Scientific Committee

General editorial board

Christophe Gauchon (chief) (FR), Stéphane Jaillet (FR), Daniel Ballesteros (ES), Charlotte Honiat (FR/AT), Kim Génuite (FR), Tanguy Racine (FR/AT)

SYMPOSIUM 01 - Karst, heritage and resources

Fabien Hoblea (chief) (FR), Serge Delaby (chief) (BE), John Gunn (chief) (GB), Kyung-Sik Woo (chief) (KR), Jean-Pierre Bartholeyns (BE), Vincent Fister (FR), Jean-Claude Thies (LU), Christophe Lansigu (FR), Nathalie Vanara (FR)

SYMPOSIUM 02 - Caving and explorations

Joerg Dreybrodt (chief) (CH), Florence Guillot (chief) (FR), Jean-Pierre Bartholeyns (BE), Florian Hof (CH), Gérald Favre (CH), Arnauld Malard (FR/CH), Xavier Robert (FR), Matt Covington (US), Olivier Testa (FR), Daniel Ballesteros (ES), Michael Laumanns (DE), Alan Warild (AU)

SYMPOSIUM 03 - Cave deposits

Sophie Verheyden (chief) (BE), Carole Nehme (chief) (FR/LB), Bogdan P. Onac (US/RO), David Lagrou (BE), Nadja Zupan Hajna (SI), Fadi Nader (FR/LB), Yavor Shopov (BG), Gina Moseley (GB/AT), Daniel Ballesteros (ES), Edwige Pons-Branchu (FR), Anamaria Haeuselmann (CH/RO), Sebastian Breitenbach (DE)

SYMPOSIUM 04 - Geomorphology and speleogenesis

Laurent Bruxelles (chief) (FR), Lionel Barriquand (chief) (FR), Dominic Stratford (chief) (ZA), Gregory Dandurand (chief special session) (FR), Stéphane Jaillet (FR), Alexander Klimchouk (chief special session) (UA), Joyce Lundberg (CA), Stéphane Pfendler (FR), Yves Quinif (BE), Ugo Sauro (IT), Jo De Waele (IT), Nadja Zupan Hajna (SI), Nathalie Vanara (FR)

SYMPOSIUM 05 - Karst hydrogeology, physical Chemistry

Anne Johannet (chief) (FR), Arnauld Malard (chief) (FR/CH), Bernard Collignon (chief) (FR), Alexandre Zappelli (chief) (FR), Augusto Auler (BR), Valérie Plagnes (FR), Andreas Hartmann (DE), Pierre-Yves Jeannin (CH), Natasa Ravbar (SI), Michael Sinreich (CH), Jean-Baptiste Charlier (FR), Amaël Poulain (BE), Nathalie Dorfliger (FR), Séverin Pistre (FR), Christelle Guilhe-batiot (FR), Stéphane Binet (FR), Nicolas Massei (FR), Didier Cailhol (FR)

SYMPOSIUM 06 - Climatology

Delphine Lacanette (chief) (FR), Laurent Magne (chief) (FR), Marc Luetscher (chief) (CH), James Baldini (UK), Miguel Bartolome (ES), François Bourges (FR), Baudoin Lismonde (FR), Philippe Malaurent (FR), Jean-Christophe Portais (FR)

SYMPOSIUM 07 - Biology, Subterranean life

Florian Malard (chief) (FR), Louis Deharveng (chief) (FR), Maria Elina Bichuette (BR), Gerhard Du Preez (ZA), Arnaud Faille (DE), Stuart Halse (AU), Stefano Mammola (IT), Oana Moldovan (RO), Matthew Niemiller (US), Ana Sofia Reboleira (DK), Alberto Sendra (ES), Pavel Stoev (BG), Mingyi Tian (CN), Maja Zagmajster (SI)

SYMPOSIUM 08 - Archeology and Paleontology in caves

Jean-Baptiste Fourvel (chief) (FR), Christophe Griggo (chief) (FR), Yves Billaud (FR), Laurent Bruxelles (FR), Evelyne Crégut-Bonnoure (chief special session) (FR), Philippe Galant (chief special session) (FR), Karim Gernigon (FR), Florence Guillot (FR), Nicolas Lateur (chief special session) (FR), Donald MacFarlane (USA)

SYMPOSIUM 09 - Topography, Mapping, 3D, Documentation

Stéphane Jaillet (chief) (FR), Philipp Häuselmann (chief) (CH), Yavor Shopov (chief special session) (BG), Frédéric Urien (chief special session) (FR), Martin Budaj (SK), Philippe Drouin (FR), Beat Heeb (CH), Bernard Lebreton (FR), Peter Matthews (AU), Philippe Vernant (FR), Kim Génuite (FR)

SYMPOSIUM 10 - History of Speleology

Bernard Chirol (chief) (FR), Johannes Mattes (chief) (AT), Pierre-Olaf Schut (chief) (FR), Friedhart Knolle (DE), Eric de Valicourt (FR), Christophe Gauchon (FR), Andrej Kranjc (SI)

SYMPOSIUM 11 - Pseudokarst

Jan Urban (chief) (PL), Claude Mouret (chief) (FR), Pavel Bella (SK), Konstantin Kostov (BG), Rudolf Pavuza (AT)

SYMPOSIUM 12 - Glacier, firn and ice caves

Luc Moreau (chief) (FR), Alessio Romeo (chief) (IT), Bulat Mavlyudov (chief) (RU), Farouk Kadded (FR), Madeleine Griselin (FR), Barnabé Fourgous (FR), Tristan Godet (FR), Gérald Favre (CH), François Eric Cormier (FR), Kim Petersen (GL), Janot Lamberton (FR), Patrice Tordjman (FR), Maurice Duchene (FR)

SYMPOSIUM 13 - Artificial cavities

Silvain Yart (chief) (FR), Clément Alix (FR), Daniel Morleghem (FR), Luc Stevens (BE)

SYMPOSIUM 14 - Volcanic caves

Michel Detay (chief) (FR), Björn Hróarsson (chief) (IS)

SYMPOSIUM 15 - Education commission, materials and techniques

Judicaël Arnaud (chief) (FR), Vanessa Kysel (chief) (FR), Marc Latapie (FR), Rémy Limagne (FR), Vincent Rouyer (FR), Francesco Maurano (IT), Rolf Siegenthaler (CH), Jérôme Genairon (CA), Monica Ponce (MX)

SYMPOSIUM 16 - Cave Rescue

Antoine Aigueperse (chief) (FR), Jean-Michel Salmon (chief) (FR), Bernard Tourte (FR), Eric David (FR), Didier Delabre (FR), Sylvain Boutonnet (FR), Loix Guillon (FR), Frédéric Maury (FR), Samuel Prost (FR)

SYMPOSIUM 17 - Cave diving

David Bianzani (chief) (FR), Anne-Laure Vullien (chief) (FR), Philippe Brunet (FR), Maxime De Gianpietro (CH), Manuel Pinto Soares (PT)

SYMPOSIUM 18 - Socio-economic aspects

Vincent Biot (chief) (FR), Alain Jacquet (chief) (FR), Jean-Yves Bort (FR), Damien Chigot (FR), Francois Masson (FR), Fabrice Mourau (FR), Philippe Fleury (FR), Laurent Garnier (FR), