- Vu Duc Dam, Vice-Prime Minister of Vietnam
- Gerardus t’Hooft, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1999
- Finn Kydland, Nobel Laureate in Economy, 2004
- Mariano Anderle, Former President of the International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique, and Applications
- Jean-François Bach, Perpetual Secretary of the French Academy of Science
- Sonia Bahri, Advisor of the President of French National Committee to UNESCO
- Yunkyu Bang, President of the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Seoul, Korea
- Elisabeth Barbier, Deputy Director General of the French National Research Institute for Development (IRD)
- Zohra Ben Lakhdar, Professor at Tunis University, Laureate of L’Oreal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science
- Maurizio Bona, Senior Advisor, Relations with Parliaments and Science for Policy, CERN, Geneva
- Frédérick Bordry, Director for Accelerators and Technology of CERN
- Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President of European Research Council
- Lars Brink, Professor, Chalmers University, Sweden
- Jean-Michel Caldaguès, Vice President of Airbus Industries
- Thierry Courvoisier, President of European Academies of Science Advisory Council (EASAC)
- Ryan Derby-Talbot, Chief Academic Officer, Fulbright University Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City
- Alexis Drogoul, Director of the Institute of Research for the Development (IRD)
- Gael Giraud, Head Economist of the French Agency for the Development (AFD)
- Michel Jarraud, Secretary General Emeritus of World Meteorological Organization
- Shabbaz Khan, Director of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science in Asia and the Pacific
- Pete Lomas, Founder of Raspberry Pi, Director of Engineering, Norcott Technologies
- Bertrand Lortholary, Ambassador of France in Vietnam
- Patrick Maestro, Scientific Director, International Solvay Institutes, Belgium
- Grammenos Mastrojeni, Diplomat, Ministry of the Foreign Affairs, Italy
- Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations
- Nguyễn Hữu Lệ, Chairman of the TMA Solutions Group
- Nguyen Van Hieu, Former President of the National Center for Scientific Research of Vietnam
- Mokhtar Omar, Senior Advisor to the Secretary General of Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU)
- Alan Paic, Senior Analyst in Science and Innovation Policy, OECD, Paris, France
- Phan Thanh Bình, President of the Committee on Culture, Education and Youth of the VN National Assembly
- Didier Roux, Academician, Former Director of Saint Gobain
- Sandro Scandolo, Head of Scientific Programmes and Outreach, ICTP, Italy
- Herwig Schopper, Former Director General of CERN
- Robert Sebbag, Former Vice President Access to Medecines at Sanofi-Advantis
- Michel Spiro, President of the French Physical Society
- Hirotaka Sugawara, Professor Emeritus, Former Director of KEK, Japan
- Annick Suzor-Weiner, Professor, AUF, President of French Pugwash Movement
- Mamadou Sy, Director of Research Strategy and Planification, Ministry of Research Senegal
- Gabriela Tejada, Member of the Swiss Commission for UNESCO
- Tran Hong Ha, Monister of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam
- Leo Trembley, Program Specialist at UNESCO
- Ahmet Üzümcü, Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)