The event was attended by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Colonel-General Ruslan Khomchak, People's Deputies of Ukraine, representatives of the Office of the President of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, scientific-research institutions and NGOs.

Among the main tasks of the conference was to develop shared vision on the tasks, structure and directions of development of territorial defence of Ukraine.