Director of Intermusic Center in Oslo and distinguished Professor of Music at the University of Oslo, Prof. Dr. Kjell Skyllstad (right),

has done research on the history of racism in a cultural perspective and on the effect of a multicultural school music program on the prevention of racial conflict and harassment. He has been research coordinator for inter-university development programs in the performing arts. Asst. Prof. Dr. Bussakorn Sumrongthong, (left) Co-Director of the Urban Research Plaza in Bangkok and former Deputy Dean of Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. She is an active ethnomusicologist and since 1997 has represented Thailand at the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM)

Prof. Dr. Svanibor Pettan is a Director of Intermusic Center in Slovenia. His past posts include those of a music editor at Croatian Radio and of a research scholar at Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research in Zagreb, while his current post is that of an Associate Professor at the University of Ljubljana, with extensions to universities in Maribor and Zagreb.