| Name | Institute | Country |
| Alain Chelli | LAOG | France |
| Ana Gomez de Castro | University of Madrid | Spain |
| Andreas Quirrenbach | Leiden Observatory | Netherlands |
| Andy Shearer | National University of Ireland | Ireland |
| Anselmo Sosa | IAC-Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias | Spain |
| Colin Cunningham | UKATC-United Kingdom Astronomy Technology Centre | UK |
| Ernesto Oliva | INAF-Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica | Italy |
| Filippo Zerbi | INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera | Italy |
| Gerry Gilmore | IoA-Institute of Astronomy | UK |
| Giampaolo Vettolani | INAF-Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica | Italy |
| Gottfried Kanbach | MPE | Germany |
| Jacqueline Bergeron | IAP-Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris | France |
| Jeremy Allington-Smith | University of Durham | UK |
| Johannes Andersen | NOTSA-Nordic Optical Telescope Scientific Association | |
| John Davies | UKATC-United Kingdom Astronomy Technology Centre | UK |
| Juan Pablo Garcia Coello | IAC-Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias | Spain |
| John Seiradakis | GNCA-Greek National Committee for Astronomy | Greece |
| Maria Carvalho Dias | European Commission | Belgium |
| Michel Dennefeld | IAP-Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris | France |
| Norbert Hubin | ESO | |
| Philippe Feautrier | LAOG | France |
| Preben Grosbol | ESO | |
| Ralf-Juergen Dettmar | Astronomisches Institut der Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum | Germany |
| Ramon Garcia Lopez | RA3/IAC | Spain |
| Roland Gredel | MPIA | Germany |
| Rudi Albrecht | ESA | |
| Suzanne Howard | IoA-Institute of Astronomy | UK |
| Wilfried Boland | NOVA-Nederlandse Onderzoekschool voor Astronomie | Netherlands |
10-11 November 2008, Porto, Portugal