Board

President

John Parrotta
US Forest Service
Research & Development

Address	Direct	Organization
201 14th St. SW Washington DC 20250 United States	Email: john.parrotta(at)usda.gov Phone: +1-202-5588964 URL: https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=jparrotta	Fax: +1-202-2051530 Phone: +1-202-2051544 URL: https://www.fs.fed.us/research/

Vice-President Divisions

Daniela Kleinschmit
Universität Freiburg
Professur für Forst- und Umweltpolitik

Address	Direct	Organization
Tennenbacherstr. 4 79106 Freiburg I. Br. Germany	Email: daniela.kleinschmit(at)ifp.uni-freiburg.de Phone: +49-761-2033712	Email: andy.selter(at)ifp.uni-freiburg.de Fax: +49-761-2033705 Phone: +49-761-2033713 URL: www.forstpolitik-umweltpolitik.uni-freiburg.de/Forstpolitik-Umweltpolitik-en?set_language=en

Vice-President Task Forces, Special Programmes, Projects and IUFRO-led Initiatives

Shirong Liu
Chinese Academy of Forestry, National Forestry and Grassland Administration

Address	Direct	Organization
No.1, Dongxiaofu, Xiangshan Road Beijing Haidian District 100091 China	Email: liusr(at)caf.ac.cn Phone: +86-10-62889311	Email: lixuejiaoli(at)163.com Fax: +86-10-62884229 Phone: +86-10-62889092 URL: en.caf.ac.cn

Immediate Past President

Michael Wingfield
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Address	Direct	Organization
University of Pretoria Pretoria 0002 South Africa	Email: mike.wingfield(at)fabi.up.ac.za	Email: mike.wingfield(at)fabi.up.ac.za Fax: +27-12-4203960 Phone: +27-12-4203938 URL: https://fabinet.up.ac.za/index.php

Executive Director

Alexander Buck
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat

Address	Direct	Organization
Marxergasse 2 1030 Wien Austria	Email: buck(at)iufro.org Phone: +43-1-877015112	Email: office(at)iufro.org Fax: +43-1-877015150 Phone: +43-1-8770151 URL: https://www.iufro.org/

Coordinator Division 1

Jens Peter Skovsgaard
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet
Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap

Address	Direct	Organization
Sundsvägen 3 230 56 Alnarp Sweden	Email: jps(at)slu.se Phone: +46-7-25621320	Email: servicecenter(at)slu.se Fax: +46-40-462325 Phone: +46-40-415000 URL: https://www.slu.se/sydsvensk-skogsvetenskap

Coordinator Division 2

Santiago C. González-Martínez
INRAE Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
ECOFA - Structure, fonctionnement et évolution des écosystèmes continentaux faiblement
anthropisés / BIOGECO - Biodiversité, Gènes et Communautés

Address	Direct	Organization
69 route d'Arcachon 33610 Cestas France	Email: santiago.gonzalez-martinez(at)inrae.fr Phone: +33-5-35385320	Email: christine.charlot(at)inrae.fr Fax: +33-5-57122881 URL: https://www6.bordeaux-aquitaine.inrae.fr/biogeco

Coordinator Division 3

Woodam Chung
Oregon State University
College of Forestry
Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management

Address	Direct	Organization
280 Peavy Hall / 3100 Jefferson Way Corvallis Oregon 97331-5709 United States	Email: woodam.chung(at)oregonstate.edu Phone: +1-541-7378248	Fax: +1-541-7374316 Phone: +1-541-7374952 URL: https://ferm.forestry.oregonstate.edu/

Coordinator Division 4

Donald Hodges
University of Tennessee
Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries

Address	Direct	Organization
274 Ellington Plant Sciences Building 2431 Joe Johnson Drive Knoxville Tennessee 37996-4563 United States	Email: dhodges2(at)utk.edu Phone: +1-865-9742706	Email: fwf(at)utk.edu Fax: +1-865-9744714 Phone: +1-865-9747126 URL: https://fwf.tennessee.edu/

