1 Robin Fears, Director, Biosciences Programme, European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC). Email: robinfears@aol.com.
2 Volker ter Meulen, President, Interacademy Partnership (IAP). Email: volker.termeulen@uni-wuerzburg.de.
3 Joachim von Braun, Professor for Economic and Technological Change, Center for Development Research (ZEF) Bonn University. Email: jvonbraun@uni-bonn.de.