Governments
Peter Core, Director, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Keming Qian, Director General Inst. Agricultural Economics, Dept. of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science Tiina Huvio, Senior Advisor, Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alain Derevier, Senior Advisor, Research for Sustainable Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Germany: Hans-Jochen de Haas, Head, Agricultural and Rural Development, Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Zoltan Bedo, Director, Agricultural Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Aidan O'Driscoll, Assistant Secretary General, Department of Agriculture and Food

Hamid Narjisse, Director General, INRA Eugenia Serova, Head, Agrarian Policy Division, Institute for Economy in Transition Grace Akello, Minister of State for Northern Uganda Rehabilitation Paul Spray, Head of Research, DFID Rodney Brown, Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture and Hans Klemm, Director of the Office of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Textile Trade Affairs, Department of State

Foundations and Unions
Susan Sechler, Senior Advisor on Biotechnology Policy, Rockefeller Foundation Achim Steiner, Director General, The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Eugene Terry, Director, African Agricultural Technology Foundation