| Dr | Dietrich | Baade | ESO | Germany |
| Prof | Yuri | Balega | SAO/RAS | Russian Federation |
| Dr | Luis | Balona | SAAO | South Africa |
| Cesare | Barbieri | University of Padova | Italy | |
| Dr | Thomas | Barnes | University of Texas | United States Of America |
| Dr | Bruce | Bassett | ICG / SAAO | South Africa |
| Isobel | Bassett | SAAO | South Africa | |
| Dr | Jacqueline | Bergeron | CNRS | France |
| Mr | Alessandro | Berton | MPIA - Heidelberg | Germany |
| Dr | Jérémy | Blaizot | MPIA | Germany |
| Miss | Jennifer | Boafo | Ghana Broadcasting Corporation | Ghana |
| Prof | Gordon | Bromage | University of Central Lancashire | United Kingdom |
| Dr | David | Buckley | SAAO / SALT | South Africa |
| Denis | Burgarella | Obs. Astronomique Marseille Provence / Lam | France | |
| Dr | Matt | Burleigh | University Of Leicester | United Kingdom |
| Dr | Raymond | Carlberg | University Of Toronto | Canada |
| Miss | Celine | Cavarroc | Observatoire De Paris-meudon | France |
| Dr | Catherine | Cesarsky | ESO | Germany |
| Mr | Hum | Chand | IUCAA | India |
| Prof | Phil | Charles | SAAO | South Africa |
| Dr | Matthew | Colless | AAO | Australia |
| Dr | Encarni Romero | Colmenero | SAAO / SALT | South Africa |
| Dr | Fernando | Comeron | ESO | Germany |
| Dr | Patrick | Cote | HIA | Canada |
| Prof | Warrick | Couch | University of New South Wales | Australia |
| Dr | Dennis | Crabtree | NRC-HIA | Canada |
| Dr | David | Crampton | DAO / HIA / NRC | Canada |
| Miss | Lisa | Crause | SAAO | South Africa |
| Dr | Jean-Gabriel | Cuby | Laboratoire Astrophysique Marseille | France |
| Dr | Martin | Cullum | ESO | Germany |
| Mr | Colin | Cunningham | ROE | Scotland |
| Dr | Timothy | Davidge | National Research Council of Canada | Canada |
| Miss | Bonita | De Swardt | University of Cape Town | South Africa |
| Prof | Massimo | Della Valle | INAF/Arcetri | Italy |
| Michel | Dennefeld | IAP-Paris | France | |
| Prof | Dainis | Dravins | Lund Observatory | Sweden |
| Dr | Ron | Ekers | Australia Telescope National Facility | Australia |
| Dr | Brent | Ellerbroek | Thirty Meter Telescope Project | United States Of America |
| Dr | Andre | Erasmus | SAAO | South Africa |
| Dr | Chris | Evans | ROE | United Kingdom |
| Dr | Romanus | Eze | Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nigeria | Nigeria |
| Prof | Anthony | Fairall | University Of Cape Town | South Africa |
| Dr | Bernie | Fanaroff | SKA Project | South Africa |
| Prof | Michael | Feast | University of Cape Town | South Africa |
| Dr | Roger | Ferlet | IAP | France |
| Dr | Laura | Ferrarese | Herzberg Institute Of Astrophysics | Canada |
| Dr | Uta | Fritze v. Alvensleben | Inst. F. Astrophysik, Univ. Goettingen | Germany |
| Mr | Wolfgang | Gaessler | MPIA | Germany |
| Prof | John | Gallagher | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States Of America |
| Dr | Jonathan | Gardner | NASA GSFC | United States Of America |
| Prof | Gerry | Gilmore | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
| Dr | Ian | Glass | SAAO | South Africa |
| Dr | Dimitrios | Gouliermis | Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy | Germany |
| Dr | Roland | Gredel | Calar Alto Observatory | Spain |
| Dr | Richard | Griffiths | Carnegie Mellon University | United States Of America |
| Dr | Markus | Hartung | European Southern Observatory | Chile |
| Dr | Thomas | Herbst | MPIA | Germany |
| Prof | Klaus | Hodapp | Institute of Astronomy, Univ Hawaii | United States Of America |
| Dr | Derek | Homeier | University of Göttingen | Germany |
| Dr | Isobel | Hook | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| Prof | James | Hough | University of Hertfordshire | United Kingdom |
| Dr | Norbert | Hubin | ESO | Germany |
| Prof | Masanori | Iye | National Astronomical Observatory | Japan |
| Prof | Justin | Jonas | SKA Project | South Africa |
| Prof | Umesh Chandra | Joshi | Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad | India |
| Mr | Andrew Omoniyi | Kalejaiye | Ast Commercial & Technical Ent Limited | Nigeria |
| Mr | Richard | Kendrick | Lockheed-Martin Corporation | United States Of America |
| Prof | Renée | Kraan-Korteweg | University of Cape Town | South Africa |
| Dr | Arunas | Kucinskas | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan | Japan |
| Dr | Bruno | Leibundgut | ESO | Germany |
| Dr | Rainer | Lenzen | Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy | Germany |
| Dr | Sergei | Levshakov | Dept Of Theoretical Astrophysics | Russia |
| Prof | Malcolm | Longair | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
