The first edition held in Bucharest, Romania in September 22nd-24th, 2016 brought together practitioners and scholars from a wide range of disciplines and sectors from 29 countries around the world – Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom and Yemen.