Conference Organisers
| Arthur N. Popper | USA |
| Anthony Hawkins | UK |
Co-Organizers
| Christine Erbe | Australia |
| James Miller | US |
| Joseph Sisneros | US |
Advisory Committee
Michael Ainslie, TNO, The Netherlands
Sarah Dolman, WDCS, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, UK
Rebecca Dunlop, University of Queensland, Australia
Bruce Hanna, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Craig Johnson, National Marine Fisheries Service, USA
Jill Lewandowski, BOEM, USA
David Mann, University of South Florida & Loggerhead Instruments, USA
Jennifer Miksis-Olds, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Roberto Racca, JASCO Applied Sciences, Canada
Gail Scowcroft, DOSITS Project, URI Graduate School of Oceanography, USA
Hans Slabbekoorn, IBL - Leiden University, the Netherlands
Michael Stocker, Ocean Conservation Research, USA
Brandon Southall, Southall Environmental Associates, Inc. & University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Bill Streever, BP Exploration, Alaska, Inc., USA
Michael Weise, Office of Naval Research, USA
Social and Family Programme Advisors
| Susan Hawkins | UK |
| Helen Popper | USA |
