HRH Princess Basma bint Ali is an advocate of biodiversity conservation and has a strong connection with the environment. She is the Founder of the Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan.

Director at Jardín Botánico ‘Carlos Thays’, Argentina

Jennifer Bernstein is CEO & The William C. Steere Sr. President at the New York Botanical Garden.

Telleen/Jorgensen Director of the Botanical Gardens, The Huntington

Director of Cayes Botanical Garden, Haiti.

Vice-president of Botanical Gardens of France and Francophone countries at Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France

Professor Sebsebe Demissew is a senior advisor to Gullele Botanic Garden, Ethiopia and former Co-Chair of the IPBES Multidisciplinary Expert Panel.

Director at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK

Director Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen & CAS

Director and Chief Executive at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Australia

President and CEO at Chicago Botanic Garden, USA

Director at South China Botanical Garden, China

Director at Hangzhou Botanical Garden, China

President & Executive Director, Massachusetts Horticultural Society The Garden at Elm Bank

Director Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, China

Director-General of Korea National Arboretum, Republic of Korea

Director at The National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Ireland

Director of Hunan Botanical Garden, China

DD/Library, Training & Ext. Relations at Singapore Botanic Garden, Singapore

Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Georgia

Jill Koski is the President of The Morton Arboretum, US.

Korea Arboreta and Gardens Institute, Republic of Korea

Director of Zomba Botanical Garden, Malawi

Anna and Hays Mershon President and Chief Executive Officer at Atlanta Botanical Garden. USA

Coordinator of the National Center for Plant Conservation – CNCFlora at Brazilian National Centre for Flora Conservation – CNCFlora, Brazil

President & CEO, Naples Botanical Garden

Director at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Hong Kong, China

Regius Keeper at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK

Senior Manager of Exhibit Service Division in Sejong National Arboretum, Sejong-si, Republic of Korea

Executive Director at United States Botanic Garden, USA

Director of Beijing Botanical Garden

President and Chief Executive Officer at Longwood Gardens, USA

Chief at Cadereyta Regional Botanic Garden, Mexico

Director at Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Switzerland

Director at The Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan

Director Research & Chief Botanist at The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Australia

Director of Gothenburg Botanical Garden

Director of Horticulture at Royal Horticultural Society, UK

Chief Executive Officer, Denver Botanic Gardens

Director Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy Of Sciences, China

Director of Shanghai Botanical Garden

President, Director, & Chief Executive Officer at National Tropical Botanical Garden, USA

South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

Peter Wyse Jackson is the Director of Missouri Botanical Garden and George Englemann Professor of Botany, Washington University in St. Louis. In 1987, he joined IUCN where he helped to establish the international network organization for botanic gardens that became BGCI.

Director of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden