2013
From the left: 2nd Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea Mr. Tae-yul Cho, Chairman of the Ny-Ålesund Symposium Mr. Knut Ore and Minister of Foreign Affairs Norway Mr. Espen Barth Eide
- Kjerstin Askholt Director General, The Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Norway
- James Astill Political Editor and Bagehot columnist, The Economist, UK
- Jon Fredrik Baksaas President and CEO, Telenor ASA, Norway
- Espen Barth Eide Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway. Host of the 2013 Ny-Ålesund Symposium
- Irene Waage Basili CEO, GC Rieber AS
- Alan Belward Head of Unit, Land Resource Management, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre, EU, Italy
- Elisabeth Berge Secretary General, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Norway
- Anne Bouverot Director General and member of the board, GSMA, UK
- Tae-yul Cho 2nd Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
- Chiau Beng Choo Chief Executive Officer, Keppel Corporation Limited, Singapore
- Valentin Davydyants Captain and Master of ib 50 Let Pobedy, "FSUE" Atomflot, Russia
- Ketil Djønne Vice President, Corporate External Affairs, Det Norske Veritas, Norway
- Martin Fortier Executive Director ArcticNet Inc. / Executive Director Arctic Inspiration Prize, Canada
- Nina Frisak Secretary to the Government, Office of the Prime Minister, Norway
- Peter Gilruth Director, Division of Early Warning and Assessment, United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), Kenya
- Elisabeth Grieg Chair, Grieg Star, Norway
- Jay Gulledge Director, Environmental Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
- Rúni M. Hansen Vice President / Head of Arctic Unit, Statoil, Norway
- Udloriak Hanson Senior Advisor, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Sturla Henriksen Director General, Norwegian Shipowners Association, Norway
- Klavs A. Holm Arctic Ambassador, Denmark
- Henry Huntington Science Director, Pew Environment Group, USA
- Rolf Anker Ims Professor, University of Tromsø, Norway
- Nina Jensen General Secretary, WWF Norway
- Jong-Deog Kim Division Director, Korea Maritime Institute, Republic of Korea
- Cecilie Mauritzen Director at CICERO, Center for Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo, Norway
- Harald Norvik Senior Advisor Rotschild, Norway
- Ragnvald Nærø Executive Vice president, Statkraft, Norway
- Knut M. Ore Chairman of Kings Bay AS and Ny-Ålesund Symposium Board, Norway.
- Anne Kari Hansen Ovind Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
- Rajendra Kumar Pachauri Chairman of the IPCC, India
- Pål Prestrud Senior Adviser, CICERO Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo, Norway
- Andrew Revkin Senior Fellow, Pace University, USA
- James E. Rogers Chairman, President and CEO, Duke Energy, USA
- Kazuyuki Shiraishi Director General, National Institute of Polar Research-NIPR, Japan
- Rolf Skatteboe President / CEO, Kongsberg Satellite Services, Norway
- Liv Monica Bargem Stubholt Senior Vice President Strategy and Communication, Kværner ASA, Norway
- Reier Søberg Secretary General, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Norway
- Narendra Taneja President of the World Energy Policy Summit, India
- Fridtjof Unander Executive Director, Division for Strategic Priorities, Department for Energy and Petroleum Research. The Research Council of Norway.
- Laila Susanne Vars Director of GÁLDU-Resource Centre on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Norway
- Johan Nic. Vold Managing Director, Energy Policy Foundation of Norway
- Jan-Gunnar Winther Director, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway. Jan-Gunnar also attended the 2014 and 2016 symposium
- Young-Myung Yang Executive Vice President. Korea Gas Corporation(KOGAS), Republic of Korea
- Pok-keun Yuh Director, Division of Territory and Oceans Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
- Ellen Øseth State Secretary, Ministry of the Environment, Norway
