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
José Manuel Gonçalves – Mayor of Peso da Régua
Pedro Machado – Mayor of Lousada
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
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