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Agustin Ayala-Castañares is with the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
Elisabeth Mann Borgese is Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University. She is the Founder of the International Ocean Institute and acts as Chairperson of the IOI Planning Council.
Max Börlin who is based in Founex, Switzerland, is a independent consultant in economics of environment, resources and development. He is also Co-Director of the Present Life Institute in Geneva.
Jon M. van Dyke is Professor of Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii. He is consultant to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs regarding claims of Native Hawaiians against the United States and State of Hawaii, and Member of the Board of Advisors of the Center for International Environmental Law.
Jan van Ettinger is Director of Van Ettinger & Associates, Policy Advisers, at Krimpen a/d IJssel, The Netherlands. He is also the Coordinator of The Hague Peace Initiative, a nongovernmental project of the Institute of Social Studies International Services (ISSIS), The Hague.
Tsutomu Fuse is Director-General of the International Ocean Institute, Japan. He is also Professor of International Law at the Yokohama City University.
Nikolaus Gelpke is a doctoral student with the Institut für Meereskunde an der Universitat Kiel, Germany.
Hiran W. Jayewardene is the Secretary General of the Indian Ocean Marine Affairs Cooperation (IOMAC).
Stjepan Keckes was for 15 years the head of UNEP's oceans programme. He now works as a freelance consultant for a number of international and national organizations.
Alexander King is the Honorary President of the Club of Rome.
Gunnar Kullenberg is the Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO.
Ernst Lutz is Senior Economist in the Policy and Research Division, Environment Department, of the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
Ruben P. Mendez is Historian of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Adjunct Professor at New York and Yale Universities, and Adviser to the Commission on Global Governance and to the Yale University Secretariat of the Independent Working Group on the Future of the United Nations.
Thomas A. Mensah is Professor of Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, and Director of the Law of the Sea Institute, based in Honolulu.
Joseph R. Morgan is Associate Professor of Geography, University of Hawaii and Adjunct Professor of Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii. He is Co-editor of Ocean Yearbook.
Mohan Munasinghe is the Chief, Policy and Research Division, Environment Department, of the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
Satya Nandan is the Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations.
Frank X. Njenga is the Secretary-General of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee (AALCC).
Peter B. Payoyo is Assistant Professor of Law at the University of the Philippines.
M.C.W. Pinto is Attorney of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka; of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-law.
Jacques G. Richardson is a Partner of Text Image, a communication consultancy based in France.
Mario Ruivo is Professor at the University of Oporto, a Member of Board of the Portuguese National Commission of Portugal, and Representative of Portugal to the Executive Council of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Committee.
Krishan Saigal is the Executive-Director of the International Ocean Institute, with Headquarters in Malta.
Jean-Paul Troadec is Directeur de Reserche, Institut Francais de Reserche Scientifique pour le Developpement en Cooperation (ORSTOM) based in Plouzane, France.
Stella Maris Vallejo is an Officer of the Division of Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat.
Francisco Orrego Vicuña is Professor of International Law at the School of Law and the Institute of International Studies of the University of Chile, and Membre Associe de l'Institut de Droit International.
Alexander Yankov is Professor of International Law, a Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and Member of the UN International Law Commission.