Organisation

Organizing Committee

Björn Hånell SLU, Chair
Marie Kofod-Hansen TorvForsk, Congress General
Claes Rülcker Swedish Peat Producers Association, Reference Group
Stefan Östlund Neova, Congress Committee
Tord Magnusson SLU, Scientific programme
Claes Bohlin Hasselfors Garden, Social and cultural programme
Eva Andersson Econova, Social and cultural programme
Ulla Kindfors Hassefors Garden, Social and cultural programme
Bernt Hedlund Senior advisor Sponsoring
Lars Lundin SLU, In-congress field trips
Dag Fredriksson Senior Advisor, In-congress field trips
Gustav Sohlenius Geological Survey of Sweden, In-congress field trips
Jan Burvall Skellefteå Kraft AB, Pre and Post-tours

Congress Chair

Professor Björn Hånell, SLU bjorn.hanell@slu.se

Congress Secretariat

Marie Kofod-Hansen marie.kofodhansen@torvforsk.se
Gunilla Öberg-Åkerlund info@gunillaoberg.se
Lena Lysell, MCI lena.lysell@mci-group.com

Scientific Committee

Chair: Tord Magnusson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå,
tord.magnusson@slu.se
Vice Chair: Björn Hånell Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden,
Bjorn.Hanell@slu.se
   
   
Kerstin Berglund Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
kerstin.berglund@slu.se
Aletta Bonn IUCN UK Peatland Programme, York, United Kingdom,
aletta.bonn@iucn.org.uk

Catherine Farrell

Bord na Móna Energy Limited, Ireland,
catherine.farrell@bnm.ie
Pat Fitzgerald

Bord na Moná p.l.c
pat.fitzgerald@bnm.ie

Michiel Gerding Parkstraat, 49401 LJ Assen, The Netherlands
m.gerding@drentsplateau.nl
Ing-Marie Gren Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden,
Ing-Marie.Gren@slu.se
Hannu Hökkä Finnish Forest Research Institute, Rovaniemi, Finland
hannu.hokka@metla.fi
Riitta Korhonen Finnish Peatland Society
riittakorhonen3@gmail.com
Ari Laurén Finnish Forest Research Institute, Joensuu, Finland,
ari.lauren@metla.fi
Elve Lode Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden/Tallin University, Estonia,
Elve.Lode@slu.se
Lars Lundin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
lars.lundin@slu.se
Kari Mutka Biodiili Ltd, Leppätie, Finland
kari.mutka@biodiili.fi
Mats Nilsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden,
Mats.B.Nilsson@slu.se
Susan Page University of Leicester, United Kingdom,
sep5@le.ac.uk
Florence Renou-Wilson UCD School of Biology & Environmental Science, Dublin, Ireland,
Florence.renou@ucd.ie
Jack Rieley University of Nottingham, United Kingdom,
jack.rieley@btinternet.com
Håkan Rydin Uppsala University, Sweden,
hakan.rydin@ebc.uu.se
Gerald Schmilewski Klasmann-Deilmann GmbH, Saterland-Sedelsberg, Germany.
gerald.schmilewski@klasmann-deilmann.com
Jürgen Schoenherr Institut für Technologieentwicklung, Torf- und Naturstoff-Forschung Zittau/Görlitz Germany, j.schoenherr@hs-zigr.de
Marcel Silvius Wetlands International
Marcel.Silvius@wetlands.org
Gustaf Sohlenius Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU), Uppsala, Sweden,
gustav.sohlenius@sgu.se
Lech Szajdak Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment ul., Poland,
szajlech@man.poznan.pl, lszajdak@tlen.pl
Carl Trettin USDA-Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Cordesville SC, USA,
ctrettin@fs.fed.us
 Eeva-Stiina Tuittila  Peatland Ecology Group, University of Helsinki, Finland
eeva-stiina.tuittila@uef.fi