- Professor Dr. Felix Müller (Chairmann of the Board), Institute for Natural Resource Conservation, Department of Ecosystem Management, University of Kiel, Olshausen str. 75, Germany, phone: 0431 880 3251, mobile: 0171 6437418, email: fmueller@ecology.uni-kiel.de
- Professor Simone Bastianoni, Sezione di Science Ambientali, Pian dei Mantellini 44 – 53100 Siena, Italy, phone: 0577 234358, email: simone.bastianoni@unisi.it
- Professor Dr. Peter Bitušík, PhD., Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Tajovského 40, 974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic, phone: +421 48 446 7110, email: peter.bitusik@umb.sk
- Professor Dr. Brian D. Fath, Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, USA, phone: +1-410-704-2535, email: bfath@towson.edu
- Professor Dr. Bai-Lian Li, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside CA 92521-0124, USA, phone: +1-951-827-4776, email: bai-lian.li@ucr.edu
- Professor Dr. Ing. Petr Maděra, Dept. of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 61300 Brno (Černá pole), + 420 545 134 060, + 420 739 341 962 (mobile), email: petr.madera@mendelu.cz
- Associated professor Dipl. Ing. Ivo Machar, PhD., Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Palacký University in Olomouc, 17. listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc. Czech Republic, phone: +420 585 634 503, mobile: -, email: ivo.machar@upol.cz
- Professor Dr. Joāo Carlos de Sousa Marques, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, phone: +351 2398 36386, mobile: -, email: jcmimar@ci.uc.pt
- Professor Alessandra La Notte, European Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre, Directorate D - Sustainable Resources, Unit D3 - Land Resources, Via Fermi, 2749 - TP 290, 21027 Ispra (Va) - Italy, email: alessandra.lanotte@unito.it
- Associated professor, Dipl. Ing. Branislav Olah, PhD., Department of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Ecology and Environment, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen, Slovak Republic, phone: +421 455 206 506, email: olah@is.tuzvo.sk
- Dr. Jan Plesník, PhD., Agency for Nature and Landscape Conservation, Prague, Czech Republic, phone: +420 241 082 114, email: jan.plesnik@nature.cz
- Dr. Philip K. Roche, Senior Scientist, Deputy Science Director Dept. Lands, IRSTEA IRSTEA Aix-en-Provence, UR RECOVER, 3275 Route de Cézanne, 13182 Aix-en-Provence, France, Phone: +33442667931; email: philip.roche@irstea.fr
- Associated professor Dipl. Ing. Peter Urban, PhD., Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Tajovského 40, 974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic, phone: +421 48 446 7101, email: peter.urban@umb.sk
- Adjunct professor Petteri Vihervaara, PhD., Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland.
- mobile: +358 295 251740, email: petteri.vihervaara@ymparisto.fi
- Dipl. Ing. Peter Sabo, PhD. (Head of the Conference Organization), Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Tajovského 40, 974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic, phone: +421 48 446 7103, email: peter.sabo@umb.sk