Following a first degree in Physics, Peter Bennett studied the logic, history and philosophy of science, obtaining his DPhil from Sussex University. He joined the Operational Research Group at Sussex, before moving to Strathclyde University, where he became becoming Reader in Management Science and Director of Postgraduate Studies. At the same time, he was involved in applied research and consultancy projects for clients ranging from community groups to transnational companies. He joined the Department of Health as a Principal OR Analyst in 1996, and since then has been heavily involved in analyses of risks to Public Health. He produced the Department of Health guidelines on Risk Communication. He now leads a cross-disciplinary team of analysts in the Heath Improvement and Protection Directorate of the Department, and is acting Head of Profession for Operational Research. Sir Kenneth Calman is Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. He graduated in medicine (with commendation) in 1967. He moved into the Department of Surgery in Glasgow and proceeded to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons and an MD Thesis with Honours on Organ Preservation. In 1972, he was the MRC Clinical Research Fellow at the Chester Beatty Research Institute in London and returned to Glasgow in 1974 as Professor of Oncology. He remained in that post for 10 years. In 1984 he became Dean of Postgraduate Medicine and Professor of Postgraduate Medical Education at the University of Glasgow and Consultant Physician with an interest in palliative care at Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow. He is a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and President of the Institute of medical Ethics. Sarah Curtis is Professor of Health and Risk at Durham University. She has extensive international research experience in geography of health and health services, especially on inequalities of health and access to health care, health care needs assessment, health impact assessment and development of healthy public policy. Her research covers topics including: adaption of health and social care systems to changing risks of climate change (funded by EPSRC); Health Impact Assessment of urban regeneration schemes, (for Dept of Health, and other agencies); development of healthy public policy (with agencies in Canada and UK); ESRC funded research on effects of the socio-economic environment on well-being and health of adults and children; research funded by British Academy on hospital design; International research on migration, health and wellbeing supported by ESRC; comparative research on geographical variation in psychiatric service use supported by the Office of Mental Health for New York State. Denis Smith is Professor of Management at the University of Glasgow. His main research interests are in the areas of: organisational resilience, risk and crisis management; adverse events in health care; complexity and organisational performance (especially around health care organisations and the emergency services); human error and systems failure; and the role of embedded error cost in strategic change. Professor Smith's work has been concerned with issues of risk management and business continuity and this has been carried out over a 25 year period. His early work was concerned with the evacuation of urban areas due to extreme events - an interest he maintains to this day. He has also undertaken research on the training and performance of crisis management teams, the production of emergency/contingency plans (and their limitations), and the processes by which vulnerability can be generated within organisations and urban 'space'.

David BaMaung, Counter Terrorism Security Advisor, Strathclyde Police, UK
Dr Laurence Barton, Crisis Prevention and Response Consultant, UK
Dr Karen Bickerstaff, Lecturer in Geography, King's College London, UK
Dr Rachel Casiday, Lecturer in Voluntary Sector Studies, University of Wales, Lampeter, UK
Dr Sarah Damery, Research Fellow in Primary Care Clinical sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Sue Davies MBE, Chief Policy Adviser, Which? UK consumer association, UK
Heleen van Dijk, PhD student, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Group, Social Sciences Department, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Anton Dittner, Emerging Health Threats Forum, specialising in the field of CBRN terrorism
Dr Heather Draper, Reader in Biomedical Ethics Centre for Biomedical Ethics Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Dr Christine Dunn, Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, Durham University, UK
Dr Eva Elliot, UK Research Council Academic Fellow, Social and Economic Change, Cardiff Institute of Society Health and Ethics, Cardiff University School of Social Sciences, UK
Dr Moira Fischbacher, Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management, Centre for Health, Environment and Risk Research, Department of Management, University of Glasgow, UK
Dr Arnout R. H. Fischer, Assistant Professor, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Group, Social Sciences Department, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Professor Simon French, Professor of Information and Decision Sciences, Manchester Business, UK
Professor Lynn J Frewer, Professor of Food Safety and Consumer behaviour, University of Wageningen , The Netherlands
Dr Sara Fuller, Research Associate, Department of Geography, Durham University, UK
Emily Harrop, PhD student, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK
Dr Karen Henwood, Reader in Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK
Dr Patricia Hewitt, Consultant Specialist in Transfusion Microbiology, National Blood Service, NHS Blood and Transplant, UK
Professor Ray Hudson, Professor of Geography and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Durham University, UK
Jonathan Ives, Lecturer in Behavioural Science, University of Birmingham, UK
Professor John Maule, Professor of Human Decision Making and Director of the Centre for Decision Research, Leeds University Business School, UK
Professor Hugh Pennington, former Professor of Bacteriology and Dean of Medicine, University of Aberdeen, UK
Professor Judith Petts, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research and Knowledge Transfer, University of Birmingham, UK
Professor Nick Pidgeon, Professor of Applied Psychology, Cardiff University, UK
David Pryer, former Commander of the North Kent Area, Kent Police, UK
Professor Pat Troop CBE, former founding Chief Executive, Health Protection Agency, UK
Professor Gareth Williams, Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University