Organization

NEOBIOTA

President: Montserrat Vilà, elected President of NEOBIOTA in 2014, during the meeting in Antalya. She has been Vice President from 2012 to 2014.
Vice President: Franz Essl, elected Vice President of NEOBIOTA in 2014, during the meeting in Antalya.
Secretary: Uwe Starfinger, Secretary of NEOBIOTA since 1999.
Honorary President: Ingo Kowarik, co-ordinating NEOBIOTA from 1999 to 2014 and elected President in 2012, during the meeting in Pontevedra, Spain, and Honorary President in 2014, during the meeting in Antalya.

The NEOBIOTA Council is expected to include two experts from each European country. The main tasks are:

Represent NEOBIOTA and enhance further work in the field of biological invasions at the national level;
Represent the national scientific communities and enhance communication and research at the European level

The NEOBIOTA Board includes 10 experts from Europe. The main tasks are:

Represent NEOBIOTA and enhance communication and research at the European level
Decide on the future development of NEOBIOTA and on the venue of the NEOBIOTA conferences
Elect the President and Vice President of NEOBIOTA