Prof. Dr. Ole Pedersen – Denmark
- Professor at the University Kopenhagen
- The focus of his research is on the ecology of tropical and arctical plants.
Oliver Lucanus – Canada
- Ornamental fish importer and exporter
- Known as author of specialist journals worldwide
- Has travelled almost all biotopes of the world (Africa, South America, Asia, Australia, Madagascar)
Roland Stößner – Germany
- Expert of plants
- Renowned author of fishkeeping journals
Karen Randall – USA
- Karen Randall is technical editor of "The Aquatic Gardener" which is the journal of the Aquatic Gardeners Association.
- Karen travels to all parts of the world and is an expert on aquatic plants and planted aquaria.
Luca Galarraga – Brasilien
- Luca Galarraga is 42 years old, a brazilian architect and professional aquascaper, owner of Studio Aquabase, an aquascaping specialized company, which work was rewarded several times, also internationally.
- He writes periodic articles about aquascaping in a brazilian aquarium magazine named Aquamagazine.
Bartlomiej Lipczynski – Poland
- Owner of the company “aqua-art” in Poland, professional aquascaper.
- Has been jury-member at several events e.g. in the USA.
- Has succesfully taken part in different aquarium-design-contests (Asia, Europe, USA)