Scientific Committee Sven Bacher, University of Fribourg (CH)Giuseppe Brundu, University of Sassari (IT)Martina Carrete, University Pablo de Olavide (ES)Franz Essl, University of Vienna (AT)Belinda Gallardo Armas, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (ES)Phil Hulme, Lincoln University, Canterbury (NZ)Sven Jelaska, University of Zagreb (HR)Mitja Kaligarič, University of Maribor (SI)Ingo Kowarik, TU Berlin (DE)Ingolf Kühn, UFZ, Halle (DE)Dinka Matošević, Croatian Forest Research Institute (HR)Bruce Osborne, UCD Dublin (IE)Marina Piria, University of Zagreb (HR)Petr Pyšek, Institute of Botany, CAS, Pruhonice (CZ)Wolfgang Rabitsch, Umweltbundesamt, Wien (AT)Christian Ries, National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg (LU)Helen Roy, CEH – NERC, Oxfordshire (UK)Uwe Starfinger, Julius Kühn-Institut, Braunschweig (DE)Elena Tricarico, University of Florence (IT)Teodora Trichkova, IBER (BG)Gábor Vétek, Szent István University (HU)Montserrat Vilà, EBD-CSIC, Sevilla (ES)Ante Žuljević, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (HR) Local Organising Committee Sanja Gottstein, University of ZagrebSandra Hudina, University of ZagrebNenad Jasprica, University of DubrovnikSven Jelaska, University of ZagrebIvana Maguire, University of ZagrebDinka Matošević, Croatian Forest Research Institute, JastrebarskoMarina Piria, University of ZagrebLucija Šerić Jelaska, University of ZagrebAnte Žuljević, Institute of Oceanography, Split