Chas Freeman (Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, United States; Former Ambassador of the United States to Saudi Arabia)
Arancha González (Dean, Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Spain)
Xu Bu (President, China Institute of International Studies; Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to ASEAN and Chile)
Svein Stølen (Rector, University of Oslo)
Qian Jun (Executive Dean, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University)
Kishore Mahbubani (Former Ambassador of Singapore to the United Nations; Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at National University of Singapore)
Jeffrey Sachs (University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University; Advisor to three United Nations Secretaries-Generals)
Zhou Hanmin (Vice Chairman of Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference) @Shanghai Forum 2020
Zhang Yunling (Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Director of Institute of International Studies, Shandong University) @Shanghai Forum 2020