Member	Role	Country
	Nicolas Bailly University of British Columbia, Beaty Biodiversity Museum		Canada
	Francisco Hernandez Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee		Belgium
	Serge Scory Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Belgian Marine Data Centre		Belgium
	Ward Appeltans UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE		Belgium
	Nina Wambiji Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Headquarter & Mombasa Station		Kenya
	Bart VANHOORNE Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee		Belgium
	Leen Vandepitte Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee		Belgium
	Taco De Bruin Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee		Netherlands
	Alessandra Giorgetti Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste		Italy
	Gwenaelle Moncoiffe British Oceanographic Data Centre		United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
	Klaas Deneudt Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee		Belgium
	Mirtha Lewis Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos, Centro Nacional Patagónico		Argentina
	Philip Goldstein University of Colorado Museum of Natural History		United States of America
	Kevin Mackay National Institute of Water and Atmosphere		New Zealand
	Carlos Torres Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanologicas (UABC)		Mexico
	Ei Fujioka Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment		United States of America
	Matteo Vinci Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS		Italy
	Daphnis De Pooter Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources		Australia
	Anton Van de Putte Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Museum voor Natuurwetenschappen		Belgium
	Shannon Rauch Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution		United States of America
	Stamatina Nikolopoulou Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture		Greece
	Abby Benson U.S. Geological Survey HQ		United States of America
	Andres Roubicek CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure		Australia
	Marina Lipizer Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste		Italy
	Sky Bristol United States Geological Survey		United States of America
	Pieter Provoost UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE		Belgium