• Bernard Faivre d'Arcier, former Director Festival d'Avignon
• Rose Fenton, Co-Founder London International Theatre Festival
• Gavin Henderson, Principal Trinity College of Music in London
• Nele Hertling, Director DAAD's Berlin Artist Programme
• Tzvetelina Iossifova, Co-Director Read House Centre for Culture and Debate in Sofia
• Nevenka Koprivsek, Director Bunker Productions in Ljubljana
• Brian McMaster, Director Edinburgh International Festival
• Gerard Mortier, Director Opéra National de Paris
• Tom Stromberg, Director EXPO Hannover Art Programme

For biographies of the presenters, please click here.

Positions were correct as of May 2006.