Organisation

Conference Organising Committee (COC)

Chair:

• Benjamin Burkhard, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Co-chairs:

• Rudolf de Groot, Chair ESP, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
• Christian Albert, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Local/national Organising Committee (LOC)

Responsible for local organisation/coordination:

• Benjamin Burkhard, Chair/coordinator, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
• Christian Albert, Co-Chair, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
• Bettina Matzdorf, Co-Chair, ZALF Müncheberg, Germany
• Aletta Bonn, UFZ/iDiv Leipzig, Germany
• Wolfgang Wende, IOER Dresden, Germany

Support team

• Martine van Weelden, Conference manager, Ecosystem Services Partnership, The Netherlands
• Iskra Konovska, Conference administration, Ecosystem Services Partnership, The Netherlands
• Diane Ingabire, Conference support, Ecosystem Services Partnership, The Netherlands
• Angie Faust, Conference support, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Scientific Program Committee (SPC)  

Chair:

• Rudolf de Groot,  Chair ESP, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Co-Chairs:

• Benjamin Burkhard, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
• Bettina Matzdorf, Co-Chair, ZALF Müncheberg, Germany
• Christian Albert, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
• Aletta Bonn, UFZ/iDiv Leipzig, Germany
• Wolfgang Wende, IOER Dresden, Germany

(additional) Representatives of the ESP Executive Committee

• Patricia Balvanera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma, Mexico
• Bob Costanza, The Australian National University
• Neville Crossman, Murray Darling Basin Authority, Australia
• Luis Inostroza, Univ. Bochum, Germany
• Ida Kubizewski, The Australian National University
• Beria Leimona, ICRAF, Indonesia
• Louise Willemen, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
• Simone Maynard, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management
• Simone Quatrini, Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zurich
• Klara Winkler, McGill University, Canada

Representatives of ESP Steering Committee and Working Group Coordinators

• Luke Brander, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
• Davide Geneletti, Trento University, Italy
• Sander Jacobs, INBO, Belgium    
• Thomas Koellner, University Bayreuth    
• Berta Martin-Lopez, Leuphana University Lüneburg    
• Fernando Santos-Martin, University Madrid, Spain    
• Matthias Schröter, UFZ Leipzig, Germany
• Christina van Haaren, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
• Alexander van Oudenhoven, Leiden University, The Netherlands        

Representatives YESS

• Andre Mascarenas, Humboldt Univ. & Natural Hist. Museum Berlin, Germany
• Arjan de Groot, Leibniz University Hannover

Representatives ESP Regional Chapter Leads

• Jeroen Arends, SEEDEV, Serbia (South-East Europe)
• Frank Casey, USGS, USA (North America)
• Namue Lee, ESP Asia Regional Office, S. Korea (Asia)
• Beria Leimona, ICRAF, Indonesia (South & South-East Asia)
• Simone Maynard, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (Oceania)
• Simon Moolenaar, Commonland, Netherlands (West & Central Europe)
• Lydia Olander, Duke Univ., USA (North America) 
• Oliver Schlein, GIZ, Jordan (MENA)
• Ana Turetta, EMBRAPA, Brazil (South America)
• Marcela Quintero, CGIAR, Peru (South America)
• Esther Wolfs, WolfsCompany, Netherlands (Central America & Caribbean)