Yulia Lavrikova is the Director of the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS, a well-known Russian scientist in the field of regional and territorial and sectoral economy, head of the leading scientific school "Restructuring of territorial industrial complexes". She personally contributed to the elaboration of: proposals for the development of territorial industrial complexes considering the market nature of modern cluster associations, which formed the basis of the Concept of Cluster Policy of Sverdlovsk Oblast until 2020; documents for the creation of a high-tech cluster "Titanium Valley", Ural Construction Cluster, Ural Transport and Logistics Cluster, etc.; a set of measures for socio-economic development of the largest municipalities, combining the forecast of structural changes in the economy, the coupling of spatial (including agglomeration) and sectoral aspects of forecasting, achieving a balance of labour, production and financial resources in the largest cities. Yulia Lavrikova is a permanent expert in the Department of Organizational Support for Interaction with the Corps of Experts of the Directorate for Scientific and Methodological Guidance and Expert Activities of RAS, a member of the expert group on strategic planning and regional development at the Economic Policy Council under the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Ural Federal District. The research results are reflected in 175 scientific publications, including 38 individual and collective monographs. She is the recipient of the Tatishchev and de Gennin Award (2008), twice a laureate of the RAS competition “Best Economist of the Year”.

Jeffrey D. Sachs is an American economist who advised governments around the world on economic reforms and developed initiatives aimed at eradicating poverty globally. Sachs is the recipient of the 2022 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development and the co-recipient of the 2015 Blue Planet Prize, the leading global prize for environmental leadership. He was twice named among Time magazine’s 100 most influential world leaders. Jeffrey D. Sachs is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. Professor Sachs was the Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University from 2002 to 2016. He is the President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and Co-Chair of the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition. He is an Academician of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican, Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development, Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Honorary Distinguished Professor at Sunway University and SDG Advocate for UN Secretary General. In 2001-2018, Sachs served as Special Advisor to UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan (2001-2007), Ban Ki-moon (2008-2016), and António Guterres (2017-2018).

James K. Galbraith holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations and a professorship in Government at The University of Texas at Austin (USA). He held various positions in the United States Congress, including the Executive Director of the Joint Economic Committee. In 1995–1997, he directed the PhD Program in Public Policy at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. J. K. Galbraith heads up the University of Texas Inequality Project. In 1993–1997, he served as Chief Technical Adviser for Macroeconomic Reform to the State Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China. From 1996 to 2016, he was the Chairman of the International Movement “Economists for Peace and Security”. On January 4, 2020, James K. Galbraith received the Veblen-Commons Award of the Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE). He studies global economic inequality and various macroeconomic issues. Galbraith has authored a number of monographs and numerous publications in periodicals in the USA and other countries.

Sergey Bodrunov is a Russian economist, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Department of Social Sciences of RAS (specialty in economics), Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Member of the International Academy of Management, Member of the St. Petersburg Engineering Academy, Honorary Dr. Sci. of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Ural State University of Economics (Ekaterinburg) and Francisk Skorina Gomel State University (Belarus), President of the All-Russian Public Organization “Free Economic Society of Russia”, President of the International Union of Economists (ITU). Bodrunov is the Head of the S. Y. Witte Institute for New Industrial Development, Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal “Economic Revival of Russia”, Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal “Noonomy and Noosociety. Almanac of Scientific Works of the S.Y. Witte”, which addresses the issues raised by the concept of New industrial society of the second generation (NIS.2) and the theory of Noonomy. Sergey  Bodrunov is a well-known specialist in the field of macroeconomics and industrial development. He authored more than 800 scientific publications in Russia and abroad, including 35 monographs.

Yu Miaojie holds a PhD in Economics from the University of California, Davis, USA. Currently, he is the president of Liaoning University, a member of the United Nations International Economic Association (IEA), a Distinguished Professor of the National Talent Program, a recipient of the China’s National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, a winner of the NG Teng Fong / Sino Scholarship for Outstanding Youth, a Liberal-Art Chair Professor of Peking University, a member of the Ministry of Commerce’s Economic and Trade Policy Advisory Committee, a council member of the Ministry of Finance’s “China-US Research Think Tank Alliance” and an international consultant to the Russian University of Finance and Economics. He serves as the Vice President of China Society of World Economics, Vice President of the China Econometrics Association, and Vice Chairman of the China Society of Industrial Economics. He is the Deputy Director of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong & Macao Studies, the Vice President of Liaoning Federation of Social Sciences. Yu Miaojie was invited as an expert consultant to the UN, the Asian Development Bank, the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, the Counsellors' Office of the State Council and several governments, and was specially invited to the UN General Headquarters to report on economic development in China. Yu Miaojie has published nearly 200 articles in leading Chinese and foreign journals, as well as 27 monographs, textbooks and review articles in Chinese, English and German.Sergey Bodrunov is a Russian economist, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Department of Social Sciences of RAS (specialty in economics), Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Member of the International Academy of Management, Member of the St. Petersburg Engineering Academy, Honorary Dr. Sci. of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Ural State University of Economics (Ekaterinburg) and Francisk Skorina Gomel State University (Belarus), President of the All-Russian Public Organization “Free Economic Society of Russia”, President of the International Union of Economists (ITU). Bodrunov is the Head of the S. Y. Witte Institute for New Industrial Development, Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal “Economic Revival of Russia”, Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal “Noonomy and Noosociety. Almanac of Scientific Works of the S.Y. Witte”, which addresses the issues raised by the concept of New industrial society of the second generation (NIS.2) and the theory of Noonomy. Sergey  Bodrunov is a well-known specialist in the field of macroeconomics and industrial development. He authored more than 800 scientific publications in Russia and abroad, including 35 monographs.

Dr. Kazi Sohag is an Associate Professor and Head of the PhD Program at the Graduate School of Economics Management, Ural Federal University, Russian Federation. He is the Head of the Laboratory for International and Regional Economics, a contributing author of IPCC Working Group III under UNFCCC. He has been appointed by the University of Merdeka, Malang, Indonesia as a Visiting Professor under the World Class Professor Program (WCP) 2021 by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, Indonesia. According to RePEc, Kazi Sohag is among the top 100 young economists in the world. Kazi Sohaz appeared in the list of the top 2% influential researchers by Stanford University's evaluation; he is a regular reviewer of more than 50 high-impact journals. His H-index is 30, where the total citation is more than 5000. He delivered numerous public lectures and keynote speeches around the globe. Dr. Kazi Sohag is awarded several international research grants from different countries, including Russia, Iran, Malaysia, Kosovo, UAE, Indonesia and KSA.