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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. Committee chair and membersChair(acting):
Martin Diekmann (mdiekman [at] uni-bremen [dot] de)
Members:
Jason Fridley, Jan Lepš, Kerry Woods, Bob Peet, Martin Zobel, Sandra Lavorel
Annual reports2020 Committee Report (on p.15 of the IAVS Bulletin 2021-01) The Ethics Committee oversees the implementation of the Code of Professional Ethics for the International Association for Vegetation Science. Committee chair and membersChair:
Kerry Woods (kwoods [at] bennington [dot] edu)
Members:
Alicia Acosta, Idoia Biurrun, Milan Chytry, Guillaume Decocq, Peter le Roux
Annual reports2020 Committee Report (on p.15 of the IAVS Bulletin 2021-01) The Global Sponsorship Committee is responsible for facilitating greater participation in the Association by vegetation scientists facing financial and/or linguistic challenges, for reviewing applications for waiver of membership fees and applications for free digital access to JVS and AVS, and for administering the IAVS Travel Awards programme. Committee chair and membersChair:
Gabriella Damasceno ( gabriella [dot] damasceno [at] div [dot] de)
Members:
Alessandra Fidelis - Brazil, Lauchlan Fraser - Canada, Alireza Naqinezhad - Iran, Peter C. Le Roux - South Africa, Camilla Wellstein - Italy, David Zelený - Taiwan
Financial SupportConsult our Financial Support Page here. Annual reports2020 Committee Report (on p.14 of the IAVS Bulletin 2021-01) 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. Committee chair and membersChair:
Alessandra Fidelis (alessandra [dot] fidelis [at] unesp [dot] br)
Members:
Gudrun Bornette, Guillaume Decocq, Scott Franklin, Jason Fridley, Meelis Pärtel, Valério Pillar, Jodi Price, Angelika Schwabe-Kratochwil, Otto Wildi
Annual reports2020 Committee Report (on p.12 of the IAVS Bulletin 2021-01) 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. Committee chair and membersChair:
Jürgen Dengler (DE) (dr [dot] juergen [dot] dengler [at] gmail [dot] com)
Members:
Bianca Andrade (BR), Javier Loidi (ES), Riccardo Guarino (IT), Reginald Tang Guuroh (GHC), Borja Jimenez-Alfaro (ES), Alireza Naqinezhad (IR), Frank Yonghong Li (CN)
Annual reportsThe 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. Committee chair and membersChair:
Peter Minchin (pminchi [at] siue [dot] edu)
Members:
Hans Henrik Bruun (DK), Bob Peet (US), Jessica Gurevitch (US), Tomáš Herben (CZ), Michael Manthey (DE), Orsolya Valkó (HU), Martin Zobel (EE)
Annual reports2020 Committee Report (on p.5 of the IAVS Bulletin 2021-01) 2015-16 Publications Committee Report 2014-15 Publications Officer Report The Website & Social Media 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. Do you have any news, events, publications, or achievements you would like to share with the IAVS community? Please send the details to IAVS Social Media email address (socialmedia@iavs.org) Committee chair and membersChair:
Shiwani
Members:
Florencia Yannelli, Vanessa Lozano, Irena Axmanova (IAVS Bulletin Editor)
Annual reports2020 Committee Report (on p.16 of the IAVS Bulletin 2021-01)
The Carbon Footprint of IAVS will investigate the carbon footprint of IAVS and determine how to quantify a baseline estimate of our current impacts. Committee chair and membersChair:
Members:
Martin Diekmann, John Rodwell, Viktoria Wagner
Annual reports2020 Committee Report (on p.16 of the IAVS Bulletin 2021-01)
The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Special Committee aims to raise awareness about DEI principles, foster inclusivity and highlight marginalized groups' work in vegetation science. Committee chair and membersChair:
Florencia Yannelli (florenciayannelli [at] gmail [dot] com)
Members:
Marta Gaia Sperandii, Manuele Bazzichetto, David Zeleny, Alicia Acosta, Susan Wiser, Viktoria Wagner, Glenda Mendieta Leiva, Martin Diekmann, Alessandra Fidelis
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6/22/2026 » 6/26/2026
68th IAVS Annual Symposium - Gijón, Spain
7/11/2026 » 7/19/2026
22nd EDGG Field Workshop - Alpine and subalpine grasslands of the Pirin Mountains