Cecilia Waldenström, Assistant professor, Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Ann-Kristin Ekman, Professor in Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Leif Berndtsson, Research coordinator, Swedish National Rural Network
Lars Pettersson, Ph.D, Swedish Agricultural Board and Jönköping University, Sweden
Hilkka Vihinen, Professor of Rural Policy, MTT Agrifood Research Finland Michael Kull Principal Research Scientist, MTT Agrifood Research Finland
Hanne Tanvig, Senior researcher and adviser, Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Marit S. Haugen, Research Manager, Centre for Rural Research, Trondheim, Norway
Karl Benediktsson, Professor of Human Geography, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland Conference coordinator Stina Powell, Research Officer, Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.