By its decision 7/CP.2, the Conference of the Parties (COP), at its second session, requested the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) to draft a roster of experts on technology and technology transfer as discussed in FCCC/CP/1996/15, paragraph 2 (d). In a letter dated 22 August 1996, the secretariat invited Parties to nominate experts for a roster. Parties were requested to nominate up to ten candidates by completing an application form and by attaching a curriculum vitae for each candidate. As of 20 August 1997, the secretariat had received 312 nominations from 44 Parties. The list is presented in this document