| Neil Crickmore | University of Sussex, UK |
| Dan Zeigler | Bacillus Genetic Stock Centre, USA |
| Alejandra Bravo | National University, Mexico |
| Ernest Schnepf | Dow AgroSciences, USA |
| Didier Lereclus | INRA, France |
| Jim Baum | Monsanto, USA |
| Jeroen Van Rie | Bayer Crop Science, Belgium |
| Donald Dean | Ohio State University, USA |