Scientific Committee

Dr. Nura Abdul Karim

• – Plant Records Manager, Singapore BG

Prof. Dr. Jin Chen

• – Director Xishuangbana Tropical Botanical Garden, China

Dr. Luu Hong Truong

• – Head of Bioresources, Institute Tropical Biology, Hochiminh, Vietnam

Prof. Dr. Francis Halle

• – Botanist, France

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sovanmoly Hul

• – Museum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris, France

Prof. Dr. Paul Kessler

• – Prefect Hortus Botanicus Leiden, Netherlands

Dr. Mark Newman

• – Tropical Systematic Botanist, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK

Prof. Dr. Pranom Chantaranothai

• – Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Dr. Yue-Hsing Star Huang

• – Director General Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taiwan

Dr. Piyakaset Suksathan

• – Director Horticulture Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Thailand

Prof. Dr. Wei-Bang Sun

• – Executive Director Kunming Botanic Gardens,Yunnan, China

Dr. Suyanee Vessabutr

• – Director Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Thailand

Dr. Joeri Sergej Strijk

• – Director/Senior Researcher, Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics, Luang Prabang, Laos

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Somchanh Bounphanmy

• • – Vice-Dean Faculty of Science, NUoL

Somsanith Bouamanivong

• • – Director National Herbarium Laos

Dr. Sounthone Ketphanh

• • – Director Forest Research Center, NAFRI

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bouakhaykhone Svengsuksa

• • – Scientific Advisor Pha Tad Ke BG

Dr. Sy Sohmer

• • • – International Scientific Advisor (Director Emeritus, BRIT and Associate, Smithsonian Institute)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bouakhaykhone Svengsuksa

• • • – Scientific Advisor

Nithakhong Somsanith

• • • – Cultural Advisor

Jean-Pierre Dovat

• • • – Artistic Advisor