Convener: Antonio Fernando Caetano Tombolato - tombolat@iac.sp.gov.br
Organizing Committee: Márcio Akira Ito - akira@apta.sp.gov.br
Secretariat: Carlos Eduardo Ferreira de Castro (treasurer) - ccastro@iac.sp.gov.br
Scientific Committee:
President for Palm: Kathia Pivetta - Brazil
Alan Meerow – USA
Larry Noblick – USA
William J Baker – UK
Maria Esmeralda Soares Payão Demattê – Brasil
Roberta Pierry Uzzo – Brasil
Lin Yorum – China
President for Bamboo: Tito Schiva - Italy
Antonio Salgado - Brazil
Tarciso Filgueiras - Brazil
Fu Jinhe - China
Yang Yuming - China
Ximena Londoñio - Colombia
Antonio Ludovico Beraldo - Brazil