2007
- Astri Aas-Hansen State Secretary, Ministry of Justice and the Police, Norway
- Lars Christian Alsvik Director, Norwegian Shipowner's Association.
- John Ashton Ambassador, Special Representative for Climate Change, Director general, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom
- Jon Berg Head of Communication, Ministry of Environment, Norway
- Hanne Inger Bjurstrøm Special Envoy Climate Change, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Norway
- Helen Bjørnøy Minister of the Environment, Norway
- Patrick Borbey Assistant Deputy minister, Northern Affairs Program, Indian and Northern Affairs, Canada
- Kirsten Broch Mathisen Special Adviser, The Research Council of Norway
- Robert Corell Principal, Global Environment and Technology Foundation (GETF), USA
- Harald Dovland Deputy Director General, Ministry of the Environment, Norway
- Per Otto Dyb CEO of Siemens Norway
- Frederic Hauge Leader, The Bellona Foundation, Norway
- Neil Hamilton Director, WWF International Arctic Programme
- W. Michael Hanemann Chancellor's Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics & The Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, USA
- Hartmut Heinrich Volkswagen AG, Group Research, Powertrain, Germany
- Kim Holmén Research Director, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway
- Kim Høyer Holum Deputy Director General, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Norway
- Tom Hu Tao Professor Beijing Normal University, China
- Masaki Iijima Head of MHI's CO2/EOR Group, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Plant and Transportation Systems Engineering and Construction Center, Japan
- Eva Jensen Head of Section, International Division, Ministry of the Environment, Denmark
- Vladimir Kattsov Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory, Russian Federation
- Oddvar Midtkandal Director, Kings Bay AS, Norway
- Bård Mikkelsen President and CEO, Statkraft, Norway
- Nebosja Nakicenovic Leader of Energy and Technology Programs IIASA and Professor of Energy Economics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- Mutsuyoshi Nishimura Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for Climate Change and Ambassador in charge of Global Environment, Japan
- Terje Osmundsen Editor-in-Chief and CEO Monday Morning and Copenhagen Climate Council, Norway
- Jørgen Randers Professor at The Norwegian School of Management BI and Chairman of the Norwegian Commission on Low Greenhouse Gase Emissions, Norway. Member of the Advisory Committee for the Ny-Ålesund Symposium
- Chris Rapley Professor, CBE, Director British Antarctic Survey and President, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), United Kingdom
- Harald Rensvik Secretary General, Ministry of the Environment, Norway
- Yue Ruisheng Deputy Director general, Department of International Cooperation, State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), P.R. of China
- Magnus Rystedt Managing Director, Nordic Environment Finance Corporation, Finland
- Karsten Sach Deputy Director General for International Corporation, The Fedral Environment Ministry, Germany
- Erik Sauar Senior Vice President and CTO, REC-Group, REC ASA, Norway
- Per Sefland The Governor of Svalbard, Norway
- Unni M.Steinsmo President and CEO, The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF), Norway
- Trigg Talley U.S. Department of State, USA
- Willy Tomboy Director, Environmental Affairs, Toyota Motor Europe, Belgium
- Percy Westerlund H.E., Ambassador, European Commission to Norway
- Benson K. Whitney Ambassador, US Embassy, Norway
- Inger Johanne Wiese Senior Advisor, Ministry of the Environment, Norway
- Anders Wijkman Senior Advisor Stockholm Environmental Institute and former member of the European Parliament for Sweden. Member of the Advisory Committee for The Ny-Ålesund Symposium
- Jan-Gunnar Winther Director, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway.
Jan-Gunnar also attended the 2014 and 2016 symposium
- Margareth Øvrum Executive Vice President, Technology and Projects, Statoil ASA, Norway
