Chairs & Advisory Board

URBIO Presidium & Advisory Board

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 Presidium


URBIO President
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.

	Haripriya Gundimeda	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay - Conference Organiser URBIO 2012 Secretary General 2012-2014	Mumbai	India


URBIO Secretary General
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.

	Nam Choon Kim	Dankook University / Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Techniques (KOSERT) - Conference Organiser URBIO 2014	Cheonan	Korea


URBIO Vice Presidents & Deputy Vice Presidents
*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.

	Glenn H. Stewart	Lincoln University / President of Southern Connection	Christchurch	New Zealand

*Deputy Vice President Urban Biodiversity & Ecosystem services*

	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.

	Maria Ignatieva	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	Uppsala	Sweden

*Deputy Vice President Landscape Design & Urban Planning*

	Mahito Kamada	University of Tokushima - 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.

	G. David Maddox	Urban Oikos / The Nature of Cities	New York	USA

*Deputy Vice President Communication & Participation*

	Chantal van Ham	European Union Representative Office of IUCN - IUCN Representative	Brussels	Belgium


URBIO Senior Advisors
Advice and support of the Presidium.

	Thomas Elmqvist	Stockholm University / Stockholm Resilience Centre - Head Scientist Cities and Biodiversity Outlook	Stockholm	Sweden

	Yukihiro Morimoto	Kyoto University - Conference Organiser URBIO 2010	Kyoto	Japan

	Norbert Müller	University of Applied Sciences Erfurt - URBIO Founder & President 2008-2014 Conference Organiser URBIO 2008	Erfurt	Germany

	Charles H. Nilon	University of Missouri - Head Scientist UrbioNet	Columbia	USA


URBIO Advisory Board
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.

	Tong Mahn Ahn	Seoul National University / IFLA	Seoul	Korea

	Pippin M. Anderson	University of Cape Town / African Centre for Cities	Cape Town	South Africa

	Lena Chan	National Biodiversity Centre	Singapore	Singapore

	Sarel Cilliers	North-West University	Potchefstroom	South Africa

	Oliver Hillel	Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity	Montréal	Canada

	Mark E. Hostetler	University of Florida	Gainesville	USA

	Sangjun Im	Seoul National University	Seoul	Korea

	Keitaro Ito	Kyushu Institute of Technology	Kitakyushu	Japan

	Ryo Kohsaka	Kanazawa University Graduate School of Human and Socio- Environmental Studies	Kanazawa	Japan

	Ian MacGregor-Fors	Instituto de Ecología, A.C.	Xalapa	Mexico

	Andre Mader	Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) - SCBD Representative	Montréal	Canada

	Mark McDonnell	Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology	Melbourne	Australia

	Choong-Hyeon Oh	Dongguk University	Seoul	Korea

	Shela J. Patrickson	ICLEI Cities and Biodiversity Centre Cape Town - ICLEI Representative	Cape Town	South Africa

	Troy Pickard	Mayor of the City of Joondalup / ICLEI - ICLEI Representative	Joondalup	Australia

	Robbert Snep	Urban-Rural Interactions Landscape Centre / Alterra	Wageningen	The Netherlands

	Wayne C. Zipperer	USDA Forest Service	Gainesville	USA