| Carroll, Bruce | President & CEO | United States | FORSight Resources, LLC |
| Domisch, Timo | Research scientist | Finland | Natural Reseources Institute Finland (Luke) |
| DREYER, Erwin | INRA, Head of the Research Centre at Nancy-Lorraine | France | INRA – INRA |
| Fossdal, Carl Gunnar | Senior Researcher Molecular Biology | Norway | Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute |
| Lakatos, Ferenc | deputy dean | Hungary | University of West Hungary |
| Nicoll, Bruce | Senior researcher | United Kingdom | Forest Research (UK) |
| Pennanen, Taina | Senior Reseacher | Finland | Finnish Forest Research Institute – METLA |
| Saarinen, Markku | Senior researcher | Finland | Finnish Forest Research Institute – METLA |
| Vapaavuori, Elina | Senior scientist | Finland | Finnish Forest Research Institute – METLA |