Plenary speakers were selected from the proposed pool of suggested plenary speakers coming from CEI countries. Each country was asked to nominate one, from 17 proposed individuals Advisory Committee members selected 5 speakers by scoring based on scientific excellency as follows (ordered by country of origin):
Austria, Karl-Heinz Wagner
Croatia, Blaženka Kos
Czech Republic, Oldřich Lapčík
Bulgaria, Atanas Pavlov
France, Hugo de Vries
Hungary, Livia Simon Sarkadi
Serbia, Marina Soković
Slovenia, Lučka Kajfež Bogataj