Mr. Sattor Saidov is the current head of the Climate Change and Ozone Layer Research Centre of the Agency on Hydrometeorology of the Committee on Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan. He is a holder of a degree in Programming from the Tajik University of Technology and qualifications in Satellite Meteorology and Global Climate from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Since June 2022, Mr. Saidov has coordinated releasing national communications of Tajikistan under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Professor Roy Sidle has over 40 years of research, teaching, outreach and leadership experience in hydrology, earth sciences, environmental science, sustainability, and natural resources management in four continents — North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.