Ng Young is a Geoscientist at Danxiashan UNESCO Global Geopark, China. The founder of the UNESCO Global Geopark in Hong Kong, he is also an Honorary Advisor to the Association for Geoconservation, Hong Kong. In addition, he is a member of the National Geotourism Strategy Reference Group, Australian Geoscience Council, and a Standing Committee Member, Geological Society of Australia.
Wolfgang Eder is a Geologist and Guest at GeoCentre, Geobiology, University Göttingen, Germany. As former UNESCO Director of Earth Sciences (1992 - 2005), he was instrumental in initiating and implementing UNESCO Global Geoparks; he was honoured by the 'Friendship Award' of the PR of China (2005), the 'Harrison Outstanding Achievement Award' of IUGS (2008), and Honorary Membership of the 'Global Geoparks Network' (2018).