Donald M. Anderson: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
Stephen Bates: Gulf Fisheries Centre, Canada
JoAnn Burkholder: N. Carolina State University, USA
Jose Bustillos-Guzman: Northwest Center for Biological Research Mexico
Henrik Enevoldsen: IOC
Yasuwo Fukuyo: University of Tokyo, Japan
Patricia M. Glibert: Horn Point Laboratory, USA
Edna Graneli: University of Kalmar, Sweden
Gustaaf Hallegraeff: ISSHA Vice President, University of Tasmania, Australia
Kin Chung Ho: ISSHA council, Open University of Hong Kong, China
Rita Horner: ISSHA council, USA
Anke Kremp: ISSHA council, Finland
Lincoln MacKenzie: ISSHA council, New Zealand
Kalliopi Pagou: Chair of the Local Organizing Committee, HCMR, Greece
Grant Pitcher: Marine and Coastal Management, Cape Town, South Africa
Beatriz Reguera: ISSHA President, Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia, Spain
Sandra Shumway: University of Connecticut, USA
Takashi Yasumoto: Okinawa CREATE, JST, Japan
Mingjiang Zhou: Chinese Academy of Sciences China