Mr Daniel Da Hien is a General Coordinator of African Youth Network, an African network of information and training on youth, based in Burkina Faso.

Mr Clayton Lewis is Professor of Computer Science and Fellow of the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado. Mr Lewis is well known for his research on evaluation methods in user interface design: the thinking aloud method and the cognitive walkthrough. He has also contributed to cognitive assistive technology, to programming language design, to educational technology, and to cognitive theory in causal attribution and learning.

Dr Chalapathy Neti is a Director of Education Transformation, leading IBM Global Research to define and develop information technology innovations to transform education to a more personalized, outcome-based and low-cost system. Dr Neti has more than 25 years of advanced experience and has authored over 50 scientific publications and 16 patents in various fields related to bio-medical informatics, medical imaging, speech and video analysis, Computational Neuroscience and VLSI Design. He is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology.

Ms Cecile Guidote-Alvarez is the Director of the Earthsavers Dream Ensemble and UNESCO Artist for Peace. She is also a founder of the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), a pioneering theater group that honed creative artists and audiences through children’s, college, and community theater.

Ms Barnali Roy Choudhury is a Librarian of A J C Bose college, Kolkata. She is also acting as convenor of Open Access India Community. Her area of interests are Open Access, Open Source Software, Content Management Software, Web- enabled Community Information Systems and Services, Library Management software, Open Educational Resources and e-Learning. She is trying to create more awareness on open access to publicly funded research in India as well as in the world.