Organizing committee:

• Jennifer Koch, USDA Forest Service, USA
• Richard Sniezko, USDA Forest Service, USA
• Dana Nelson, USDA Forest Service, USA
• Albert Abbott, University of Kentucky, USA
• Mark Coggeshall USDA Forest Service Northern Station, USA
• Ellen Crocker, University of Kentucky, USA
• Richard Buggs, Kew Royal Botanic Garden, Queen Mary University of London
• Arnaud Dowkiw, INRA AGPF, France

Technical committee:

• Enrico Bonello, Ohio State University, USA
• Stephen Woodward, University of Aberdeen, UK
• Acelino Couto Alfenas, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil
• Caterina Villari, University of Georgia, USA
• Arnaud Dowkiw, INRA AGPF, France
• Veronique Jorge, NRA AGPF, France
• Rita Costa, INIAV, Oeiras, Portugal
• Jared LeBoldus, Oregon State University, USA
• Jeanne Romero-Severson, University of Notre Dame, USA
• Richard Buggs, Kew Royal Botanic Garden, Queen Mary University of London
• Bruce Moltzan, USDA Forest Service, USA
• Anna Conrad, Ohio State University, USA
• and others