Chief Organizer:
- Stephen J. O’Brien, Advisory Editor; American Genetic Association; Professor, Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, Nova Southeastern University, 8000 North Ocean Drive, Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33004 USA; Professor, Harvard University, T.H Chan School of Public Health; Research Fellow, Smithsonian Institution.
The Organizing Committee
- Anne Schmidt-Küntzel (Assistant Director for Animal Health and Research, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia)
- Taras K. Oleksyk (Oakland University, Michigan; University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Uzhhorod National University, Ukraine)
- Klaus Peter Koepfli (Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, George Mason University, USA)
- Laurie Goodman (Executive Editor, GigaScience)
- Cindy Harper, University of Pretoria Veterinary College, South Africa)
- Emma Teeling, (University College Dublin, Ireland)
- Eduardo Eizirik (PUCRS, Brazil)
Local Hosts:
- Laurie Marker, Founder and Executive Director- Cheetah Conservation Fund Otjiwarongo Namibia
- Ezequiel Chimbioputo Fabiano, Department of Wildlife Management and Ecotourism, University of Namibia, Namibia
International Advisory Committee:
- Oliver Ryder (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Institute for Conservation Research, California).
- Shu-Jin Luo (Peking University, PRC);
- Brian Bowen (University of Hawaii, Hawaii Institute of Marine, Biology, Hawaii);
- Scott Baker (Marine Mammal Institute, University of Oregon, Oregon).
