Organising committee
| Ms. | Satu Lipponen | Chair, WCSJ2013 President, FASEJ President, Head of Communications and Managing Editor, Cancer Society of Finland |
| Ms. | Reetta Kettunen | Vice-Chair, Secretary-General, Committee for Public Information (TJNK) |
| Ms. | Ulla Järvi | Programme Chair, PhD, medicine and health journalist |
| Ms. | Raili Leino | International Advisory Network, Vice-Chair |
| Mr. | Teuvo Peltoniemi | Communications Chair, Editor-in-Chief, Sosiomedia |
| Ms. | Liisa Vihmanen | Cultural Chair, journalist at Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE |
| Ms. | Helena von Troil | Sponsorship Chair, science journalist |
| Mr. | Tapio Markkanen | Chair of the Finnish National Commission for UNESCO |
| Ms. | Minna Meriläinen-Tenhu | Representative of the University of Helsinki; Public Relations Officer, University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Mr. | Vesa Niinikangas | FASEJ Secretary-General, WFSJ President, science journalist, publisher and author |
| Ms. | Riitta Tirronen | Representative of the Academy of Finland; Communications Manager, Editor-in-Chief, Academy of Finland |
| Ms. | Minttu Hilden | Project Manager WCSJ2013 |
| Ms. | Riikka Louhivuori | Project Manager, Confedent |
Executive committee
| Ms. | Satu Lipponen | Chair |
| Ms. | Reetta Kettunen | Vice-Chair |
| Mr. | Ulla Järvi | Programme Chair |
| Ms. | Vesa Niinikangas | FASEJ Secretary-General, WFSJ President |
| Ms. | Minttu Hilden | Project Manager WCSJ2013 |
Programme committee
| Ms. | Ulla Järvi | Chair, PhD, medicine and health journalist, Finland |
| Mr. | Erkki Karvonen | Vice-Chair, Professor, Information and communication studies, Master’s programme in science communication, University of Oulu, Finland |
| Mr. | Pallava Bagla | Chief Correspondent (South Asia) for Science magazine and science editor, New Delhi Television, India |
| Ms. | Deborah Blum | Pulitzer-Prize winning science journalist, blogger, author and contributor to Time, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, USA |
| Ms. | Lucy Calderon | Freelance science journalist, who writes for the Scidev.net website and the weekly online publication El Financiero, Costa Rica |
| Ms. | Minttu Heimovirta | Science journalist, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE |
| Ms. | Natasha Mitchell | Science and health journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia |
| Mr. | Diran Onifade | Editor-in- Chief of AfricaSTI.com, President of the African Federation of Science Journalists, Nigeria |
| Mr. | Fabio Turone | Science journalist, director of Agency Zoe of scientific and medical information, President of the science writers association, Italy |
| Mr. | Esa Väliverronen | Professor of Communication Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Mr. | Mohammed Yahia | Editor, Nature Middle-East, contributor to Turkish Weekly and The Daily Star, Egypt |
Sponsorship committee
| Ms. | Helena von Troil | Chair, science journalist |
| Ms. | Reetta Kettunen | Secretary-General, Committee for Public Information (TJNK) |
| Ms. | Helena Raunio | Journalist at Tekniikka&Talous (Technology&Business -magazine) |
| Ms. | Riitta Tirronen | Communications Manager, Academy of Finland |
Cultural and social programme committee
| Ms. | Liisa Vihmanen | Chair, journalist at Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE |
| Ms. | Minna Laukkanen | Science journalist, Editor-in-Chief, Kommentti.fi |
| Mr. | Mikko Myllykoski | Experience Director, Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre |
| Mr. | Panu Nykänen | Professor, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland |
| Ms. | Kirsikka Mattila | PR & Press Officer, City of Helsinki |
| Ms. | Ulla Salmi | Publishing Manager, Kirjapaja Publishing House |
International advisory network
| Mr. | Hanns-J. Neubert | Chair, science journalist and former President of EUSJA, chairman of the board of the German science writers TELI. |
| Ms. | Raili Leino | Vice-Chair, journalist at Tekniikka&Talous (Technology&Business -magazine) |
Communications committee
| Mr. | Teuvo Peltoniemi | Chair, Editor-in-Chief, Sosiomedia |
| Ms. | Eija Hukka | Vice-Chair, Development Manager, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland (THL) |
| Ms. | Aino Alppinen | Manager, Process Development, Finn-Power Oy |
| Ms. | Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen | Science journalist (freelance) |
| Ms. | Katariina Kivistö | Senior writer and journalist at Uutispäivä Demari |
| Mr. | Jere Majava | Educational Technology Specialist, University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Ms. | Minna Meriläinen-Tenhu | Public Relations Officer, University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Ms. | Anu Mustonen | Director of Relations, University of Jyväskylä, Finland |
| Mr. | Timo Niitemaa | Press Officer, University of Turku, Finland |
| Ms. | Terttu Nurro | Science journalist (freelance) |
| Ms. | Teija Peltoniemi | Journalist, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE |
| Ms. | Teija Riikola | Science journalist (freelance) |
| Mr. | Jukka Ruukki | Editor-in-Chief, Tiede (science magazine) |
| Ms. | Erja Ämmälahti | Senior Technology Advisor, Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes) |
