Speakers:
- Alexander Kolotursky, Director of the Sverdlovsk State Academic Philharmonic (Russia);
- Vadim Dulat-Aleyev, Rector of the Zhiganov Kazan State Conservatory (Russia);
- Fabio Mastrangelo, Artistic Director of the Chaliapin St. Petersburg State Musical Theater (Russia);
- Valery Vorona, Acting Rector of the State Music and Pedagogical Institute named after M. M. Ippolitov-Ivanov (Russia);
- Ekaterina Artyushkina, General Director of Petersburg Concert, St. Petersburg State Budgetary Cultural Institution (Russia);
- Anton Tanonov, composer, Director of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Union of Composers of Russia (Russia);
- Natalia Pakhomova, Rector of the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (Russia);
- Igor Butman, People's Artist of Russia, Director of the Moscow Jazz Academy (Russia);
- Gurevich Yuri Efimovich, Rector of the Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory named after M. I. Glinka (Russia);
- Elena Kurakina, Rector of the Belarusian State Academy of Music (Belarus).
Moderator: Alexander Ryzhinsky, Rector of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music.