Dr Clifford Bailey
Diabetes Group, School of Pharmacy, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

Professor Philip Barter
The Heart Research Institute, Sydney, Australia

Dr Hertzel Gerstein
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

Professor Peter Grant
Academic Unit of Molecular Vascular Medicine, The General Infirmary, Leeds, UK

Professor Anthony Heagerty
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK

Dr William Knowler
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, USA

Dr Darren McGuire
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Centre at Dallas, USA

Dr Ann Marie Schmidt
Columbia University, New York, USA

Professor Dr Diethelm Tschoepe
Diabetes Research Institute, Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, Germany