Francis Gurry is the Director General of the World Intellectual Property (WIPO), which is the global forum for intellectual property services, policy, information and cooperation.

Prof. Hiroshi Amano is a Japanese physicist and inventor specializing in the field of semiconductor technology.

Dr. Georges Vachaud is an Emeritus Senior Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris CNRS with expertise in Geostatistics, Hydrogeology, and Hydrology.