A preliminary world-renown scientific committee has been compiled that will assist the organizers in developing and refinement of the conference programme. Selected members of the scientific committee have a vast experience in running international conferences and will thus be beneficial in shaping the details of the planned conference.
The current, yet not complete, scientific committee includes:

• Prof. Dr. Robert Arlinghaus (IGB and Humboldt-University, Chair)
• Prof. Dr. Ian Cowx (University of Hull, U.K.)
• Prof. Dr. Steven Cooke (Carleton-University, Canada)
• Prof. Dr. Brett Johnson (Colorado State University, U.S.A.)
• Prof. Dr. Tomislav Treer (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
• Prof. Dr. Wang Weimin (Huazhong Agricultural University, China)
  
• Prof. Dr. Gene Wilde (Texas Tech University, USA)
• Dr. Thomas Meinelt (IGB and German Anglers Association, Germany)
• Dr. Douglas Beard (US Geological Survey, USA)
• Dr. Stephen Sutton (James Cook University, Australia)
• Dr Warren Potts (Rhodes University, South Africa)

• Josep Alós (Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados, Spain)
• Alexander Schwab (author and philosopher, Switzerland)
• Jason Schratwieser (International Game Fish Association, USA)