- Agustín Adúriz-Bravo, Chair of the previous IHPST Conference, University of Buenos Aires
- Peter Heering, Chair of the previous Regional European HPST Conference, European University of Flensburg
- Fanny Seroglou, Past President of IHPST, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Zoubeida Dagher, Latest recipient of the IHPST Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Delaware
- Michael Matthews, Founder of IHPST, University of New South Wales