2008
- Tora Aasland Minister of Research and Higher Education, Norway
- Etsuo Akiba National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
- Knut H. Alfsen Head Research Director, CICERO Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo, Norway
- Uwe Barth Member of Parliament, German Bundestag, Germany
- Karen N. Bie Deputy Director General, Ministry of Education and Research, Norway
- David Carlson Director of IPY International Programme Office and British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom
- Helge Drange Professor, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Norway
- Hans Enocson Director, National Executive Nordic Region (including Estonia and Latvia) General Electric, Sweden
- Mats Eriksson Acting Programme Manager/Senior Water Specialist, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal
- Christian Gaudin Senator, France
- Bjørn Tore Godal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
- Jackie Grebmaier Research Professor and Project Director, Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecology Group, USA
- Arvid Hallén Director General, The Research Cuoncil of Norway - Chair at the Ny-Ålesund Symposium 2008
- Kim Holmén Research Director, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway
- Neloy Khare Director, Ministry of Earth Sciences, India
- Alexey Kokorin Head of WWF-Russia's Climate Change Programme, Russia
- Wojciech Kolanczyk Polish Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Norway
- Arackel James Kurian Personal Secretary to Minister Kapil Sibal, India
- Karin Lochte Director, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
- Lorents G. Lorentsen Director, OECD (Paris), Environment Directorate, Norway
- Roland Mauch German Ambassador to Norway
- Oddvar Midtkandal Director, Kings Bay AS, Norway
- Bård Mikkelsen President and CEO, Statkraft, Norway
- Ragnvald Nærø Executive Vice president, Statkraft, Norway
- Nicholas Owens Director, British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom
- Frank Paul Research Associate, Department of Geography, University of Zürich - Irchel, Switzerland
- Pål Prestrud Senior Adviser, CICERO Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo, Norway
- Sergey M. Pryamikov Head of the International Science, Co-operation Department, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of Roshydromet, Russia
- Young Ren Deputy Director-General, Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy (PRCEE), Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), China
- Jørgen C. Arentz Rostrup Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Hydro, Norway
- Banbit Anthony Roy India's Ambassador to Norway
- Annette Schavan Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany
- Per Sefland The Governor of Svalbard, Norway
- Mark Serreze Senior Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
- Kapil Sibal Union Minister, Department of Science and Technology, India
- Therese Steen Senior Advisor, The Prime Minister's Office, Norway
- Karin Steenstrup Senior Advisor, Ministry of Education and Research, Norway
- Laurent Stefanini Ambassador Delegate for the Environment, France
- Kazimierz Stepien Chairman of the Council of Science, Poland
- Michal Szulczewski Member of the Polish Delegation
- Henry Tesch Minister for Education, Science and Culture of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Paul Warwick President Europe and West Africa, ConocoPhillips, Norway
- Inger Johanne Wiese Senior Advisor, Ministry of the Environment, Norway
- Kari Balke Øiseth Director General, Ministry of Education and Research, Norway
