Committee

Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Kaoru MAETO (Kobe University, Japan)
Committee members:
Yoshihisa ABE (Kyushu University, Japan)
Yoshimitsu HIGASHIURA (Yamaguchi Prefectural Agriculture & Forestry General Technology Center, Japan)
Tatsuya IDE (National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan)
Rikio MATSUMOTO (Osaka
Museum of Natural History
, Japan)
Kazuhnori MATSUO (Kyushu University, Japan)
Nakatada WACHI (Research Institute of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries, Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
Kyohei WATANABE (
Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History
, Japan)
Kenzo YAMAGISHI (Meijo University, Japan)
Treasurer: Toshiharu MITA (Kyushu University, Japan)
Secretary: Kazuhiko KONISHI (Ehime University, Japan)
Keizo TAKASUKA (Keio University, Japan)


Organizing Committee
Kaoru MAETO (Kobe University, Japan)
Keizo TAKASUKA (Keio University, Japan)
Kazuhiko KONISHI (Ehime University, Japan)
Toshiharu MITA (Kyushu University, Japan)
Andy POLASZEK (ISH President, Natural History Museum, London, UK)
Barbara SHARANOWSKI (ISH President-Elect, University of Florida, USA)
Craig BRABANT (ISH Treasurer, University of Wisconsin-Madison , USA)
Natalie DALE-SKEY (ISH Secretary, Natural History Museum, London, UK)
Jim WHITFIELD (ISH Past President, University of Illinois, USA)
Erinn FAGAN-JEFFRIES (ISH Webmaster, University of Adelaide, Australia)
Michael OHL (Editor, J. Hym. Res. Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany)
Amber BASS (ISH Student Representative, University of Florida, USA)
Julia STIGENBERG (Stockholm University, Sweden)


Scientific Committee
Julia STIGENBERG (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Francisco HITA GARCIA (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Michael OHL (Editor, J. Hym. Res. Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany)
Andy POLASZEK (ISH President, Natural History Museum, London, UK)
Barbara SHARANOWSKI (ISH President-Elect, University of Florida, USA)
Craig BRABANT (ISH Treasurer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
Natalie DALE-SKEY (ISH Secretary, Natural History Museum, London, UK)