Coordinator Division 5

Pekka Saranpää
Luonnonvarakeskus (Luke)
Tuotantojärjestelmät

Address	Direct	Organization
Tietotie 2 02150 Espoo Finland	Email: pekka.saranpaa(at)luke.fi Phone: +358-50-3912340	Email: kirjaamo(at)luke.fi Phone: +358-29-5326000 URL: https://www.luke.fi/en

Coordinator Division 6

Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch
University of British Columbia
Faculty of Forestry
Department of Forest Resources Management

Address	Direct	Organization
2424 Main Mall Vancouver British Columbia V6T 1Z4 Canada	Email: cecil.konijnendijk(at)ubc.ca Phone: +1-604-7894809 URL: profiles.forestry.ubc.ca/person/cecil-konijnendijk/	Email: frm.recept(at)ubc.ca Fax: +1-604-8229106 Phone: +1-604-8223482 URL: https://frm.forestry.ubc.ca/

Coordinator Division 7

Tod Ramsfield
Ressources Naturelles Canada
Centre de Foresterie du Nord

Address	Direct	Organization
5320-122nd Street Edmonton Alberta T6H 3S5 Canada	Email: tod.ramsfield(at)canada.ca Phone: +1-825-5101303	Email: michael.norton(at)canada.ca Fax: +1-825-5101119 Phone: +1-825-5101154 URL: https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/science-and-data/research-centres-and-labs/forestry-research-centres/northern-forestry-centre/13485

Coordinator Division 8

Sandra S. Luque
INRAE Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
UMR TETIS Territoires, Environnement, Télédétection et Information Spatiale

Address	Direct	Organization
500 rue Jean-Francois Breton 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5 France	Email: sandra.luque(at)inrae.fr Phone: +33-76-9150689; +33-4-67558649	URL: https://www.umr-tetis.fr/index.php/fr

Coordinator Division 9

Monica Gabay
Universidad Nacional de San Martín
Escuela de Política y Gobierno
Grupo de Ambiente y Política

Address	Direct	Organization
Paraná 145 1017 Buenos Aires Argentina	Email: mgabay(at)unsam.edu.ar	Email: mgabay(at)unsam.edu.ar

President's Nominees

Hubert Hasenauer
Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
Department für Wald- und Bodenwissenschaften
Institut für Waldbau

Address	Direct	Organization
Peter Jordan-Straße 82 1190 Wien Austria	Email: hubert.hasenauer(at)boku.ac.at Phone: +43-1-4765491311 URL: www.wabo.boku.ac.at/hasenauer.html	Email: office.waldbau(at)boku.ac.at Fax: +43-1-4765491309 Phone: +43-1-4765491300 URL: https://boku.ac.at/wabo/waldbau

President's Nominees

Erich Gomes Schaitza
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisas Agropecuária
Embrapa Florestas

Address	Direct	Organization
Estrada da Ribeira, km 111 / Caixa Postal 319 83411-000 Colombo Parana Brazil	Email: erich.schaitza(at)embrapa.br Phone: +55-41-3516298	Email: yeda.oliveira(at)embrapa.br Fax: +55-41-36755601 Phone: +55-41-36755600 URL: https://www.embrapa.br/florestas

President's Nominees

Wenfa Xiao
Chinese Academy of Forestry, National Forestry and Grassland Administration

Address	Direct	Organization
No.1, Dongxiaofu, Xiangshan Road Beijing Haidian District 100091 China	Email: xiao_wenfa(at)126.com Phone: +86-10-62889007	Email: lixuejiaoli(at)163.com Fax: +86-10-62884229 Phone: +86-10-62889092 URL: en.caf.ac.cn

President's Nominees

Wubalem Tadesse
Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute (EEFRI)
Forest Resources Utilization Research

Address	Direct	Organization
PO Box 30804 Addis Ababa Ethiopia	Email: wubalem16(at)gmail.com Phone: +251-912-132303	Fax: +251-116-460345 Phone: +251-116-460444 URL: www.eefri.org/researches/forest-resources-utilization/

President's Nominees

Elena Paoletti
Società Italiana di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale (SISEF)

