COMMITTEES
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
Michela Pacifici
Research Fellow at Sapienza University of Rome, and President of SCB Italy Chapter

Zoologist and conservation biologist, expert in modeling the relationships between human impacts and the risk of extinction of terrestrial mammals. Research Fellow at the Global Mammal Assessment laboratory of the University of Rome La Sapienza. President of the Society for Conservation Biology Italy Chapter.
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
Alessandro Chiarucci
Head of Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences of the University of Bologna

Botanist and Ecologist, expert in quantifying biodiversity in terrestrial systems and in biological conservation. Full professor at Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, where he teaches Macroecology and Biogeography and he is Head of the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Science. President of the Italian Botanical Society and Member of the Council of the International Association for Vegetation Science.
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Michela Pacifici
 “Sapienza” University of Rome
Alessandro Chiarucci
 Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
Michele Lussu
 Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
Lisa Tedeschi
 “Sapienza” University of Rome
 
Valeria Mendez
 “Sapienza” University of Rome
Marco Musiani
 Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
Edyta Jedynak 
 “Sapienza” University of Rome
Constanza Pelissero
 Symposia Srl
Patrizia Pasolini
 Symposia Srl
 
Mladan Miskeljin 
 Bologna Convention Bureau
Valentina Argiolas 
 Bologna Convention Bureau
Martina Casillo 
 Bologna Convention Bureau
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Carlo Rondinini
 (Scientific Committee Chair)
 “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy
Anne Magurran
 (Scientific Committee Chair)
 University of St Andrews, UK
John Piccolo
 Karlstads Universitet, Sweden
Marco Musiani
 Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italy
Michelle Henley
 University of Edinburgh, UK.
Laura Bosco
 University of Helsinki, Finland
 
Ewa Orlikowska
 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
 
Arash Ghoddousi
 Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
 
Petr Zasadil
 Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
 
Jenny Anne Glikman
 Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA-CSIC), Spain
 
REVIEWERS
Bego Ferdinand
 University of Titana
 Albania
Benitez Lopez Ana
 Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC)
 Spain
Berggren Åsa
 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
 Sweden
Bosco Laura
 University of Helsinki
 Finland
Brumelis Guntis
 University of Latvia
 Latvia
Cristiano Andrea
 Northumbria University
 Italy
Deák Balázs
 Centre for Ecological Research
 Hungary
Etard Adrienne
 IIASA
 Austria
Geldmann Jonas
 University of Copenhagen
 Denmark
Ghoddousi Arash
 Humboldt-University Berlin
 Germany
Glikman Jenny Anne
 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
 Spain
Henley Michelle
 SCB Europe Section Board
 United Kingdom
Kindlmann Pavel
 Charles university
 Czech Republic
Klutsch Cornelya
 Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO)
 Norway
Knapp Míša
 ČZU
 Czech Republic
Lovei Gabor
 Aarhus University
 Denmark
Lussu Michele
 Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna
 Italy
Magurran Anne
 University of St Andrews
 United Kingdom
Marjakangas Emma-Liina
 Aarhus University
 Denmark
Marrs Rob
 Univ Liverpool
 United Kingdom
Mendez Valeria
 Society for Conservation Biology Italy Chapter
 Switzerland
Milanesi Pietro
 University of Bologna
 Italy
Moreira Francisco
 CIBIO-BIOPOLIS
 Portugal
Moyes Faye
 University of St Andrews
 United Kingdom
Musiani Marco
 University of Bologna
 Italy
Nunes Ana
 IUCN
 United Kingdom
Olszańska Agnieszka
 Institute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Sciences
 Poland
Orlikowska Ewa H.
 Karlstad University
 Sweden
Pacifici Michela
 Sapienza University of Rome
 Italy
Pataki György
 ESSRG Nonprofit Ltd
 Hungary
Pezzo Francesco
 ISPRA
 Italy
Piccolo John
 Karlstad University
 Sweden
Rocha Ricardo
 University of Oxford
 United Kingdom
Rondinini Carlo
 Sapienza University of Rome
 Italy
Sabatini Francesco Maria
 Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna
 Italy
Selva Nuria
 Institute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Sciences
 Poland
Sutherland Bill
 Cambridge University
 United Kingdom
Tedeschi Lisa
 Sapienza University of Rome
 Italy
Uludag Ahmet
 ÇOMÜ
 Turkiye
 
 