Committee

Conference Management Team

(sorted alphabetically)

• Isaac Bekalo, Director, IIRR-East Africa, Kenya

• Jon Corbett, Director, Land and People Information Sharing (LAPIS); and Assistant Professor, Department of Geography University of Victoria, Canada

• Peter Mbile, INRM Researcher, ICRAF-African Humid Tropics (AHT) Yaounde, Cameroon

• Mike McCall, Associate Professor, ITC, Enschede, Netherlands

• Giacomo Rambaldi, Coordinator Regional Programmes, CTA, The Netherlands

• Richard Sliuzas, President, GISDECO, Enschede, Netherlands

• Silika Tuivanuavou, GIS Specialist, Native Land Trust Board, Fiji

• Jeroen Verplanke, Lecturer/Researcher, ITC, Enschede, Netherlands

• John Woodend, Coordinator Co-Seminars, CTA, The Netherlands

Conference Advisory Group

(sorted alphabetically)

• Karin Buren, Associate Human Settlements Officer, Urban Environment Section, UN-HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenya

• Robert Chambers, Research Associate, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

• Dave de Vera, Executive Director, Philippine Association for Intercultural Development (PAFID), Philippines

• Glynis Ford, Min. of Agriculture, Jamaica

• Jefferson Fox, Coordinator, Environmental Studies; Senior Fellow, East-West Center, Hawaii, USA

• Adrian Lasimbang, Program Coordinator, Partners of Community Organisations (PACOS TRUST), Penampang, Sabah, Malaysia

• Rhodora Gonzalez, Department of Geodetic Engineering, University of the Philippines

• Peter A. Kwaku Kyem, Associate Professor, Central Connecticut State University, USA

• Ishmail Mahiri, Department of Geography, Kenyatta University, Kenya

• E. G. Mtalo, Director, University College of Lands and Architectural Studies (UCLAS), University of Dar es salaam (UDSM), Tanzania

• Julius Githinji Muchemi, Executive Director, Environmental Research Mapping and Information System in Africa (ERMIS AFRICA)

• Daniel Murdiyarso, Scientist, Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia

• Peter Poole, Local Earth Observation (LEO), Hudson, Quebec Top Iho, Canada

• Laurent G. Sedogo, Minister of Environment & Standard of Living, Govt. of Burkina Faso

• Allan Smith, Research Scientist, (CANARI), Caribbean Natural Resources Institute, St. Lucia

• Daniel Weiner, Professor of Geography and Director, West Virginia University, Office of International Programs, USA