Angel Adrian is a dual qualified lawyer in Louisiana and the UK. Her specialisms include Intellectual Property, Information Technology, International Trade, and Criminal Law. She has two Masters degrees with distinction in Business & Management (Schiller International University) as well as in Commercial Law (University of Aberdeen). She obtained her Juris Doctorate at Loyola University, New Orleans. Dr Adrian published her PhD from Queen Mary, University of London as a monograph entitled "Law and Order in Virtual Worlds: Exploring Avatars, their Ownership and Rights". She is co-author of the 4th edition of "Intellectual Property: Text and Essential Cases", and Editor of the International Journal of Intellectual Property Management.

Trynie (CJ) Boezaart is professor in and Head of the Department of Private Law at the University of Pretoria. She was the founder of the Centre for Child Law at the University of Pretoria in 1998 and Director thereof until 2008. In 2008 she also acted as a Judge in the North Gauteng High Court. She serves on the Board of the Centre for Child Law and is the chairperson of the Board of CELP (Centre for Education Law and Policy).Trynie Boezaart specialises in Child Law and the Law of Persons. Her publications include textbooks such as Law of Persons (5th ed in 2010), various chapters in books such as Children's Rights in Africa A Legal Perspective, edited by Julia Sloth-Nielsen (2008), and articles in peer reviewed journals, both in South Africa and international. She is the co-editor and contributed a chapter in Commentary on the Children's Act (2007). She is also the editor of and contributed a chapter in Child Law in South Africa (2009). She is a NRF rated scientist and her current research focuses on the rights of vulnerable children.

Warren Chik (LL.M. International Business Law, University College London (Merit); LL.M. International & Comparative Law, Tulane University (Distinction); LL.B., National University of Singapore (Second Upper Honours ) is an Assistant Professor at the Singapore Management University. He is a member of the Law Reform Committee of the Singapore Academy of Law, and the Executive Director of the International Law Society of Singapore. Warrek was the Deputy Public Prosecutor, Attorney-General's Chambers, from 1996 to 1998 and the State Counsel (International Affairs), Attorney-General's Chambers from 1998 to 2003 . He is a recipient of various awards and scholarships such as the following: International Law Commission Scholarship, International Law Commission, United Nations, Genève, Switzerland, 1999; British FCO (Chevening) Scholarship, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom, 2003; Certificate of Distinction in International Commercial Arbitration, World Arbitration and Mediation Report, Juris Publishing, Inc. & Tulane Law School, 2000 ; CALI Excellence for the Future Award in International Commercial Arbitration, National CALI Institute & Tulane Law School, 2000; and the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Transnational Commercial Litigation, National CALI Institute & Tulane Law School, 2000.

Reinout van Malenstein, Center for Intellectual Property Law, Utrecht University. Reinout van Malenstein is currently taking his Masters of Law in Chinese Law at the School of Law, Peking University. He finished his LL.M and LL.B at Utrecht University.

Dr. Gregory C. Mosier is Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research interests include technology and law and international business. Prior to his current position he served as Regents Service and Puterbaugh Professor of Legal Studies in Business in the Williams S. Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. Mosier is the author or co-author of numerous academic and commercial publications and a recipient of the OSU Regents Distinguished Teaching Award in 2003. He has been honored with the School's Outstanding Teaching Award and the University Extension Faculty Excellence Award. The MBA Student Association named him Professor of the Year in 2003, and he was recognized as the Outstanding MBA Faculty member for 1999. Mosier served as president of the Rocky Mountain Academy of Legal Studies in Business from 2002-03 and was president of the Southern Academy of Legal Studies in Business from 1993-94. Mosier also served in various administrative capacities while at OSU. He was administrative committee chair for the Master of Science in Telecommunication Management Program. From 1997 -2004, Mosier was academic program chair for the MBA program offered by National Technological University. Mosier received a bachelor of science in 1978 from OSU, a juris doctorate from the University of Kansas in 1981 and an Ed.D. in higher education administration from OSU in 1986. Prior to joining the OSU faculty, he was a corporate attorney in Odessa and Houston, Texas with Parker Drilling Company. Mosier is a member of the State Bars of Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma.

Mpakwana Annastacia Mthembu (BJuris, LLB- University of Zululand; LLM (Specialisation in Commercial Law) - University of South Africa; LLM (Specialisation in Mercantile Law)- University of Pretoria, is a Senior Lecturer in Corporate Law in the Department of Mercantile Law, College of Law, University of South Africa. Mpakwana is an admitted advocate of the High Court of South Africa. Her research interest is on Labour, Banking, Technology and Corporate Law.

Jumpol Pinyosinwat is the Justice of Thailand's Court of Appeals. Judge Pinyosinwat ( LL.M., Kyushu University ; LL.M .M. Georetown University; LL.M, American University; LL.M International Law, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok; LL.B. with honour, Thammasat University) is also the Honorable Advisor to the Committees on Independent Body Affairs of the Thai Parliament; Member of the Committee of the National Assembly on drafting various bills such as the Electronics Commerce Bill, Electronics Signature Bill, Computer Crime, Amendment of Code of Civil Procedure, etc. ; and Interlocutor in the DVC joint program between the United States Information Service (USIS) and the National Academy of Criminal Justice in various programs. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Law School of Golden Gate University, US and Adjunct Professor at the Law School of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

Narumon Saardchom is an associate professor in finance at NIDA Business Schoo and Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs, NIDA Business School l. During the past ten years, she has also been working as a risk consultant for several organizations, including the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), Bangkok Bank, Islamic Bank of Thailand, TRIS rating. She has helped these banks develop credit scoring models and worked with the clearinghouse of the SET to design an early warning system and a financial surveillance system to monitor market risk and credit risk of clearinghouse members. Her research interest is in the area of risk modeling and financial risk management.

Yoshitoshi Tanaka is a Professor at the Graduate School of Innovation Management, Tokyo Institute of Technology. He graduated at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and joined Japan Patent Office as a patent examiner in 1980. He worked for the Japanese Government and Science and Technology Agency until 1991. He was a research fellow at UCLA in the US. He is a registered Patent attorney since 1994. He is a member of Japan Intellectual Property Academic Association, Japan MOT Society, etc.

Suebsiri Taweepon is a senior associate at Tilleke & Gibbins specializing in intellectual property. Each year since 2008, he has been recognized as one of the top legal experts in Asia by the annual Asialaw Leading Lawyerssurvey..Suebsiri takes a considered, practical approach to his work, and has experience in a wide range of intellectual property matters, both contentious and noncontentious, including litigation, licensing, and registration of intellectual property rights, with particular emphasis in computer software and technology-related industries. He advises local and overseas clients on protecting and managing their portfolios of trademarks, patents, designs, copyrights, and domain names, as well as commercial licensing of intellectual assets.Suebsiri has been involved in several government consultations and has a great deal of experience in anticounterfeiting matters, including investigation of intellectual property infringement and criminal raid actions.In addition to his work at Tilleke & Gibbins, Suebsiri is a part-time lecturer, teaching intellectual property law in the Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, one of the top law schools in Thailand. He is also a prolific author of articles and other publications, and a regular speaker at conferences and seminars on intellectual property–related topics.