The URBIO Presidium is elected by the URBIO Advisory Board every 4 years. During the 4th URBIO conference 2014 in Incheon, Korea, Haripriya Gundimeda was elected as President of the network. In the tradition of the network the organiser of the latest URBIO conference is designated Secretary General – currently and up to 2016 Namchoon Kim from the Dankook University Cheonan, Korea holds this position. Since November 2014 the URBIO network has three Vice Presidents and Deputy Vice Presidents, each presiding over a main topic of the network and with special tasks within the board. Further holds the network four Senior Advisors. The Advisory Board supports the Presidium in their work. The URBIO Advisory Board usually meets at URBIO conferences and workshops.
URBIO President
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Main representative of URBIO and contact to SCBD and the Global Partnership. Responsible for the organisation of the whole network including the URBIO Newsletter und the conferences. |
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Haripriya Gundimeda |
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Conference Organiser URBIO 2012
Secretary General 2012-2014
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Mumbai | India | |
URBIO Secretary General
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Organiser of the last URBIO conference, bringing the URBIO Declaration to the Biodiversity Summit at the CBD COP. Responsible editor for publishing the conference results. Holding contact to the currently CBD COP leading Government. |
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Nam Choon Kim |
Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Techniques (KOSERT) - Conference Organiser URBIO 2014
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Cheonan | Korea | |
URBIO Vice Presidents & Deputy Vice Presidents
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Vice President Urban Biodiversity & Ecosystem services | |||||
Representing the network in the scientific community for Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem services. Supporting the URBIO conference organisers in the summarisation and publication of the conference results. Contribution to URBIO Newsletter. |
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Glenn H. Stewart |
President of Southern Connection |
Christchurch | New Zealand | |
Deputy Vice President Urban Biodiversity & Ecosystem services | |||||
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Peter Werner |
Institute for Housing and Environment / President of Competence Network Urban Ecology (CONTUREC) - Conference Co-Organiser URBIO 2008 |
Darmstadt | Germany | |
Vice President Landscape Design & Urban Planning | |||||
Representing the network in the scientific community for Landscape Design and Urban Planning. Technical and scientific advice / support of the respective URBIO conference organisers, organisation of the Student Poster Competition. Contribution to URBIO Newsletter. |
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Maria Ignatieva | Uppsala | Sweden | ||
Deputy Vice President Landscape Design & Urban Planning | |||||
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Mahito Kamada |
- Conference Co-Organiser URBIO 2010 Secretary General 2010-2012 |
Tokushima | Japan | |
Vice President Communication & Participation | |||||
Preparation and distribution of the URBIO letter in cooperation with President and other Vice Presidents. Administration of the URBIO website including all conference websites. Responsible for drafting the URBIO Declaration together with the Presidium. |
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G. David Maddox | New York | USA | ||
Deputy Vice President Communication & Participation | |||||
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Chantal van Ham |
European Union Representative Office of IUCN - IUCN Representative |
Brussels | Belgium | |
URBIO Senior Advisors
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Advice and support of the Presidium. |
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Thomas Elmqvist |
Stockholm University / - Head Scientist Cities and Biodiversity Outlook |
Stockholm | Sweden | |
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Yukihiro Morimoto |
Kyoto University - Conference Organiser URBIO 2010 |
Kyoto | Japan | |
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Norbert Müller |
University of Applied Sciences Erfurt - URBIO Founder & President 2008-2014 Conference Organiser URBIO 2008 |
Erfurt | Germany | |
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Charles H. Nilon |
- Head Scientist UrbioNet |
Columbia | USA | |
URBIO Advisory Board |
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Representing the URBIO members and corresponding networks. Selection of the presidium. Support of the Presidium in its work, especially preparing the URBIO newsletter, conferences, workshops, publications, reviewers for publications, conference chairs etc. |
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Tong Mahn Ahn |
IFLA |
Seoul | Korea | |
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Pippin M. Anderson |
African Centre for Cities |
Cape Town | South Africa | |
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Lena Chan | National Biodiversity Centre | Singapore | Singapore | |
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Sarel Cilliers | North-West University | Potchefstroom | South Africa | |
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Oliver Hillel | Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity | Montréal | Canada | |
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Mark E. Hostetler | University of Florida | Gainesville | USA | |
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Sangjun Im | Seoul National University |
Seoul | Korea | |
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Keitaro Ito | Kitakyushu | Japan | ||
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Ryo Kohsaka | Kanazawa University Graduate School of Human and Socio- Environmental Studies |
Kanazawa | Japan | |
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Ian MacGregor-Fors | Instituto de Ecología, A.C. | Xalapa | Mexico | |
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Andre Mader |
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) - SCBD Representative |
Montréal | Canada | |
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Mark McDonnell | Melbourne | Australia | ||
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Choong-Hyeon Oh | Dongguk University |
Seoul | Korea | |
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Shela J. Patrickson |
ICLEI Cities and Biodiversity Centre Cape Town - ICLEI Representative |
Cape Town | South Africa | |
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Troy Pickard |
Mayor of the City of Joondalup / - ICLEI Representative |
Joondalup | Australia | |
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Robbert Snep |
Urban-Rural Interactions Landscape Centre / |
Wageningen | The Netherlands | |
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Wayne C. Zipperer | USDA Forest Service | Gainesville | USA |