Damdin Dagvadorj is the founder and Managing Director of the Climate Change Development Academy, a non-profit and independent research and consultancy organization. Damdin's background is in meteorology and computer programming, and is experienced in the field of environmental issues, Ecosystem modelling and climate change. He worked for Mongolia's Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in different senior positions.

Ahmed Rasheed is Director Meteorology, Maldives Meteorological Service. His main interest is in the field of numerical weather prediction modeling, synoptic and aviation meteorology. Mr. Rahseed has worked with Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model and has worked as a Meteorological Observer and Operational weather forecaster. Currently, he is looking after the operational activities of the weather forecasting unit of Maldives Meteorological Service.