- Brad Barr (USA), NOAA-NMSP, Senior Policy Analyst
- Lui Bell (Samoa, Oceania), SPREP, Marine Species Officer
- Arne Bjorge (Norway), Director, Institute of Marine Research, University of Oslo; Chair of IWC-Scientific Committee
- Douglas DeMaster (USA), Director of AFSC, US Deputy Commissioner to the IWC
- Mike Donoghue (New Zealand), Department of Conservation, International Relations Unit; Alternate commissioner to IWC; represents NZ at CMS, CCAMLR; South Pacific Whale Research Consortium
- Erich Hoyt (Scotland, UK), Senior Research Fellow, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society; Author, Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
- Miguel Iniguez (Argentina), Fundacion Cethus; Alternate Commissioner to IWC
- Dave Johnston (USA), Research Scientist, Duke University Marine Laboratory
- Michiko Martin (USA), NOAA-NMSP; National Education Coordinator
- David Mattila (USA), NOAA-NMSP; Science Coordinator HIHWNMS, US delegation to IWC Scientific Committee, Technical adviser, SPREP; Co-chair N. Pacific humpback whale SPLASH Project
- Naomi McIntosh (USA), NOAA-NMSP; Director, HIHWNMS
- Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara (Italy), Chair ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee; Deputy Chair, IUCN/SSC Cetacean Specialist Group; IUCN WCPA Marine Regional Coordinator for Mediterranean
- José Truda Palazzo, Jr. (Brazil), Alternate Commissioner to the IWC from Brazil
- Margi Prideaux (Australia), International Strategic Policy Director, WDCS; CMS-WDCS Programme Leader; Director, Cetacean Conservation
- Vincent Ridoux (France), Centre de Recherche sur les Mammiferes Marins, Head of Delegation IWC Scientific Committee
- Lorenzo Rojas Bracho (Mexico), Instituto Nacional de Ecología; Head of Delegation to IWC Scientific Committee
- Lisa Van Atta (USA), NOAA, Pacific Islands Regional Office, Protected Resources