Antonio Golini is Professor of Demography, University of Rome and a member of the National Research Council of Italy.  Professor Golini has published extensively on issues related to population ageing and was the organizer of the 2005 International Conference on Trends and Problems of World Population in the 21st century.  He has served as the representative of Italy to the United Nations Commission on Population and Development and chaired the 2000 and 2001 sessions of the Commission. He is also the editor of Genus, a well know population journal.  Professor Golini holds a Ph.D. in demography.

Andrew Mason is Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa and Professor of Demography at the East –West Center in Honolulu.  Professor Mason is also member of the Center for the Economics and Demography of Aging, University of California – Berkeley and member of the Harvard Program on the Global Demography of Aging. He was Director of the East-West Center from 1992 to 1996.  He has conducted extensive research on population ageing and published numerous articles on the topic. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan.

Naohiro Ogawa is a Professor of Economics and Deputy-Director of the Population Research Institute of Japan.  Professor Ogawa has conducted extensive research and has published many articles and books on the topic of population aging. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Pension Economics and member of the international advisory board of the Journal of Asian Population Studies. Prior to joining the Population Research Institute of Japan, Professor Ogawa was a Population Affairs Officer with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. He received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Hawaii.

Elena Zuñiga was the former Secretary-General of the National Population Council (CONAPO) of Mexico. She has worked extensively in different areas of population, including migration and population aging.  Ms. Zuniga has served as the representative of Mexico to the United Nations Commission on Population and Development and was a Vice-Chairperson during its 2005 session. Ms Zuniga is currently an independent consultant.