1. Sidney Luiz de Matos Mello, Rector of Federal Fluminense University (UFF).
  2. Jean-Paul Moatti, President and Director general of the French Research Institute for Development (IRD).
  3. Philippe Michelon, Scientific Attaché at the Consulate of France in Rio de Janeiro.
  4. Jean-Michel Martinez, Director of the HYBAM Observatory. 1_martinez.pdf
  5. Antônio Carlos Bacelar Nunes, Director of the department of Hydrology of the geological survey of Brazil (CPRM).
  6. Raimundo Damasceno, Diretor do Núcleo de Estudos em Biomassa e Gerenciamento de Água (NAB/UFF).