Participants included the following:
IAC Board Members. IAC Board members (or their representatives) present included Bruce Alberts, IAC Co-Chair, former President, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Lu Yongxiang, IAC Co-Chair, President, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Engin Bermek, President, Turkish Academy of Sciences; Achiel van Cauwenberghe, Past President, International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS); David Challoner, Past Co-Chair, InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP); Ralph Cicerone, President, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Mohamed H.A. Hassan, President, African Academy of Sciences [also representing IAC Board Member Howard Alper, Co-Chair, InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP) and IAC Board Member Jacob Palis, President, Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)]; Jules Hoffmann, President, Académie des Sciences, France; Ichiro Kanazawa, President, Science Council of Japan; Volker ter Meulen, President, Academy Leopoldina (representing Board Member Matthias Kleiner, President, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft); Eduardo Moacyr Krieger, President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences; R.A. Mashelkar, President, Indian National Science Academy [participated via telephone]; Goverdhan Mehta, Former IAC Co-Chair and Observer, President, International Council for Science (ICSU); Frits van Oostrom, Observer, President, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; Lorna Casselton, Foreign Secretary, Royal Society of London (representing IAC Board Member Martin Rees, President, Royal Society of London); Salleh Mohd Nor, Vice-President, Academy of Sciences of Malaysia; and Attila Meskos, Secretary-General, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (representing IAC Board Member S.E. Vizi, President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences). IAC Board Members absent and not represented were Reza Davari Ardekani, President, Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Servet Martinez Aguilera, President, Chilean Academy of Sciences.
Other Representatives of IAC Board Academies and Partner Organizations. Other representatives present included Edouard Brézin, Former IAC Board Member, Past President, Académie des Sciences, France; Guy de Thé, Co-Chair, InterAcademy Medical Panel; Thomas Rosswall, Executive Director, International Council for Science (ICSU); Rob Kaptein, Foreign Secretary, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; and Hideaki Karaki, Member, Science Council of Japan.
Guests of the IAC Board. Special guests of the IAC Board included Kenneth Behring, Founder, WheelChair Foundation, WaterLeaders Foundation, and Global Health and Education Foundation; Jun Xia, Chair Professor, Hydrology & Water Resources, and Director General, Center for Water Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences; and Johanna (Anneke) Levelt Sengers, Scientist Emeritus, U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology.
Staff Representatives of IAC Board Academies. Staff representatives of IAC Board member academies included John Boright, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Emil Broesterhuizen, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; Paulo de Goes, Brazilian Academy of Sciences; Bernie Jones, Royal Society of London; Heide Hackmann, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fu Shuqin, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Keiko Murata, Science Council of Japan; and Masahiko Sue, Science Council of Japan.
InterAcademy Council Staff. IAC staff members included John P. Campbell, IAC Executive Director; and Shu-Hui Tan, IAC Office Manager.
IAC Study on Transitions to Sustainable Energy Systems. Participating personnel and consultants for the IAC study on sustainable energy included Jos van Renswoude, Study Director; Dilip Ahuja, consultant; and Marika Tatsutani, editor/writer. Also participating was Hunter Cutting, Associate Director, ResourceMedia.