Steering Committee
- Shimon Rachmilevitch, Conference Chair, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)
- Israel Eliashiv, Ambassador of Israel (retired) and special advisor to committee
- Aaron Fait, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)
- Abu Rukun Raslan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Alva Peled, Center for Energy & Sustainability, BGU
- Amit Gross, Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR)
- Arnon Karnieli, Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, BIDR
- Asaf Karavani, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL)
- Avi Niv, BIDR
- Dalia Noy, MASHAV, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Dina Zilberg, BGU
- Dorit Kalo, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Elli Groner, Dead Sea and Arava Science Center
- Hila Bar, Vertical Fields
- Ilan Stavi, Dead Sea and Arava Science Center
- Ilya Gelfend, BGU
- Inna Khozin-Goldberg, BIDR
- Jack Gilron, BIDR
- Maya Lavie-Ajayi, BGU
- Maya Negev, University of Haifa
- Nadav Davidovitch, Dept. of Health Systems Management, BGU
- Naftali Lazarovitch, Department of Dryland Agriculture, BIDR
- Nina Kamennaya, BIDR
- Nurit Agam, BIDR
- Oded Berger-Tal, BIDR
- Orna Braun-Lewensohn, BGU
- Pedro Berliner, BGU
- Rina Kedem, Dead Sea and Arava Science Center
- Ron Kasher, BIDR
- Roy Posmanik, Volcani Institute, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO)
- Shai Sela, Agmatix
- Shani Rohatyn-Blitz, KKL
- Sharon Schlesinger, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Shimon Dolberg, Watergen
- Shimrit Maman ,BIDR
- Shiran Rachmilevitch, University of Haifa
- Shuli Kurzon van Gelder, MASHAV, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Sivan Isaacson, Dead Sea and Arava Science Center
- Sivan Cohen-Shachari, DeserTech
- Suleiman Halasah, IGreens & University of Oxford
- Tamir Klein, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Uri Hochberg, Volcani/ARO