- Dr Karen Cheney – UQ School of Biological Sciences
- Professor Shaun Collin – University of Western Australia
- Professor Roy Caldwell – University of California, Berkeley
- Professor Tom Cronin – The University of Maryland Baltimore County
- Professor Ron Douglas – Texas A&M University
- Professor Dan-Eric Nilsson – Lund University
- Professor Hans-Jochen Wagner
- Professor Eric Warrant – Lund University
- Associate Professor Sonke Johnsen – Duke University
- Dr Roger Hanlon – Marine Biological Laboratory
- Dr Julian Partridge – University of Bristol
- Dr Edith Widder – Ocean Research and Conservation Association
- Australian Oceanographics
- Great Barrier Reef Research Expeditions
