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