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ICBI 2026 | September/October 2026 | Perth
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Local Organising Committee

  • Treena Burgess - Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University
  • Yonglin Ren - Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University
  • Bob Du - Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University
  • Melissa Thomas - Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University
  • Monique Sakalidis – Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
  • Justin McDonald – Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
  • Kylie Ireland - Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions (DBCA)
  • Shashi Sharma – Murdoch University
  • Ben Philips - Curtin University
  • Cindy Siano - Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University
  • Nicolai Bennett - Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University
  • Kat Sambrooks - Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University


International Advisory Committee

  • Andy Sheppard - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Co-chair) - Australia
  • Phil Hulme - Bio-Protection Research Centre (Co-chair) - New Zealand
  • Fang-Hao Wang - Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agriculturl Sciences - China
  • Silvia R. Ziller - The Horus Institute for Environmental Conservation and Development - Brazil 
  • Piero Genovesi - ISPRA Institute for Environmental Protection and Research• Sofia Consuegra - Department of Biosciences, Swansea University - United Kingdom
  • Greg Ruiz - Smithsonian Environmental Research Center - United States
  • Helen Roy - Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - United Kingdom
  • Bharat Babu Shrestha - Tribhuvan University - Nepal
  • John Wilson - Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University - South Africa

The IOCs Scope, Responsibilities and current membership can be found on this document here.