• Germaine Acogny, Dancer and founder of the International Centre for Traditional and Contemporary African Dances, Senegal
• Mohan Agashe, Director of the Film and Television Institute, Pune, India
• Richard Assemian, President, Association des Jeunes pour la Promotion de la Culture Africaine, Côte d'Ivoire
• Dagfinn Bach, Managing Director, Artspages, Norway
• Yvan Bernier, International law expert, advisor to INCP, Université Laval, Canada
• Vera Boltho, Cultural Policy and Action Department, Council of Europe, France
• Pierre Curzi, Vice-president, Coalition for Cultural Diversity, Canada
• Peter Grant, member of Sectoral Advisory Group on International Trade, Culture, International Lawyer, McCarthy Tetrault, Canada
• Ong Keng Sen, Artistic Director, Theatre Works, Singapore
• Yang ki-hwan, Coalition for Cultural Diversity in Moving Images, Korea
• Atul Kumar, Director, The Company Theatre, India
• Katerina Marinaki, President, Federation of Scriptwriters in Europe and Screenwriters Guild of Greece
• Pinkie Mseleku, Film Commissioner for the West Cape, South Africa
• Rex Nettleford, Vice-Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
• Nina Obuljen, Culturelink, Croatia
• Irma Pietrasanta, Video/television producer and activist, Mexico
• Carmen Romero, Chile
• Burama Sagnia, Coordinator, African Itinerant College for Culture and Development, Senegal
• Katérina Stenou, Director of the Division of Cultural Policies, UNESCO
• David Streiff, Director, Swiss Federal Office of Culture
• Viriato Tamale, Coordinator, Economic Justice Coalition, Mozambique
• Yvon Thiec, Representative, Eurocinéma, Belgium
• R.H. Thomson, Actor, playwrite and activist, Canada
• Noreen Tomassi, President, Arts International, USA
• Shalini Venturelli, Associate Professor, American University, USA
• Christine von Weizsacker, Director of the Biodiversity and Biotechnology Program, Ecoropa, Germany
• Gustavo Yañez, Video director, Tamia Film; TV, Germany/Ecuador
• Aziz Zeria, Special Officer, Northern Arts, Arts Council of England, UK

The Shidaa Cultural Company from Ghana will be performing during the opening night dinner.

The INCD Steering Committee members will be speaking and moderating during certain sessions.