Address	Direct	Organization
c/o DIBAF - University of Tuscia Via San Camillo de Lellis 01100 Viterbo Italy	Email: elena.paoletti(at)cnr.it Phone: +39-055-5225591; +39-329-8061717	Email: davide.travaglini(at)unifi.it Phone: +39-055-5225591 URL: https://sisef.org/

President's Nominees

Kugbo Shim
National Institute of Forest Science (NIFoS)
Department of Forest Products

Address	Direct	Organization
Cheongnyangni-Dong 207, Dongdaemun-Gu Seoul 130-712 Korea (Rep)	Email: kbshim(at)korea.kr	Fax: +82-55-7598432

President's Nominees

Olga Shaytarova
St. Petersburg State Forest Technical University

Address	Direct	Organization
Institutsky Per. 5 194021 St. Petersburg Russian Federation	Email: shaytarova(at)mail.ru Phone: +7-812-6709363	Email: public(at)spbftu.ru Fax: +7-812-6709246 Phone: +7-812-6709390 URL: en.spbftu.ru/

IUFRO Headquarters Host Country Representative

Maria Patek
Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Regionen und Wasserwirtschaft (BML)
Sektion Forstwirtschaft und Nachhaltigkeit

Address	Direct	Organization
Marxergasse 2 1030 Wien Austria	Email: maria.patek(at)bml.gv.at Phone: +43-1-71100607105	Phone: +43-1-711000

Task Force Coordinator

Xiaohua (Adam) Wei
University of British Columbia
Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences

Address	Direct	Organization
1177 Research Road Kelowna British Columbia V1V 1V7 Canada	Email: adam.wei(at)ubc.ca Phone: +1-250-8078750	Fax: +1-250-8078005 URL: https://eegs.ok.ubc.ca/

Task Force Coordinator

Christophe Orazio
Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée
Siège

Address	Direct	Organization
Site de Recherche Forêt - Bois 69, Route d'Arcachon 33610 Cestas France	Email: c.orazio(at)iefc.net c.orazio.pro(at)laposte.net Phone: +33-5-35385274	Email: c.orazio(at)iefc.net Fax: +33-5-56680223 URL: www.iefc.net/gb/

Task Force Coordinator

Annie Biju
International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA)
IFSA International Secretariat

Address	Direct	Organization
Tennenbacherstrasse 4 79106 Freiburg Im Breisgau Germany	Email: annie.biju(at)ifsa.net ab8714838972(at)gmail.com Phone: +91 8714-838972	Email: info(at)ifsa.net Fax: +49-761-2033819 URL: https://ifsa.net/

Task Force Coordinator

Andreas Bolte
Thünen-Institut
Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei
Institut für Waldökosysteme

Address	Direct	Organization
Alfred-Möller-Str.1 16225 Eberswalde Germany	Email: andreas.bolte(at)thuenen.de Phone: +49-3334-3820344	Email: andreas.bolte(at)thuenen.de Fax: +49-3334-3820354 Phone: +49-3334-3820300 URL: https://www.thuenen.de/de/wo/

Task Force Coordinator

Henrik Hartmann
Max Planck Gesellschaft
Biogeochemische Prozesse
Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie

Address	Direct	Organization
Hans-Knöll Str. 10 07745 Jena Germany	Email: hhart(at)bgc-jena.mpg.de Phone: +49-3641-576294	Email: contact(at)bgc-jena.mpg.de Fax: +49-3641-5770 Phone: +49-3641-5760 URL: https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/

Task Force Coordinator

Giovanbattista de Dato
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria - CREA
Centro di Ricerca Foreste e Legno
Laboratorio di Risorse Genetiche Forestali

Address	Direct	Organization
Viale S. Margherita, 80 52100 Arezzo Italy	Email: giovanbattista.dedato(at)crea.gov.it Phone: +39-0575-353021	Email: fl(at)pec.crea.gov.it Fax: +39-0575-353490 URL: https://www.crea.gov.it/en/home