| Prof | Eduardo | Martin | Instituto De Astrofisica De Canarias | Spain |
| Miss | Antonella | Maselli | Arcetri Astronomy Observatory | Italy |
| Dr | Patrick | McCarthy | Carnegie Observatories | United States Of America |
| Prof | Mark | McCaughrean | University of Exeter | United Kingdom |
| Dr | John | Menzies | SAAO | South Africa |
| Dr | Areg | Mickaelian | Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory | Armenia |
| Prof | Joanna | Mikolajewska | N. Copernicus Astronomical Center | Poland |
| Dr | Paolo | Molaro | Osservatorio Astronomico Di Trieste | Italy |
| Mr | Sheu Ayoola | Momodu | Megacom Investment | Nigeria |
| Guy | Monnet | ESO | Germany | |
| Dr | Jeremy | Mould | NOAO | United States Of America |
| Dr | Andrzej | Niedzielski | Torun Center For Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland | Poland |
| Mr | Samuel Olamisupo | Ogunleye | Iwa Nigeria Limited | Nigeria |
| Mr | Olusoji | Okeowo | Blenny Commercial Company Limited | Nigeria |
| Dr | Enrico Adrian | Olivier | SAAO | South Africa |
| Dr | Knut | Olsen | CTIO | Chile |
| Dr | Polichronis | Papaderos | Institut Für Astrophysik | Germany |
| Dr | Luca | Pasquini | European Southern Observatory | Germany |
| Mr | Motee | Phorah | UCT / SAAO | South Africa |
| Prof | Glampaolo | Piotto | Univ of Padova | Italy |
| Dr | Stephen | Potter | SAAO | South Africa |
| Dr | Andreas | Quirrenbach | Leiden Observatory | Netherlands |
| Prof | Ian | Robson | ROE | United Kingdom |
| Dr | Daniel | Rouan | Observatoire De Paris | France |
| Dr | Rene | Rutten | Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes | Spain |
| Dr | Mikhail | Sachkov | Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Russian Federation |
| Prof | Penny | Sackett | Australian National University | Australia |
| Dr | Anne | Sansom | University of Central Lancashire | United Kingdom |
| Dr | Marc | Sarazin | European Southern Observatory | Germany |
| Dr | Joop | Schaye | Leiden Observatory | Netherlands |
| Prof | Brian | Schmidt | The Australian National University | Australia |
| Dr | Ramotholo | Sefaku | SAAO | South Africa |
| Dr | Kazuhiro | Sekiguchi | Subaru Telescope, NAOJ | Japan |
| Dr | Jerry | Sellwood | Rutgers University | United States Of America |
| Dr | Nigel | Sharp | National Science Foundation | United States Of America |
| Dr | Peter | Shaver | ESO | Germany |
| Mr | Abiodun | Siyanbade | Daytons Communications Limited | Nigeria |
| Glenda | Snowball | SAAO | South Africa | |
| Mr | Babatunde | Sokoya | Private | Nigeria |
| Dr | Linda | Sparke | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States Of America |
| Prof | Raghunathan | Srianand | IUCAA | India |
| Dr | Karl | Stapelfeldt | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | United States Of America |
| Dr | Eric | Steinbring | HIA / NRC | Canada |
| Dr | Chris | Sterken | University of Brussels | Belgium |
| Dr | Martin | Still | SAAO | South Africa |
| Mr | Akintayo | Temitope Kayode | Dutum Company | Nigeria |
| Dr | Tom | Theuns | Durham University | United Kingdom |
| Dr | Adrian | Tiplady | SKA Project | South Africa |
| Dr | Eline | Tolstoy | Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Univ Groningen | Netherlands |
| Mr | Angel | Torres Rodriguez | ACRU - UKZN | South Africa |
| Prof | Joachim E. | Trümper | Max-Planck-institut Für Extraterrestrische Physik | Germany |
| Dr | Seathrun O. | Tuairisg | National University of Ireland, Galway | Ireland |
| Dr | Kaeufl Hans | Ulrich | European Southern Observatory | Germany |
| Dr | Johnson | Urama | Dept. of Physics & Astronomy | Nigeria |
| Dr | Petri | Vaisanen | SAAO | South Africa |
| Dr | Kurt | Van Der Heyden | SAAO | South Africa |
| Dr | Christian | Veillet | Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope | United States Of America |
| Dr | Giampaolo | Vettolani | Italian National Institute for Astrophysics | Italy |
| Dr | Nicholas | Walton | Institute of Astronomy, Uiversity Of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
| Dr | Patricia | Whitelock | SAAO | South Africa |
| Dr | Tommy | Wiklind | European Space Agency Space Telescope Division/ STSCI | United States Of America |
| Prof | Hartmut | Winkler | University of Johannesburg | South Africa |
| Prof | Edwin | Wnuk | Astronomical Observatory of The Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan | Poland |
| Ms | Hannah | Worters | University of Central Lancashire / SALT | South Africa |
| Dr | Patrick | Woudt | University of Cape Town | South Africa |
| Dr | Donghai | Zhao | Shanghai Astronomical Observatory | China PR |
| Prof | Albert | Zijlstra | Physics Dept, UMIST | United Kingdom |