Carine Dartiguepeyrou is a political scientist and independent futurist. A consultant and teacher, she is an associate researcher at the Université Catholique de Lille, France.

Michel Saloff-Coste founded and developed the Institut international de prospective sur les écosystèmes innovants, the Direction de la prospective and the International Foresight Research Network (IFRN). He is now special advisor to the President of the Université Catholique de Lille, France and a consultant in management, strategy and communications.