1. Prof. Atanas Atanassov, Agrobioinstitute, Bulgaria
2. Prof. emerit. Klaus Ammann, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
3. Dr. Roger Beachy, Donald Danforth Plant Sience Center, United States
4. Prof. Yaroslav Blume, Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering, Ukraine
5. Dr. Premendra Dwivedi, Food Toxicology Div Industrial Toxocology Research Centre, India
6. Dr. Ismail El Hadrami, Laboratoire de Biotechnologies, Protection et Valorisation des Ressources Végétales (Biotec-VRV) , Marocco
7. Dr. Christian Fatokun, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria
8. Prof. Behzad Ghareyazie, Strategic Research Center of Iran, Iran
9. Prof. Desiree Hautea, University of the Philippines, The Philippines
10. Prof. Calestous Juma, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, United States
11. Prof. Julian Kinderlerer, University of Cape Town, South Africa and Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
12. Prof. Magdy Madkour, Arid Land Agricultural Research Institute (ALARI), Ain Shams University, Egypt
13. Prof. emerit. Marc van Montagu, Institute for Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries (IPBO), Belgium (Chairman)
14. Dr. Charles Mugoya, The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), Uganda
15. Dr. Zaida Lentini,International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia
16. Dr. Susana Sirvas-Cornejo, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Peru
17. Dr. Natalia Stepanova, Centre Bioengineering of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia
18. Prof. Paul Teng, Nanyang Technological University, National Institute of Education, Singapore
19. Dr. Arnoldo Khaleel Ventura, Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica
20. Prof. Selim Cetiner, Sabanci University, Turkey
21. Dr. Idah Sithole-Niang, Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe

Honouree Member