A fórum nyitó szentmiséjét celebrálta és a megnyitó beszédet tartotta Msgr. Paul Desmond Tighe püspök, a kultúráért és oktatásért felelős vatikáni dikasztérium titkára. Előadást tartott OIEC – International Office of Catholic Education főtitkára.
Orsolya Pacsay-Tomassich, President of the Hungarian Diplomatic Academy, Msgr. Paul Desmond Tighe, Secretary of the Section of Culture (Vatican), András Tóth (SZITA)Msgr. Paul Desmond Tighe, Secretary of the Section of Culture of the Dicastery for Culture and EducationHervé LECOMTE, the General Secretary of OIEC (International Office of Catholic Education)Alfonso GIRALDO (Columbia), Chairman, OMAEC (Organisation mondiale des anciens Eleves de l’Enseignement catholique) Fr. Carles Gil i Saguer, Asistente General, Piarist Fathers, RomeP. Kelemen Sárai-Szabó OSB, Prior, Benedictine abbey of GyőrFrancisco Guarner (Spain), President World Union of Jesuit AlumniFr Joan Lluis Playa SDB and Bro Domenico Nam, Salesians, RomeBryan Magro (Malta), World Confederation of the Past Pupils of Don BoscoLaurent Gregoire, Secretary General of UNAEC-Europe, Honorary President of COFAEC, deputy treasurer of OMAECMr Giuseppe Mariano, President, UNAEC-Europe, a Confederazione Italiana delle Associazioni Ex Alunni ed Ex Alunne della Scuola Cattolica (Italy)György Kovács, International director of Hungarian Association of Piarist Alumni