- Dr. Erika Angelucci, gastroenterologist, Italy
- Prof. Willem Bemelman, surgeon, The Netherlands
- Prof. Renzo Caprilli, gastroenterologist, Italy (excused at the panel meeting)
- Dr. Yehuda Chowers, gastroenterologist, Israel (excused at the panel meeting)
- Prof. Miquel Gassull, gastroenterologist, Spain
- Prof. Dan Hommes, gastroenterologist, The Netherlands (excused at the panel meeting)
- Dr. Franz Josef Heil, general practitioner, Germany
- Prof. Colm O'Morain, gastroenterologist, Ireland
- Prof. Tom Öresland, surgeon, Sweden
- Prof. Marc Lémann, gastroenterologist, France
- Prof. Pia Munkholm, gastroenterologist, Denmark (excused at the panel meeting)
- Prof. Yves Panis, surgeon, France
- Prof. Greg Rubin, general practitioner, United Kingdom (excused at the panel meeting)
- Prof. Frank Seibold, gastroenterologist, Switzerland
- Prof. Eduard Stange, gastroenterologist, Germany
- Prof. Reinhold Stockbrügger, gastroenterologist, The Netherlands
- Prof. Boris Vucelic, gastroenterologist, Croatia
- Prof. Pierre Michetti, Switzerland (moderator)
- Prof. John-Paul Vader, Switzerland (moderator)