Speakers included Jose Maria Ballester, Ana Blandiana, Romulus Rusan, Ioana Boca, Stéphane Courtois, Holger Dix, Basarab Nicolescu, Thierry Wolton, acad. Alexandru Zub, Vasile Soare, Elena Postică, Jerzy Borowczak, Virgiliu Țârău, Petr Slinták, Gheorghe Leahu, Helmut Müller-Enbergs, Katharina Kilzer. The volume also includes the Round Table "After 20 years: from University Square to Civic Alliance" moderated by Ana Blandiana and Romulus Rusan, with participants Petre Mihai Băcanu, Dr. Nicolae Constantinescu, Ioan Mănucu, priest Doru Berbecar, acad. Alexandru Zub.
The Summer School is a project of the Fundaţia Academia Civică in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which aims to re-evaluate, critically examine and create a culture of remembrance of communism.
