Organizing committees Local Organizing Committee President Prof. Moissis Mylonas - Department of Biology and Natural History Museum of Crete (NHMC), University of Crete, GR-71409 Irakleio, Crete, Greece (e-mail: mylonas@nhmc.uoc.gr). Treasures Dr. Petros Lymberakis – NHMC, University of Crete (e-mail: lyberis@nhmc.uoc.gr). Dr. Charalampos Fassoulas – NHMC, University of Crete (e-mail: fassoulas@nhmc.uoc.gr). Members Assist. Prof. Nikos Poulakakis - Department of Biology and NHMC, University of Crete (e-mail: poulakakis@nhmc.uoc.gr). Dr. Apostolos Trichas – NHMC, University of Crete (e-mail: atrichas@nhmc.uoc.gr). Dr. Katerina Vardinoyannis – NHMC, University of Crete (e-mail: mollusca@nhmc.uoc.gr). Dr. Katerina Voreadou – NHMC, University of Crete (e-mail: voreadou@nhmc.uoc.gr). Prof. Ioannis Karakassis - Department of Biology, University of Crete (e-mail: karakassis@biology.uoc.gr). Dr. Antonios Magoulas - Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Thalassocosmos, Gournes Pediados, GR-71003 Irakleio, Crete, Greece (e-mail: magoulas@her.hcmr.gr). Assoc. Prof. Dimitrios Kollaros - Department of Floriculture and Greenhouse Crops, School of Agricultural Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, GR-71004 Irakleio, Crete, Greece (e-mail: kollaros@steg.teicrete.gr). International Organizing Committee Prof. Marco Masseti - Department of Animal Biology and Genetics, University of Florence, 50122 Florence, ITALY (e-mail: marco.masseti@unifi.it). Abdulmaula A. Hamsa - Marine Conservation Nature conservation, Dept Environment General Authority EGA, Box 13793 Tripoli, LIBYA (e-mail: abdhamza@gmail.com). Dr. Max Kasparek - Mönchhofstr. 16, 69120 Heidelberg, GERMANY (e-mail: Kasparek@t-online.de). Assoc. Prof. Uğur Kaya - Zoology Section, Dept of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ege University Bornova-Izmir, 35100, TURKEY (e-mail: ugur.kaya@ege.edu.tr). Prof. Boris Krystufek - Science and Research Centre, University of Primorska, Garibaldijeva 1, SI-5000 Koper, SLOVENIA (e-mail: Boris.Krystufek@zrs.upr.si). Andreas Demetropoulos – Former Fisheries Department Director, Nicosia, CYPRUS (e-mail: andrecws@gmail.com). Assist. Prof. Claudio Ciofi - Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Florence, 50125 Florence, ITALY (e-mail: claudio.ciofi@unifi.it). Dr. Frieder Mayer - Curator of the Mammal collection. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Museum für Naturkunde 10099 Berlin GERMANY (e-mail: frieder.mayer@museum.hu-berlin.de). Dr Danilo Russo - Lecturer in Conservation Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, ITALY (e-mail: danrusso@unina.it). Prof. Ernst Heiss - Research Entomologist Tiroler Landesmuseum Josef-Schraffl-Strasse 2a A-6020, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA (e-mail: aradus@aon.at). Prof. Serge Gofas - Departamento de Biologia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, E-29071 Málaga, SPAIN (e-mail: sgofas@uma.es). Prof. Roberto Danovaro - President Italian Association of Limnology and Oceanography. Director Department of Marine Sciences. Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131, Ancona, ITALY (e-mail: r.danovaro@univpm.it). Dr. Cagan H. Sekercioglu - Senior research scientist, Stanford University, Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, 371 Serra Mall, Stanford CA 94305-5020 USA (e-mail: cagan@stanford.edu). Dr. Bella Galil - National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Tel Shikmona, Haifa, 31080, ISRAEL (e-mail: galil@post.tau.ac.il). Dr. Bekir Keskin - Zoology Department, Biology Section, Science Faculty, Ege University, 35100, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey (e-mail: bekir.keskin@ege.edu.tr).