Komitet naukowy jest ciałem doradczym i opiniodawczym o uprawnieniach inicjatywnych. Komitet naukowy IMF 2011 stanowi Rada Programowa w składzie:
- Volodymyr Bondarenko, professor (National Mining University of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine)
- Piotr Czaja, professor (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)
- Jozef Dubiński, professor (Central Mining Institute, Poland)
- Roman Dyczkowsky (National Mining University of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine)
- Jaroslav Dvoracek, professor (Technical University VSB, Czech Republic)
- Pawel Krzystolik, professor ("Barbara" Experimental Mine, Poland)
- Garry Litwinsky, professor (Donbass State Technical University of Alchevsk, Ukraine)
- Jacek Paraszczak, professor (Laval University, Quebec City, Canada)
- Uli Paschedag (Caterpillar)
- Anton Sroka, professor (Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, FR Germany)
- Mladen Stjepanowic, professor (University of Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)
- Antoni Tajduś, professor (AGH University of cience and Technology, Poland)