Congress Committees
The organisational part and the scientific content of the first IUFRO-FORNESSA Regional Congress are guided by two Committees:
Congress Organizing Committee (COC)
- Dr. Ben Chikamai, Director Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), Kenya [Chair]
- Dr. Joseph Cobbinah, Coordinator Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA), Ghana
- Dr. Bernard Kigomo, Deputy Director, Research and Development, KEFRI, Kenya
- Dr. Tony Simons, Director General World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kenya
- Prof. August B. Temu, Partnerships Coordinator, ICRAF, Kenya
- Mr. Polycarpe Masupa-Kambale, Projects Manager, International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), Japan
- Dr. Michael Kleine, Coordinator IUFRO Special Programme for Developing Countries (SPDC) and IUFRO Deputy Director, Austria
- Prof. Godwin Kowero, Executive Secretary African Forest Forum (AFF), Kenya
- Dr. Mercy Gichora, Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), Kenya
- Mr. Ephraim Muchiri, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, Kenya
- Mr. Emilio Mugo, Kenya Forest Service (KFS), Kenya
- Prof. Kingiri Senelwa, Dean, School of Forestry, Moi University, Kenya
- Dr. Aissetou Drame Yaye, Representative, African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE), Kenya
Congress Scientific Committee (CSC)
- Dr. Joseph Cobbinah, Coordinator Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA), Ghana [Chair]
- Prof. em. David Okali, Nigeria Environmental Study/Action Team, Nigeria
- Dr. Steve Makungwa, Bunda College of Agriculture, Malawi
- Dr. Zackary Tchoundjeu, ICRAF Regional Director, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Associate Prof. William Gombya-Ssembajwe, Uganda Forest Resources and Institutions Centre (UFRIC), Uganda
- Prof. Shabani A.O. Chamshama, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
- Dr. Aissetou Yaye-Drame, Executive Secretary, African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE), Kenya
- Dr. Beatrice Darko Obiri, Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Ghana
- Prof. Michael Wingfield, IUFRO Vice-President, South Africa
- Dr. John Parrotta, US Forest Service, USA