This section introduces the conveners, scientific leaders,
and organizing team responsible for guiding and coordinating the symposium.
Convenors
Paolo Zucchi
Brian Farneti
Chair of ISHS Working Group
"Rubus and Ribes Speciesand Management"
Gianluca Savini
#RubusRibes2027
Anna AldrighettiDaniela MottLoris OstiPamela DivinaSabrina CattaniSara FontanariSara GiacomelliStefania ToldoStefano Curzel
Organising committee
Brian Farneti
Fondazione Edmund Mach
Paolo Zucchi
Sant'Orsola s.c.a.
Gianluca Savini
GSBC Co.
Lara Giongo
Marina Gambardela
Pontificia Universidad Catolica
Lisa Wasko DeVetter
Washington State University
Anita Sonsteby
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Amanda Moura
James Hutton Institute
Nahla Bassil
USDA Corvallis
Adrian Asanica
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest
David Bryla
USDA Corvallis
Pedro Oliveira
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P.
Margaret Leigh Worthington
University of Arkansas
Felicidad Fernandez
NIAB
Sonia Osorio
Universidad de Malaga
Nicole Giuggioli
Università di Torino
Neringa Rasiukeviciute
Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
Jorge Duarte
Horti-Duarte Consulting
Silvia Sabbadini
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Sara Prazzini du Sol
Invenio
Carolina Contreras
Universidad Austral de Chile
Cesco Stefano
Libera Università di Bolzano
Paulina Palonen
University of Helsinki
Toshi Foster
New Zealand Bioeconomy Science Institute
Chang Liu
Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Simona Castellarin
The University of British Columbia
Ioannis Tzanetakis
University of Arkansas System
Nesibe Ebru Kafkas
Cukurova University
Stanislav Pluta
Inhort Institute
Laura Jaakola
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Francesco Spinelli
Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna
Michael Dossett
British Columbia Blueberry Council
Luca Mazzoni
Università Politecnica delle Marche