COMMITTEES
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
Michela Pacifici
Research Fellow at Sapienza University of Rome, and President of SCB Italy Chapter
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
Alessandro Chiarucci
Head of Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences of the University of Bologna

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.

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
Roberto Cazzolla Gatti
Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
Valeria Mendez
“Sapienza” University of Rome
Marco Musiani
Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
Stefano Goffredo
Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
Edyta Jedynak
“Sapienza” University of Rome
Nicoletta Stan
Symposia Srl
Constanza Pelissero
Symposia Srl
Patrizia Pasolini
Symposia Srl
Miskeljin Mladan
Bologna Convention Bureau
Argiolas Valentina
Bologna Convention Bureau
Casillo Martina
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
Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italy
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