ISHS Board Members

The ISHS Board is comprised of the President, six representatives from each of the regions [Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America] and two ex-officio members: the President of the forthcoming International Horticultural Congress (IHC) and the ISHS Executive Director. The President and Regional Representatives are elected at the Council meeting concurrent with each IHC for a four-year term. Members of the Board may serve no more than two consecutive terms (eight years).

Dr. Francois Laurens

President

INRAE

Centre d’Angers
49071 Beaucouzé

France

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Prof. Patrícia Paiva

Vice-President in charge of Young Minds

Universidade Federal de Lavras

Depto de Agricultura
Campus Universitario
Lavras
MG 37200-000

Brazil

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Prof. Ted DeJong

Vice-President in charge of scientific programs; statutory chair of the Executive Committee

UC Davis

Department of Plant Sciences
Mail Stop II
One Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616-8683

United States of America

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Dr. Lukas Bertschinger

Treasurer, in charge of strategy to strengthen membership and outreach

klb innovation GmbH

Meierhofrain 28
8820 Wädenswil

Switzerland

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Mr. Moctar Fall

Secretary, in charge of partnership towards industry, institutions and NGOs

Cluster Horticulture

2,5 km Route de lAéroport
Immeuble MSA – BP 25 852
Dakar

Senegal

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Prof. Yao-Chien Alex Chang

Publications

National Taiwan University

Dept. of Horticulture
1 Roosevelt Road Sec. 4
Taipei 106

Chinese Taipei

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Prof. Peter J. Batt

Communications

3 Rodondo Place
Shelley
WA 6148

Australia

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Prof. Ryutaro Tao

President of the ISHS XXXII IHC (Kyoto, Japan, 2026)

Kyoto University

Lab. of Pomology, Faculty of Agriculture
Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho
Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8502

Japan

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Mr. Peter Vanderborght

Executive Director

ISHS Secretariat

Corbeekhoeve
Pastoriestraat 2
3360 Korbeek-Lo

Belgium

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