Dr. David Minter

President of International Society for Fungal Conservation, UK

"Fungal conservation in the Middle East and North Africa: a big challenge for a new society"


Dr. Jean Mouchacca

Ramses II Fungi

Department of Systematic & Evolution Natural History Museum, Paris, France

"Mycological discoveries in the arid Middle East in the second part of the last century"


Prof. Gerhard Kost

Professor of Dept. Systematic Botany & Mycology Faculty of Biology, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany

"Conservation and distribution of Higher Basidiomycota"

Prof. Azza AlMusallam

Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait

"The truffle genera: threatened edible macrofungi in the GCC peninsula. An overview of taxonomy and phylogentic relationships."

Prof. Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem

Botany Department, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
Chairman of Arab society for Fungal Conservation

"The Orphans of Rio in Northern Africa - Egypt a Case Study"

Prof. Mona F. Kaiser

Geology Department, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
Vice dean for community service and environmental development affairs.

"GIS as a Conservation Tool"

Prof. Michael Weiss

Steinbeis Innovation Center, Germany

"Key players in the underground? An overview on biodiversity, ecology, and systematics of the Sebacinales"