Scientific Committee :

Co-Chairs :

• Alon Tal, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
• Arnon Karnieli, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
  
  

Special Advisor to the Scientific Committee:

• Uriel Safriel, Hebrew University, Israel
  
  

Special Advisor to the Organizing Committee:

• Israel Eliaashiv, Ambassador of Israel (retired)
  
  

International Scientific Advisory Committee :

• Michael Cherlet, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
• Garik Gutman, NASA, USA
• Sharon Megdal, Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona, USA
• Alan Grainger, Leeds University, UK
• Pam Chasek, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Manhattan College, USA
• Jurgen Volt, European Drought Observatory, JRC, Italy
• Stuart Marsh, University of Arizona
• Priscilla M. Achakpa, Women Environmental Programme, Nigeria
• David Mutekanga, Wildlife Conservation Society, Tanzania
• Charles Hutchinson, International Arid Lands Consortium, University of Arizona , USA
  
  

Local Scientific Advisory Committee:

• Naftali Lazarovich, Ben-Gurion University, Israel  & Alon Ben-Gal, The Agricultural Research Organization, Israel {desert agriculture}
• Isaac Meir & David Perlmutter, Ben-Gurion University, Israel  {Architecture and city planning in drylands and arid areas}
• Eli Zaadi, Avi Perevolotsky, The Agricultural Research Organization, Israel {Grazing in drylands}
• Arnon Karnieli, Ben-Gurion University, Israel {Remote sensing – tools and implications}
• Noam Weisbrod, Ben-Gurion University, Israel {Restoring water resources: practice, research & watershed management}
• Uri Minglegrin, The Agricultural Research Organization, Israel {Soil & land restoration efforts}
• Moshe Itzhak & David Brand, KKL {Aforestation programs  in dryland regions}
• Ehud Meron, Ben-Gurion University, Israel {Mathematics of Desertification}
• Nadav Davidovich, Ben-Gurion University, Israel & Maya Negev, Tel-Aviv University, Israel {Public health and life in deserts and drylands}
• Pnina M.-Heller, Ben-Gurion University, Israel {Nomadic people in desert regions}
• Amit Gross, Ben-Gurion University, Israel {Carbon Reduction}
• Yoram Ayal, Ben-Gurion University, Israel {Terrestrial biome evolution and structure: the implications for their preservation}
• Orit Ben-Zvi Assaraf, Ben-Gurion University, Israel {Environmental Education}