| Mr | Dame Alemayehu | Efa | Wallaga University | Ethiopia |
| Dr | Ali | Mostafaeipour | California State University | United States |
| Dr | Siamak | Hoseinzadeh | Sapienza University of Rome | United States |
| Mr | Nitesh Kumar | Mourya | GeoCatalog | India |
| Mr | Dessie Ezez | Asfaw | Arba Minch University | Ethiopia |
| Prof | Jose Viriato | Coelho Vargas | Federal University of Parana | Brazil |
| Dr | PRAKASH | PARAMASIVAM | VELS Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies | India |
| Mr | Yirga Kebede | Wondim | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia |
| Assist Prof Dr | Hoda | Khaledi | Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science | Iran |
| Mr | Bala | Mohan | Department of Environmental Sciences, Bharathiar Universiity | India |
| Prof. Dr | Zacharie | Sohou | Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin (IRHOB) | Benin |
| Mr | Peter Teye | Busumprah | Ocean Rock Base | Ghana |