Task Force Coordinator

Sandra Rodríguez
Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
Facultad de Zootecnica y Ecología

Address	Direct	Organization
Periférico Francisco R. Almada Km 1 Chihuahua CP 33820 Mexico	Email: spineros(at)uach.mx Phone: +52-614-4966334	Email: posgradofzye(at)yach.mx Fax: +52-614-4325550 Phone: +52-614-4340304 URL: fz.uach.mx

Task Force Coordinator

Gun Lidestav
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Institutionen för skoglig resurshushållning

Address	Direct	Organization
90183 Umeå Sweden	Email: gun.lidestav(at)slu.se Phone: +46-90-7868391	Fax: +46-18-672995 Phone: +46-18-671000 URL: https://www.slu.se/institutioner/skoglig-resurshushallning/

Task Force Coordinator

James Chamberlain
US Forest Service
Southern Research Station

Address	Direct	Organization
1710 Research Center Drive Blacksburg Virginia 24060-6349 United States	Email: james.l.chamberlain(at)usda.gov Phone: +1-540-2313611	Fax: +1-540-2311383 URL: https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/

SPDC Coordinator

Michael Kleine
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
Special Programme for Development of Capacities (SPDC)

Address	Direct	Organization
Marxergasse 2 1030 Wien Austria	Email: kleine(at)iufro.org Phone: +43-1-8770151 ext. 22	Email: office(at)iufro.org Fax: +43-1-8770151-50 Phone: +43-1-8770151 URL: www.iufro.org

GFIS Coordinator

Eero Mikkola
Luonnonvarakeskus (Luke)

Address	Direct	Organization
Latokartanonkaari 9 00790 Helsinki Finland	Email: eero.mikkola(at)luke.fi mikkola(at)iufro.org Phone: +358-50-3912140	Email: johanna.buchert(at)luke.fi Fax: +358-29-5326100 Phone: +358-29-5326000 URL: https://www.luke.fi/en/

WFSE Coordinator

Pia Katila
Luonnonvarakeskus (Luke)
Biotalous ja ympäristö
Luonnonvarapolitiikat ja -markkinat

Address	Direct	Organization
Latokartanonkaari 9 00790 Helsinki Finland	Email: pia.katila(at)luke.fi Phone: +358-40-8015331	Phone: +358-29-5326000 URL: https://www.luke.fi

GFEP Coordinator

Christoph Wildburger
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat

Address	Direct	Organization
Marxergasse 2 1030 Wien Austria	Email: wildburger(at)iufro.org Phone: +43-1-877015115	Email: office(at)iufro.org Fax: +43-1-877015150 Phone: +43-1-8770151 URL: https://www.iufro.org/

SPDF Coordinator

Peter Mayer
Bundesforschungs- und Ausbildungszentrum für Wald, Naturgefahren und Landschaft

Address	Direct	Organization
Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8 1131 Wien Austria	Email: peter.mayer(at)bfw.gv.at Phone: +43-1-878381123	Email: peter.mayer(at)bfw.gv.at Fax: +43-1-878381250 Phone: +43-1-878380 URL: https://bfw.ac.at/

Chair of Congress Scientific Committee

Elena Paoletti
Società Italiana di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale (SISEF)

Address	Direct	Organization
c/o DIBAF - University of Tuscia Via San Camillo de Lellis 01100 Viterbo Italy	Email: elena.paoletti(at)cnr.it Phone: +39-055-5225591; +39-329-8061717	Email: davide.travaglini(at)unifi.it Phone: +39-055-5225591 URL: https://sisef.org/

Chair of Congress Organizing Committee

Fredrik Ingemarson
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet
Fakulteten för skogsvetenskap
Sekretariatet för IUFRO 2024

Address	Direct	Organization
Box 7082 75007 Uppsala Sweden	Email: fredrik.ingemarson(at)slu.se Phone: +46-18-673113	Email: info(at)iufro2024.com Phone: +46-18-671000 URL: https://iufro2024.com/

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Observer Organizations

Permanent Observers

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA)

Other Observers

Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (APFNet)
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)