• Joël Abecassis - INRA, France
• Karim Ammar  - CIMMYT, Mexico
• Antonio Blanco - Dept. of Environmental and Agro-Forestry Biology and Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy
• Hermann Buerstmayr - IFA-Tulln, Institute of Biotechnology in Plant Production, Austria
• Ismail Cakmak - Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences,
  Sabanci University, Turkey
• Carlo Cannella - INRAN, Italy
• Marina Carcea - INRAN, Italy
• Luigi Cattivelli - Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, CRA, Italy
• John M. Clarke - Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada
• Enzo DeAmbrogio - Società Produttori Sementi, Italy
• Maria Grazia D’Egidio - Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, CRA, Italy
• Jim E. Dexter - Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, Canada
• Jaroslav Dolezel - Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Republic
• Susanne Dreisigacker - CIMMYT, Mexico
• Jan Dvorak - Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, USA
• Kellye Eversole - Eversole Associates, USA
• Tzion Fahima - Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel
• Catherine Feuillet - INRA, France
• Patrizia Galeffi  - ENEA, Italy
• Bikram S. Gill - Dept. of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, USA
• Elcio P. Guimaraes - FAO, Crop and Grassland Service, GIPB
• Dimah Habash - Plant Science Departement, Rothamsted Research, UK
• Timothy J. Hall - European Commission, DG Research, Directorate E, Agriculture, Biotechnologies, Food
• Raymond A. Hare – NWS Departement of Primary Industries, Australia
• Sybil A. Herrera Foessel - CIMMYT, Mexico 
• Gert HJ Kema - Plant Research International, The Netherlands
• Abdelali Laamari - Dept of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, INRA, Morocco
• Domenico Lafiandra - Dept. of Agrobiology and Agrochemistry, Tuscia University, Italy
• Evans Lagudah - CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia
• Peter Langridge - Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics. Adelaide University, Australia.
• Vittorio Lombardi - Codema, Corporate Development Management, Italy
  
• Brian A. Marchylo - Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, Canada
• Massimo Montanari - Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Bologna University, Italy
  
• Miloudi Nachit - ICARDA, Syria
• Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio - CIMMYT, Mexico
  
• Francesco Pantò - Barilla G. e R. Fratelli Spa, Italy
• Martin Parry - Plant Science Departement, Rothamsted Research, UK
• Thomas Payne - CIMMYT, Mexico
• Roberto Javier Peña - CIMMYT, Mexico
• Wolfgang Pfeiffer - CGIAR Harvest Plus, Colombia
• Piero L. Pianu - Union des Associations des Semouliers de l’UE, Italy
• Claudio M. Pollini - Pavan Tecnologie spa, Italy
• Enrico Porceddu - Dept. of Agrobiology and Agrochemistry, Tuscia University, Italy
• Curtis J. Pozniak - Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• Roberto Ranieri - Barilla G. e R. Fratelli Spa, Italy
• Matthew Reynolds - CIMMYT, Mexico
• Renzo Rizzo - Studio Innovazione, Parma, Italy
• Luigi Rossi - ENEA, Italy
• Conxita Royo - IRTA, Spain
• Francesco Salamini - Parco Tecnologico Padano, Italy
• Haroldo Salvo Garrido - INIA, Carillanca, Chile
• Linda M. Schlichting  -  Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, Canada
• Ravi Singh - CIMMYT, Mexico
• Roberto Tuberosa - Dept. of Agroenvironmental Sciences and Technology.
  Bologna University, Italy
• Jan Willem van der Kamp - TNO Quality of Life, the Netherlands
• Angelo Visconti - Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari, CNR, Italy
• Amor Yahyaoui - Icarda, Syria