sorin Rugină, Rector, Ovidius University Constanța

Mr. Arseny Sivitsky, Director, Center for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies, Belarus

Mr. Vladimir Socor, Senior Fellow, Jamestown Foundation, Eurasia Daily Monitor, USA

Mr. Steven Stehr, Director of the School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Washington State University, USA

Mr. Ion Sterian, CEO Transgaz, Romania

Mr. Tim Sweijs, Director of Research, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS), Netherlands

Mr. Tomasz Szatkowski, Deputy Minister of National Defence, Poland

Mr. Octavian Tărăbuță, Rector, Mircea Cel Bătrân Naval Academy, Romania

Mr. Gennadiy Leonidovich Trukhanov, Mayor of Odessa, Ukraine

Mr. Patrick Turner, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, NATO

Air Squadron General Enzo Vecciarelli, Chief of Defense Staff, Italy

Mr. Paul Whitney, Associate Vice President, the Office of International Programs, Washington State University, USA