Some of the speakers of the conference include:

- Dame Jessica Rawson, Warden of Merton College, University of Oxford (Keynote speaker)

- Dr Chris Gosden, Chair of European Archaeology, University of Oxford

- David Jennings, CEO, Oxford Archaeology

- Dr Zhou, Daming Palace National Heritage Park, Xi'an, China

- Dr Simon Thurley, CEO, Engligh Heritage

- Prof Helena Hamerow, University Lecturer in European Archaeology (Early Medieval), University of Oxford. 

- Prof An Jiayao, Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

- Du Jinpeng, Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

- Ge Chengyong, from the Heritage Publish Agency

- Dr Albert E. Dien, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, USA

- Dr James A. Anderson, Department of History, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA

- Dr Stephen Shennan, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK