Forum has become one of the most prominent events in the region and was attended by 400 visitors from 50 countries, among them a number of high-ranking and senior guests from politics, economy and the academic sphere.

At the reception in the Grand Hotel Toplice participants were addressed by the President of the Republic of Slovenia Dr. Danilo Türk. The biggest attention has been aimed at the Secretary-General of the Organisation for economic cooperation and development (OECD), Angela Gurrie, by the Secretary-General of the OSCE, Zannier, President of the Government of Albania, Berisha and Kosovo Thaçi, President of the EBRD Chakrabarti, Foreign Ministers of Montenegro, Croatia, Qatar, Kosovo and Macedonia.