l-r: Emil Boc, Former Prime Minister of Romania, Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, Lambert van Nistelrooij MEP (Netherlands), EPP Group Spokesman in the Committee on Regional Development of the European Parliament (EP), Elżbieta Bieńkowska, European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Franc Bogovič MEP (EPP Group, Slovenia), Member of the Regional Development Committee of the EP, and Lewis Dijkstra, Head of the Economic Analysis Sector, DG for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission

Peter Wostner, Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy, Smart Specialisation Division (Slovenia)

David Škorňa, Director of the Partnership Agreement, Evaluation and Strategy Department, Ministry of Regional Development (Czech Republic)

John Bradley, Economic Modelling and Development Systems (EMDS)

Lambert van Nistelrooij MEP (Netherlands), EPP Group Spokesman in the Committee on Regional Development of the European Parliament, and Emil Boc, Former Prime Minister of Romania, Mayor of Cluj-Napoca

Lambert van Nistelrooij MEP (Netherlands), EPP Group Spokesman in the Committee on Regional Development of the European Parliament

Franc Bogovič MEP (EPP Group, Slovenia), Member of the Regional Development Committee of the European Parliament