Possibilities for academic community to assist participating OSCE States in defining new directions for the Organization in the so-called Helsinki+ 40 process was the topics of a panel discussion organized by the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions.

Besides speaking at the plenary panel about the connection between decision making and research experience, during "open space training" BCSP Director Sonja Stojanovic Gajic moderated lively discussion about whether Serbs and Albanians can resolve the issue of Kosovo.