Several members of the European agricultural economics community were approached with a view to serving on the committee. The criteria for the approach related to research activity (i.e. they should be research active), geographical spread and areas of expertise. Nine potential members were approached and all accepted. The membership of the Programme Committee is as follows: 

Steve McCorriston (UK) Programme Committee Chair
Frode Alfnes (Norway)
Margarhita Scoppola (Italy)
Vincent Requillart (France)
Jens-Peter Loy (Germany)
Jose M. Gil (Spain)
Iain Fraser (UK)
Frank van Tongeren (Netherlands and OECD)
Luka Juvancic (Slovenia)
Raushan Bokusheva (Switzerland)
Stefan Mann (Switzerland) will serve as the contact between the Programme committee and the LOC.