Symposium conveners:Hrönn Jörundsdottir, Matis, Iceland
Thomas Maes, Grid-Arendal, Norway
Member of Scientific Steering Committee:
Eydís S. Eiríksdóttir, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland
Bjørn E. Grøsvik, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
Chelsea Rochman, University of Toronto, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Toronto, Canada
Kara Lavender Law, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Melanie Bergmann, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
Wojciech Wawrzynski, ICES, Copenhagen, Denmark
Henrik Enevoldsen, IOC UNESCO, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jennifer Provencher, Acadia University - National Wildlife Research Centre, Canada
Halla Hrund Logadóttir, Harvard Kennedy School, USA
Dr. Bhavan Narayanaswamy, Scottish Marine Institute, Scotland
Local organizing committee:
Magnús Jóhannesson, Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Ólafur S. Ástþórsson, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland
Helga Jónsdóttir, Icelandic Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources
Héðinn Valdimarsson, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland
Soffía Guðmundsdóttir, PAME Secretariat, Akureyri, Iceland
Geir Oddsson, Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Sólrún Svandal, Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Principal sponsors:
The Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Icelandic Ministry of the Environment and Resources
The Icelandic Ministry of Industry and Innovation
The Nordic Council of Ministers
Co-sponsors:
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The OSPAR Commission
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC)
The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute of Iceland
The Harvard Kennedy School
The International Arctic Science Committee