Garbi Schmidt, Chair 
Professor, Department of Culture and Identity, Roskilde University, Denmark

Monika Wingender, Vice-Chair
Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Giessen, Germany

Johannes Callsen
Schleswig-Holstein Commissioner for Matters related to National Minorities and Ethnic Groups, Border Area Activities and Low German

Annemarie Falktoft
Deputy Director General, Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science, Denmark

Eleonora Lotti
Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

Elise Cornu
Director, Division of National Minorities and Minority Languages, Council of Europe

Leif Bodin
Member of the German Parliament

Dorte Jagetic Andersen
Associate Professor, Head of the Centre for Border Region Studies, University of Southern Denmark

Rasmus Andresen
Member of the European Parliament

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Linda Pieper
Substitute for Mr. Callsen

Thorsten Afflerbach
Substitute for Ms. Cornu