- Prof. Dr. Eberhard Bodenschatz - University of Goettingen, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics und Self-Organisation Goettingen, German Physical Society (DPG), Editor-in-Chief of the New Journal of Physics
- Dr. Johannes Fournier - German Research Foundation (DFG), Scientific Library Services and Information Systems (LIS) Group
- Prof. Dr. Gudrun Gersmann - German Historical Institute, Paris, Editor of zeitenblicke, sehepunkte
- Prof. Dr. Ingrid Gogolin - University of Hamburg, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Human Movement, President of the European Educational Research Association (EERA), Member of the Academic Council of the University of Hamburg
- Prof. Dr. Wolfram Koch - Head of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
- Prof. Dr. Gerhard Lauer - University of Goettingen, Chair of German Philology
- Prof. Dr. Jan Christoph Meister - University of Hamburg, Narratology Research Group, manager of the e-learning project NarrNetz, leader of the Story Generator Algorithms project
- Prof. Dr. Reinhard Pietrowsky - University of Duesseldorf, 2nd Vice President of the German Psychological Society
- Prof. Dr. Hans Reinauer - Past President of the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF), Editor-in-Chief of German Medical Science
- Prof. Dr. Juergen Renn - Director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), Berlin
- Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Roediger - University of Bremen, Spokesman for the German Informatics Society's (GI) working group on Intellectual Property
- Prof. Dr. Uwe Schimank - University of Hagen (FernUniversitaet), Member of the Board of the German Sociological Society (DGS)
- Prof. Dr. Diethard Tautz - President of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers in Zoology
- Dr. Markus Zuercher - Secretary General of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences
