Participants of the Conference: 

1. Rafic ABDRAKHMANOV – PhD in Philosophy, Senior Researcher, Institute of  History of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, chief executive of the Kazan Institute of Federalism (KIF).
2. Aleksey Avtonomov – PhD in Law, Russian Academy of Science (RAS), Institute of State and Law, head of the department of comparative law.
3. Venaliy AMELIN – Doctor of Science in History, Chairman of the Committee on Inter Ethnic Relations, Orenburgskaya Oblast Administration
4. Denis Akhmadullin – federal inspector of the Republic of Tatarstan (RT).
5. Donna BAHRY – Professor, Vanderbilt University, USA
6. Rashid Vagizov – PhD in Law, Honored lawyer of RT and RF, Plenipotentiary on human rights in the RT.
7. Nikolay Vladimirov – Ministry of federal affairs, national and migration policy, chief of the Territorial Office.
8. Marat GALEEV – PhD in Economy, Member of the Presidium of the RT State Council.
9. Marsel Galimardanov – Chief federal inspector of RT.
10. Angelina GUrkina – the official of USA agency on international development.
11. Damir ISKHAKOV – Doctor of Science in History, Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of RT (AST).
12. Tatiana ZHDANOVA – Director of Moscow Representation of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur’s Foundation.
13. Sergey Korolev – PhD in Law, Institute of State and Law, Senior Researcher of the department of comparative law.
14. Midhat Kurmanov – chairman of permanent Commission of State Soviet of RT on legislation, law, order and deputy ethnics.
15. Gail Lapidus – Professor, Stanford university, USA.
16. Vasiliy Loginov– chairman of permanent Commission of State Soviet of RT on state building, local government and foreign affairs.
17. Rozalinda Musina – PhD in Sociology, Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of RT.
18. Rafic MUkhametshin – Doctor of political science, deputy director of Institute of Tatar encyclopedia, head of department of public thoughts and islam history of Institute of History AST.
19. Nail MUKHARYAMOV – Doctor of political Science, dean of the engineer–economical faculty, Kazan Power Institute.
20. Ildar I. Nasyrov – deputy chief of department on federation and nationalities affairs, Ministry of federal affairs, national and migration policy.
21. Ildar R. Nasyrov – PhD in mathematics, Department of Foreign Affairs of the RT President, head of information and analytic department.
22. Evgeniy Pershin – PhD in History, deputy director of the department of state building information and analytic administration of the Council of Federation machinery.
23. Gulsum PUGACHYOVA – PhD in Law, Senior Researcher, Institute of Social – Economic and Legal Sciences, AST, deputy Director of science of KIF.
24. Liliay SAGITOVA – PhD in Sociology, Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of RT.
25. Gouzel SINGATULLINA – PhD in Economy, Department of Economy, Kazan State University.
26. Vladimir Stepanov – Advisor on political affairs of the plenipotentiary on human rights in the RT.
27. Leonid Sjukiaynen – Doctor in Law, Institute of State and Law RAS.
28. Douglas Wake – First Secretary, USA Embassy, Moscow.
29. Ramil Hairutdinov – PhD in History, deputy Director of the Institute of History AST.
30. Rafael KHAKIMOV – Director of the Institute of History AST, Director of Scientific Programs of KIF.
31. Alexander Cherkasov – PhD in Law, Senior Researcher of the department of comparative law, Institute of State and Law RAS.
32. Gulnara Shaikhutdinova – PhD in Law, Adviser of the Chairman of the RT State Council.
33. Vjacheslav Shilo – PhD in History, head of the department of socio–economic problems of federalism, Institute of USA and Canada RAS.
34. Shakir YAGUDIN – PhD in Law, Head, Legal Board, RT State Council.