The Scientific Committee is responsible for co-designing the ForumAlpinum 2026 scientific framework, setting-up the scientific programme, formulating the topics and format of the interactive parallel sessions.
Chair: Andrea Omizzolo (Eurac Research)
Members:
- Manuela Ceretta (University of Aosta Valley)
- Giovanni Vetritto (Department for Regional Affairs and Autonomies of the Italian Government Presidency of the Council of Ministers)
- Claudia Carpino (Italian Presidency of the Alpine Convention, Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security)
- Alessandro Panza (Department for Regional Affairs and Autonomies of the Italian Government Presidency of the Council of Ministers)
- Valentina Porcellana (University of Aosta Valley)
- Thomas Streifeneder (Eurac Research)
- Živa Novljan (Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention)
- and all ISCAR committee members:
- Valerie Braun (Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences)
- Cristina Del Biaggio (Institut d’Urbanisme et de Géographie Alpine, Université Grenoble-Alpes/Labex ITTEM)
- Giulio Esposito (Department for Regional Affairs and Autonomies of the Italian Government Presidency of the Council of Ministers)
- Marc Fuhr (Laboratoire Ecosystèmes et Société En Montagne LESSEM, INRAE)
- Leopold Füreder (Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck)
- Janez Nared (Anton Melik Geographical Institute, ZRC SAZU)
- Samuel Nussbaumer (World Glacier Monitoring Service / Department of Geography, University of Zurich)
- Roland Pail (Institute of Astronomical and Physical Geodesy, TU Munich)
- Irma Potočnik Slavič (Department of Geography, University of Ljubljana)
- Roland Psenner (Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck)
- Elisa Ravazzoli (Eurac Research)
- Christian Rohr (Institute of History, University of Bern)
We would especially like to thank all abstract reviewers for their valuable input!
The Organising Committee takes care of the venue, the programme, the involved stakeholders and the local population.
Chair: Andrea Omizzolo (Eurac Research)
Members:
- Claudia Carpino (Italian Presidency of the Alpine Convention, Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security)
- Giovanni Vetritto (Department for Regional Affairs and Autonomies of the Italian Government Presidency of the Council of Ministers)
- Manuela Ceretta (University of Aosta Valley)
- Raffaele Rocco (Aosta Valley Region, City of Aosta)
- Živa Novljan (Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention)
- Valentina Porcellana (University of Aosta Valley)
- Felix Gertheinrich (Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention)
- Elisa Frank (ISCAR Office, hosted by Swiss Academy of Sciences)
- Jean Pierre Fosson (Fondazione Montagna Sicura)
- Giulio Esposito (Department for Regional Affairs and Autonomies of the Italian Government Presidency of the Council of Ministers)
The Organisers of the ForumAlpinum 2026 and the various back-to-back activities are:
ForumAlpinum 2026 and complementary activities will be certified as Green Event by the Alpine Convention. ISCAR aims to organise an international event minimizing negative environmental impact at every stage – from planning to execution and follow-up.