Organization

Steering committee

Chairman

François Gros, Honorary Permanent Secretary, French Académie des Sciences

Vice Chairmen

Koji Omi, former Finance Minister of Japan, Chairman of STS Forum
Ismael Serageldin, Director General, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Chairman of BioVisionAlexandria

Institutions Members

Académie des Sciences
TWAS, Academy of Sciences for the Developing Goals
ICSU
OECD
FAO
UNESCO
WHO
UNEP

Nobel Laureates

Prof David Baltimore, Nobel Laureate 1975 (Medecine)
Prof François Jacob, Nobel Laureate 1965 (Medecine)
Prof Jean Marie Lehn, Nobel Laureate 1987 (Chemistry)
Prof Werner Arber, Nobel Laureate 1978 (Medecine)
Prof James Watson, Nobel Laureate 1962 (Medicine)
Prof Thomas R. Cech, Nobel Laureate 1989  (Chemistry)
Prof Renato Dulbecco, Nobel Laureate 1975 (Medicine)
Prof Susumu Tonegawa, Nobel Laureate 1987 (Medicine)
Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel Laureate 2001 (Medicine)
Prof Sydney Brenner, Nobel Laureate 2002 (Medicine)
Prof Peter Doherty, Nobel Laureate 1996 (Medicine)
Prof Rolf Zinkernagel, Nobel Laureate 1996 (Medicine)
Prof Baruch Blumberg, Nobel Laureate 1976 (Medicine)
Prof Roger Guillemin, Nobel Laureate 1977 (Medicine)
Prof Kurt Wüthrich, Nobel Laureate 2002 (Chemistry)
Prof Christian de Duve, Nobel Laureate 1974 (Medicine)
Prof Richard R. Ernst, Nobel Laureate 1991 (Chemistry)
Prof Edmond H. Fischer, Nobel Laureate 1992 (Medicine)
Prof Bengt Samuelsson, Nobel Laureate 1982 (Medicine)
Prof John E. Sulston, Nobel Laureate 2002 (Medicine) 

Advisory Council

M. Philippe Busquin, Member of the European Parliament, Former European Commissioner of Research.
Mrs Maria Cattaui, Vice-Chairman of the International Crisis Group, former Managing Director of the World Economic Forum.
Mrs Claudie Haigneré, Adviser to the Director General, European Space Agency
Prof Philippe Kourilsky, Professor at Collège de France, Member of the French Academy of Sciences, Former General Director Pasteur Institute..
Marc Girard, Health Advisor
Alain-Paul Godard, Agriculture Advisor
Jean-Jacques Leguay, Environment Advisor
Jean-Michel Roy, Maître de conférences, Ecole Normale Supérieure

Executive Committee

Chairman    

Philippe Desmarescaux

Chief Executive Officer 

Christian Grenier

And the team:

Guy Barriolade, Claire Fromentin – Kuljaninovic, Elise Tabet, Philippe Cramer, Sébastien David, Bernadette Guagliata, Denis Gandon, Carole Brogin, Stéphane Leveillard,  Cemil Giray Alyanak (Master Analyst, Mondofragilis Network) and Barbara Erskine (Director, Barbara Erskine Network)