The Geneva Security Forum put in place the following advisory group to help with the program development of GSF 2007:

Strategic Advisory Group

• Richard Archdeacon,
  Director of Technical Services for the Northern European Region, Symantec, USA
• Juan A. Avellan,
  Vice-President, Corporate Development (Chief Legal Officer), WISeKey SA, Geneva
• Timothy D. Bloechl,
  Executive Director, Worldwide Public Safety and National Security, Microsoft; former Director, International Information Assurance, US DoD
• Hilary J. Bowker,
  Founder and President, Bowker Media + Communications, UK
• Maria Livanos Cattaui,
  Chairperson, Strategic Advisory Board, Geneva Security Forum. Member of the Board of Directors, Petroplus, Switzerland; Vice-Chairman, International Crisis Group
• Carol Cosgrove-Sacks,
  Senior Advisor on International Standards Policy, OASIS, USA
• Jean-Luc de Buman,
  Senior Vice-President Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, SGS, Switzerland
• Alain Deletroz,
  Vice President (Europe), International Crisis Group, Brussels
• Bruno Giussani,
  European Director, TED and Co-founder, Tinex, Switzerland
• Misha Glenny,
  Writer and Broadcaster, UK
• Ortwin Hennig,
  Vice President and Head of the Conflict Prevention Program, EastWest Institute, Brussels
• Xavier Heusghem,
  Marketing Manager, GE Security Engineered Systems, EMEA, Switzerland
• Tony Hill,
  Coordinator, NGLS UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service, Geneva
• Joseph Ingram,
  Special Representative of the World Bank to the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, World Bank, Geneva, Switzerland
• Keith Krause,
  Executive Director, Small Arms Survey, HEI, Geneva
• Jovan Kurbalija,
  Founding Director, DiploFoundation (Malta/Geneva) and Member, UN Working Group on Internet Governance, Geneva
• Neil C. Livingstone,
  CEO, GlobalOptions Inc, USA
• Chris Pallaris,
  ISN Chief Editor, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Guénaël Romaric Marie Rodier,
  Director, Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR), World Health Organization, Geneva
• Rodolfo Rosini,
  Chief Executive Officer, Cellfire Security Technologies Ltd, London, UK
• Ron St. John,
  Director General, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response Public Health Agency of Canada
• André Schneider,
  Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, World Economic Forum, Geneva
• Ikram ul-Majeed Sehgal,
  Chairman & Managing Director, Pathfinder Group, Pakistan
• Pär Stenbäck,
  Chairman of the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation and Executive Board Member of the International Crisis Group (ICG)
• Matthias Stiefel,
  President and Founder of Interpeace – International Peacebuilding Alliance, Geneva
• Fred Tanner,
  Director, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland
• Sundeep Waslekar,
  President, Strategic Foresight Group, India

Observers:

• Amr Aljowaily,
  First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the UN, WTO and Other International Organizations in Geneva

Geneva Security Forum Board

• Jean-Charles Magnin,
  Directeur, Direction générale des affaires économiques, Département de l’économie et de la santé, Etat de Genève
• Claude Membrez,
  Director General, Orgexpo, Geneva, Chairman of the Board, Geneva Security Forum
• Carlos Moreira,
  Co-Founder, Chairman/President, WISeKey SA
• Ambassador Daniel Stauffacher,
  Chief Executive Officer, Geneva Security Forum
• Roger Tondeur,
  CEO, MCI Group, Geneva

Geneva Security Forum Advisory Team

• Emanuela Dose Sarfatis, Attachée de direction, Direction générale des affaires économiques, Département de l’économie et de la santé, Etat de Genève
• Sophie Dubuis, Head of Exhibition Development, Orgexpo, Geneva
• Richard Torriani, Managing Director, MCI Group, Geneva
• Barbara Weekes, Director of Strategy and Content, Geneva Security Forum