Thanks to those involved with planning the Symposium.
| Jim Ayers | Oceana |
| David Balton | US Department of State |
| David Benton | Marine Conservation Alliance |
| Lawson Brigham | Institute of the North |
| Capt. Michael Cerne | US Coast Guard |
| Douglas DeMaster | NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center |
| Michele Longo Eder | US Arctic Research Commission |
| Ben Ellis | Institute of the North |
| Dennis Lassuy | North Slope Science Initiative |
| David Fluharty | University of Washington School of Marine Affairs |
| Chris Oliver | North Pacific Fishery Management Council |
| Eric Olson | North Pacific Fishery Management Council |
| Clarence Pautzke | North Pacific Research Board |
| Denis Wiesenburg | University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences |
| Douglas Woodby | Alaska Department of Fish and Game |