Awards | Ethics | Global Sponsorship | Meetings | Membership | Publications | Website & Social Media | Carbon Footprint
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Awards Committee
The Awards Committee administers the Awards Program of the Association (except for the Editors’ Award) and proposes to the Governing Board scientists to receive Association awards.
Chair, Joop H. J. Schaminée
Email: joop.schaminee@wur.nl
Members:
Sara Cousins
Martin Diekmann
Jason Fridley
Deborah Goldberg
Jan Lepš
Nina Smits
Kerry Woods
2019 Committee Report
2018 Committee Report
2017 Committee Report
2015 Committee Report
Ethics Committee
The Ethics Committee oversees the implementation of the Code of Professional Ethics for the International Association for Vegetation Science.
Chair, Kerry Woods
Email: kwoods@bennington.edu
Members:
Guillaume Decocq
Idoia Biurrun
Alicia Acosta
Tom Wentworth
Milan Chytry
2018 Committee Report
2017 Committee Report
The Global Sponsorship Committee is responsible for facilitating greater participation in the Association by vegetation scientists facing financial and/or linguistic challenges, and for reviewing applications for waiver of membership fees and applications for free digital access to JVS and AVS.
Chair, Alessandra Fidelis, Brazil
E-mail: alessandra.fidelis@unesp.br
Members:
Lauchlan Fraser - Canada
Alireza Naqinezhad - Iran
Peter C. Le Roux - South Africa
Camilla Wellstein - Italy
David Zelený - Taiwan
2019 Committee Report
2018 Committee Report
2017 Committee Report
Meetings Committee
The Meetings Committee coordinates the Symposia of the Association and associated excursions. It evaluates proposals to host the meeting, advises the local organizing committees, and works to assure conformance with the established guidelines of the Association.
Chair, Javier Loidi
Email: javier.loidi@ehu.es
Members:
Guillaume Decocq
Jason Fridley
Gudrun Bornette
Meelis Pärtel
Valério Pillar
Jodi Price
Angelika Schwabe-Kratochwil
Scott Franklin
Otto Wildi
2019 Committee Report
2018 Committee Report
2017 Committee Report
Membership Committee
The Membership Committee serves to promote increased membership in the Association and better services for members. This includes solicitation of input from members or potential members, and the assessment of member services and benefits.
Chair, Jürgen Dengler (DE)
Email: juergen.dengler@uni-bayreuth.de
Members:
Javier Loidi (ES)
Bianca Andrade (BR)
Riccardo Guarino (IT)
Reginald Tang Guuroh (GHC)
Gerald Jurasinski (DE)
Alireza Naqinezhad (IR)
Frank Yonghong Li (CN)
2018 Committee Report
2017 Committee Report
Publications Committee
The Publications Committee oversees the publications of the Association. It reviews and approves proposals from the Chief Editors for major changes in the structure and content of the journals, and is responsible for a recurring 4-year review of the Chief Editors.
Chair, Peter Minchin
E-mail: minchin.peter@gmail.com
Members:
Bob Peet (US)
Hans Henrik Bruun (DK)
Jessica Gurevitch (US)
Tomáš Herben (CZ)
Michael Manthey (DE)
Martin Zobel (EE)
Norman Mason (NZ)
Reports:
2019 Committee Report
2019 Chief Editors Report
2018 Publishers Report
2018 Chief Editors Report
2017 Committee Report
2017 Chief Editors Report
2016 Chief Editors Report
2015-16 Publications Committee Report
2015 Chief Editors Report
2014-15 Publications Officer Report
2013-14 Publications Officer Report
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Website & Social Media Special Committee
The Website & Social Media Special Committee reviews the general structure and content of the Association website, updates links to other websites, and develops ideas about how to use new social media for communication in the Association.
Chair: Viktoria Wagner
E-mail: viktoria.wagner@ualberta.ca
Members:
Heike Culmsee
Florencia Yannelli
Gerald Jurasinski
Interested in becoming involved with this committee? Contact Viktora Wagner.
Carbon Footprint Special Committee
The Carbon Footprint of IAVS will investigate the carbon footprint of IAVS and determine how to quantify a baseline estimate of our current impacts
Members:
Viktoria Wagner
John Rodwell
Martin Diekmann