 Dr. Fausto Sarmiento Program Director Associate Professor of Geography, UGA |
 Jeff Pugh Coordinator and Co-instructor Executive Director, Center for Mediation, Peace, & Resolution of Conflict - International (CEMPROC) Instructor and Doctoral Candidate, the Johns Hopkins University |
 Dr. Patricia Sullivan Associate Director/INTL Internship supervisor Assistant Professor of International Affairs, UGA |
 Yolanda Kakabadse, former Minister of the Environment, Ecuador |
 Randy Borman, leader of the Cofan indigenous group in the Amazon jungle |
 Andres Quintero, conflict resolution specialist, Bogota, Colombia |
 Ambassador Linda Jewell and panelists from U.S. Embassy and USAID missions in Ecuador |  Alvaro Galindo, Mediator and Professor of international law at Universidad San Francisco de Quito |
 Fredy Rivera, Professor of International Relations FLACSO-Ecuador | Michelle Arevalo-Carpenter, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ecuador |