Since its establishment, the Forum has been attended by many prominent scientists and experts from the world's major research and analytical centers, political and public figures.
Chairman of the Forum Organizing Committee – Aide to the President of the Russian Federation Yury Ushakov.
Deputy Chairman of the Forum Organizing Committee – President of Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Academician Alexander Dynkin. Member of the Forum Organizing Committee – Director of Primakov National Research Institute Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Feodor Voitolovsky. n different years, the Forum was addressed by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin, Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation Aleksei Kudrin (2018–2022), Aide to the President of the Russian Federation Andrei Fursenko, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Konstantin Kosachev, Minister of Science and Higher Education Mikhail Kotyukov (2018–2020), Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov. The permanent participant of the conference – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov.
Among the foreign participants of the Forum are Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (1999–2001); Alexander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (1995–2005); Mikuláš Dzurinda, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia (2010–2012); Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference; Wolfgang Schüssel, Federal Chancellor of Austria (2000–2007); Javier Solana, NATO Secretary General (1995–1999) and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (1999–2009).
In 2017, a special session with the participation of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was held within the Forum.