José Luís Carneiro – Minister of Internal Administration, XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal

Maria Leitão Marques – Member of the European Parliament, Brussels

Frederico Francisco – Secretary of State for Infrastructure, XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal

Teresa Almeida – President, Commission for Coordination and Regional Development of Lisbon and Tejo Valley (CCDR-LVT)

António Ceia da Silva – President, Commission for Coordination and Regional Development of Alentejo (CCDR Alentejo)

Rui Moreira – Mayor of Porto

Paulo Silva – Mayor of Mesão Frio

Fátima Fernandes – Mayor of Montalegre

José Manuel Gonçalves – Mayor of Peso da Régua

Pedro Machado – Mayor of Lousada

Miguel Nunes – Councilor of Lousada Municipal Council

Isabel Ferreira Nunes – President, National Defense Institute (IDN), Portugal

Maria Madalena dos Santos Alves – President, Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal

Tiago Oliveira – President, Agency for Integrated Management of Rural Fires (AGIF), Portugal

Duarte Costa – President, National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection (ANEPC), Portugal

André Fernandes – National Commander for Emergency and Civil Protection (ANEPC), Portugal

José Manuel Matias – Deputy Regional Director, Regional Directorate of Agriculture and Fisheries of the North (DRAP-N), Portugal

Pedro Moreira – President, Comboios de Portugal (CP), Portugal

Rosário Alves – Executive Director, Forestis – Portuguese Forestry Association

Luís Almeida – President, Vale do Douro Association

Carlos Fonseca – Chief Technology Officer, FORESTWISE

Duarte Caldeira – President, Center for Studies and Intervention in Civil Protection (CEIPC)

Paula Pinto – Director, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto

Domingos Xavier Viegas – University of Coimbra

Mary Cawley – National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Atanas Dermendzhiev – University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Stella Dermendzhieva – University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Ana Maria Bicalho – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Scott William Hoefle – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ileana Constantinescu – Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

Jerzy Makowsky – University of Warsaw, Poland

Laura Sakaja – University of Zagreb, Croatia

Borna Fuerst-Bjelis – University of Zagreb, Croatia

Marta Arbinolo – OECD, France

Fernanda Cravidão – University of Coimbra

António Covas – University of Algarve

Mercês Covas – University of Algarve

Artur Cristóvão – University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro

Lúcio Cunha – University of Coimbra

Luciano Lourenço – University of Coimbra

Nicole Vareta – Centre of Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning, Portugal

António de Barros Cardoso –University of Porto, CITCEM

Hélder Marques – University of Porto