COMMITTEES
Organizing Committee
Abdelhaq Hanafi
Chairman of the Organizing Committee, ISHS Council Member, Morocco
Bruno Gerard
Dean of the College for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Science,
Mohamed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Morocco
Abdeouahhab Zaid
FAO Goodwill Ambassador, United Nations, UAE
Wilfried Baudoin
Former FAO Senior Officer, United Nations, Rome, Italy
Mihi Mohamed
President AMPP Association Marocaine de Protection des Plantes, Morocco
Yuksel Tuzel
Former ISHS President and Professor Ege University Izmir Turkey
Karin Hannweg
Chair ISHS Division Tropical & Sub-tropical fruits, South Africa
Karamoko Diarra
Professor, Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar Senegal
Isaac O.O. Aiyelaagbe
Professor Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria
Joseph Nkandu
Director NUCAFE, Uganda
Marco Wopereis
Director World Vegetable Center, Taiwan
Mel Oulouch
Director Strategic Partnerships SASAKWA, Ethiopia
Rachid Bouharroud
Researcher INRA, Agadir, Morocco
Redouane Choukr-Allah
Co- Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Mohamed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Morocco
Mohamed El Gharous
Mohamed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Morocco
Mohamed El Otmani
Senior Professor IAV Hassan II, Morocco
Ayman Abou Hadid
Former Minister of Agriculture, Cairo, Egypt
Besri Mohamed
Senior Professor IAV Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco
Cherrubino Leonardi
Professor University of Catania, Italy
Melinda Knuth
Chair ISHS Division of Horticulture for Development, North Carolina, USA
Moctar Fall
ISHS Board Member Africa, Senegal
Powel Bronwen
Professor, Penn State University USA
Remi Kahane
Researcher, CIRAD Montpellier, France
Gabriel Rugalema
Regional Director World Vegetable Center, South Africa
Zine El Alami
Former Director FOODEX Agadir Morocco
Scientific Committee
Abdelaziz Hirich
Chair of the scientific committee, Mohamed VI Polytechnic University Morocco,
Abdelhaq Hanafi
ISHS Council Member, Senior United Nations Officer
Bruno Gerard
Dean of the College for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Science, Mohamed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
Mohamed El Gharous
Mohamed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
Wilfried Baudoin
Former FAO Senior Officer, Rome, Italy
Yuksel Tuzel
Former ISHS President and Professor Ege University Izmir Turkey
Silvana Nicola
Professor, Turin University, Italy
Stefania De Pascale
Professor, University of Naples, Italy
Isaac O.O. Aiyelaagbe
Professor Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria
Remi Kahane
Researcher, CIRAD Montpellier, France
Yann FROELICHER
Citrus geneticist and variety expert, INRAe, Corse, France
Manuel AGUSTI
Subtropical fruit expert, Universidad Politécnica, Valencia, Spain
Elhadi M. Yahia Kazouz
Tropical crops expert, Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico
Abdallah OIHABI
International Date Palm Expert, Spain, Senior United nations Officer
Jacques NeBambi Lutaladio
University Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Mohamed El Otmani
Co-Chair of the Scientific Committee, Former professor IAV Hassan II Morocco
Redouane Choukr-Allah
Mohamed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
Mustapha El Bouhssini
Mohamed VI Polytechnic University,
Morocco
Mohammed Boulif
Mohamed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
Ayman Abou Hadid
Former Minister of Agriculture Egypt
Cherrubino Leonardi
Professor University Catania, Italy
Karin Hannweg
ISHS Chair Division Tropical & Sub-tropical fruits, South Africa
Karamoko Diarra
Professor Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar Senegal
Joseph Nkandu
Director NUCAFE, Uganda
Carol LOVATT
Citrus and avocado expert, University of California, Riverside, USA
Abdelkader Taleb
Former professor IAV Hassan II, Morocco
Simona CONSOLI
Sustainable water management for irrigation of Mediterranean crops, University of Catania, Sicily, Italy
Abdulaziz Alharbi
King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Zora Singh
Edith Cowan University, Australia
Honorary Committee
Hicham EL Habti
President of Mohamed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
Abdallah Radouani
ISHS Council Member, Morocco
Ghita El Ghorfi
Director of FOODEX, Casablanca, Morocco
Faouzi Bekkaoui
Director of INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Rabat, Morocco
Mhamed Sedrati
Former Director IAV Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco
Francois Laurens
President International Society of Horticultural Science ISHS
Abdelouahhab Zaid
FAO Goodwill Ambassador, United Nations UAE
Abdelaziz El Hraiki
Director of IAV (Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire) Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco
Said Amiri
Director Ecole Nationale Agriculture ENA Meknes, Morocco
Ismahane Al Ouafi
Chief Scientist Rome, United Nations, Rome, Italy