The conference was attended by 111 participants from 14 Asian countries: Cambodia, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam. Representatives were also present from the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI), the Global Initiative South East Asia (GISEA), the Women's International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) and the World Maritime University (WMU).