Elected members of the working parties for the period 2008 - 2012
Working Party on Poplar and Willow Diseases
Chairperson
Ms Marijke Steenackers
Institute for Forestry and Game Management
Gaverstraat 4
9500 Geraardsbergen
BELGIUM
Tel: (32 54) 437123
Fax: (32 54) 436160
E-mail: Marijke.Steenackers@inbo.be
Vice-Chairperson
Mr Mauritz Ramstedt
Swedish University of Agriculture
Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
SE-750 07 Uppsala
SWEDEN
Tel: (46-18) 672572
E-mail: moje@scientist.com
or Mauritz.Ramstedt@mykopat.slu.se
Technical Secretary
Ms Edilene Buturi Machado
Swedish Match do Brasil S.A.
Trav. Percy Whiters, No 88, Apt. 61
80240-190 Curitiba, Paraná
BRAZIL
Tel: (55-41) 3225225
Fax: (55-41) 3220603
E-mail: edilene.machado@swedishmatch.com.br
Working Party on Poplar and Willow Insect and Other Animal Pests
Chairperson
Ms Sylvie Augustin
Unité de Zoologie forestière
INRA
BP 20619 Ardon
Olivet, Cedex F-45166
FRANCE
Tel: (33 2) 38417893
Fax: (33 2) 38417879
E-mail: Sylvie.Augustin@orleans.inra.fr
Working Party on Harvesting and Utilization of Poplar and Willow Wood
Chairperson
Mr Joris Van Acker
Laboratory of Wood Technology
Ghent University (UGent)
Coupure links 653
B-9000 Ghent
BELGIUM
Tel: + 32 9 2646120
Fax: + 32 9 2646233
E-mail: Joris.VanAcker@UGent.be
Vice-Chairperson
Mr Jaime Ulloa
Cia.Agrícola y Forestal El Alamo Ltda.
Fundo Copihue s/n - Casilla No. 36 (Parral)
Retiro
CHILE
Tel: (56-73) 462179
Fax: (56-73) 461783
E-mail: julloa@cafelalamo.cl
Vice-Chairperson
Ms Ilona Peszlen
Department of Wood and Paper Science
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695
USA
Tel: (1 919) 513 1265
Fax: (1 919) 513 3496
E-mail: Ilona_Peszlen@ncsu.edu
Vice-Chairperson
Mr Yukun Hua
College of Wood Science & Technology
Nanjing Forestry University
Nanjing, 210037
P.R. CHINA
E-mail: huayukun@njfu.com.cn
Technical Secretary
Mr Patrick Mertens
Centre de recherche de la nature, des forêts et du bois
Avenue Maréchal Juin, 23
B-5030 Gembloux
BELGIUM
Tel: (32-81) 626448
Fax: (32-81) 615727
E-mail: P.Mertens@mrw.wallonie.be
Past Chair
Mr John Balatinecz
Faculty of Forestry
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3B3
CANADA
E-mail: j.balatinecz@rogers.com
Working Party on Poplar and Willow Genetics, Conservation and Improvement
Chairperson
Ms Teresa Cerrillo
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA)
EEA Delta del Paraná
Campana
ARGENTINA
Tel: (54-11) 47494609
E-mail: tcerrillo@gmail.com
Vice-Chairperson
Mr Sasa Orlovic
Head of the Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment
Antona Cehova 13
P.O. Box 117
21000 Novi Sad, Vojvodina
Republic of SERBIA
Tel: (381-21) 540386
Fax: (381-21) 540385
E-mail: sasao@uns.ns.ac.yu
Vice-Chairperson
Qiwen Zhang
Research Institute of Forestry
Chinese Academy of Forestry
National Poplar Committee of China
Wanshoushan, Beijing 100091
P.R.CHINA
Tel: (86-10) 62889654
Fax: (86-10) 62872015
E-mail: zhangqw@caf.ac.cn
or lijinh@caf.ac.cn
Technical Secretary
Mr Ian Mc Ivor
HortResearch
Private Bag 11030
Palmerston North
Tel: (64-06) 9537673
Fax: (64-6) 3546731
NEW ZEALAND
E-mail: imcivor@hortresearch.co.nz
Working Party on Production Systems for Poplars and Willows
Chairperson
Mr Theo Verwijst
Head of Department
Department of Short Rotation Forestry
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
P.O. Box 7016
SE-750 07 Uppsala
SWEDEN
Tel: (46 18) 672550/672551/671000
Fax: (46 18) 673440
E-mail: theo.verwijst@vpe.slu.se
Technical Secretaries:
Mr Timothy A. Volk
Forest and Natural Resources Management
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY 13210
USA
Tel: 1 315 - 470 - 6774
Fax: 1 315 - 470 - 6934
E-mail: tavolk@esf.edu
Ms Mirta Rosa Larrieu
Producción Agropecuaria y Forestal
Ministerio de Economía y Producción
Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentos
Av. Paseo Colón 982, Anexo Jardín
Buenos Aires
Tel: (54-11) 43492103
Fax: (54-11) 43492102
E-mail: milarr@mecon.gov.ar
or mirtalarrieu@yahoo.com.ar
Working Party on Environmental Applications of Poplars and Willows
Chairperson
Mr Jud Isebrands
Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the International Poplar Commission
Environmental Forestry Consultants
P.O. Box 54, E7323 Hwy 54
New London, Wisconsin 54961
USA
Tel: (1-920) 531 1007
Fax: (1-920) 531 1008
E-mail: efcllc@athenet.net
Vice-Chairperson
Mr Jannis Dimitriu
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Department of Crop Production Ecology
Vallvägen 10
P.O. Box 7016
SE-750 07 Uppsala
SWEDEN
Tel: (46-18) 672553
Fax: (46-18) 673440
E-mail: Jannis.Dimitriou@vpe.slu.se
Vice-Chairperson
Sharon Lafferty Doty
University of Washington
College of Forest Resources
UW Box 352100
Seattle, Washington
Tel: (1-206) 6166255
Fax: (1-206) 5433254
E-mail: sldoty@u.washington.edu
Technical Secretary
Ms Drusilla Riddell-Black
Lupus Science
41 Bradley Road, Huntercombe
Buffield, Oxfordshire RG9 5SG
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: (44-1491) 641788
Fax: (44-1491) 642223
E-mail: drusilla@lupus-science.co.uk
AD HOC COMMITTEE
Sub-Committee on Nomenclature and Registration
Chairperson
Julia Kuzovkina
University of Connecticut
Storrs-Mansfield, CT 06269
Tel: (1-860) 486-3438
E-mail: jkuzovkina@uconn.edu
Vice-Chairperson
Mr Stefano Bisoffi
Stefano BISOFFI
Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura
Via Nazionale 82
00184 Roma
Tel: (39-06) 47836511
Fax: (39-06) 47836505
E-mail: stefano.bisoffi@entecra.it
Technical Secretary
Mr Lorenzo Vietto
CRA, Unità di Ricerca per le Produzioni Legnose Fuori Foreste
Strada Frassineto 35
15033 Casale Monferrato (AL)
Tel: (39-0142) 330916
Fax: (39-0142) 55580
E-mail: Lorenzo.vietto@entecra.it