| Participant | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Jones | Catalogue of Life | UK |
| Benjamin Szekely | IBM | USA |
| Bob Peet | University of North Carolina | USA |
| Cliff Cunningham | National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) | USA |
| Dag Terje Endresen | International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) | Italy |
| Damian Barnier | Centre for Biological Information Technology (CBIT) | Australia |
| Donald Hobern | Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) | Denmark |
| George Garrity | Bergey's Manual Trust - Michigan State University | USA |
| Gerald Guala | United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | USA |
| Greg Riccardi | Florida State University | USA |
| Hideaki Sugawara | DNA Data Bank of Japan | Japan |
| Jessie Kennedy | Napier University | UK |
| Joel Kingsolver | National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) | USA |
| Kevin Richards | Landcare Research | New Zealand |
| Lee Belbin | International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) | Australia |
| M. I. Zuberi | University of Rajshahi | Bangladesh |
| Matt Jones | National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) | USA |
| Patricia Gensel | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | USA |
| Paul Kirk | CABI Bioscience | UK |
| Peter Dawyndt | The World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC) | UK |
| Ricardo Pereira | International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) | Brazil |
| Richard L. Pyle | Bishop Museum | USA |
| Robert Huber | MARUM - Institute for Marine Environmental Sciences | Germany |
| Roderic Page | University of Glasgow | UK |
| Roger Hyam | International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) | UK |
| Sally Hinchcliffe | International Plant Names Index (IPNI) | UK |
| Scott Federhen | GenBank | USA |
| Simon Coppard | International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) | UK |
| Stanley Blum | California Academy of Sciences | USA |
| Steven Perry | University of Kansas | USA |