The event was co-chaired by Pavel Zavalny, Chairman of the RF Duma Energy Committee, and Ernesto Ferlenghi, Chairman of the AEB Energy Committee.

The Round Table became the continuation of the fruitful relations established by the AEB Energy Committee with the RF Duma Energy Committee and its Chairman Pavel Zavalny who meets regularly with the AEB Energy Committee members. 

Among the speakers were: Cederic Cremers, Country Chair Russia, Shell E&P Services; Reiner Hartmann, Head of Representation, Uniper Global Commodities SE; Vladimir Drebentsov, Vice-President, Head of Russia & CIS Economics BP, Elena Gabdulkhaeva, Director, Corporate Governance, Legal & Asset Management, Unipro; Victor Naboichenko, Director of Regulatory & Institutional Affairs, Enel Russia; Yuri Andreev, Executive Director, Petroleum Advisory Forum.

The Round table was also attended by representatives of the RF Ministry of Energy (Anton Rubtsov, Director, Department of for Oil & Gas Processing; Andrey Maximov, Deputy Director of the Department of Electric Power Industry Development); RF Ministry of Economic Development (Andrey Gabov, Acting Deputy Director, Department for State Regulation & Infrastructure Reforms), RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Vasily Pospelov, Deputy Director, Department for Economic Cooperation).