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Conference Steering Committee

From setting the conference dates and theme to coordinating all ICCB Organizing Committees, the Conference Steering Committee is in charge of ICCB's scientific and social program before, during and after the conference. The committee is excited to welcome delegates from around the world to Cartagena and is committed to organizing a first-rate sustainable conference that incorporates Colombia's local flavor into this global meeting for conservation science.

Chair
Olivier Chassot (SCB LACA Section President)

Co-Chairs
John Cigliano (SCB Marine Section President)
Heather DeCaluwe (SCB Executive Director)
Mike Mascia (SCB President Elect and Global Conference Committee Chair

Vice-Chair
Laure Cugnière

Members
Gabriel Navas Suarez - Local Organizing Committee Chair
Morena Mills - Scientific Committee Chair
Padu Franco and Elsa Escobar - Development Chair
Jackie Grant - Education and Student Affairs Committee Chair
Carolina Gomez-Posada - Diversity Committee Chair
Li (Aster) Zhang - Travel Awards Chair
Rachel Golden - Communications Committee Chair



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Local Organizing Committee

Chair

Gabriel Navas Suarez

Co-chairs

Jose F Gonzales-Maya
Christian Olaciregui

Vice-chair

Laure Cugnière

Members

Diego Zarrate Charry
Juan David Carvajal
Carlos Andrés Cultid
Jennifer McRuer
Guido Alberto Herrera Rodriguez
Luis German Naranjo
Nicola Sian Flanagan
Jenilee Montes
Gustavo Habib Kattan


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Scientific Committee

Chair

Morena Mills

Co-chairs

Kartik Shanker
Ximena Rueda Fajardo

Vice-chair

Laure Cugnière

Members

Mike Mascia
Olivier Chassot
Susana Caballero
Nigel Noriega
Alice Hughes
Ursula Jaramillo Villa
Jorge E. Celi
Sara Kross
Robert Nasi
German Forero-Medina
Anthony R. Cummings
Natalia Norden


Special Thanks to Vikram Aditya, Sandeep Sen, Mallika Sardeshpande and Prashanth M B for their support in the cumbersome yet invaluable task of attributing reviewers to thousands of abstracts and to Cristina Romero for stepping in and helping with ICCB abstract review.
 


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Development Committee

Chair

Elsa Mathilde Escobar
Padu Franco

Co-chairs

Christopher Anderson
Natalia Huang

Vice-chair

Lauren Bailey

Members

Kathy Halvorsen
Abigail Dan
Margarita O. Zethelius


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Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Committee

Chair

Carolina Gomez-Posada

Co-chairs

Tsitsi MacPherson
Sukh Mantel

Vice-chair

Matt Herbert

Members

Eric Ramirez Bravo
Felix Abayomi
Luz Helena Oviedo Villegas
Lourdes (Luli) Martinez-Estevez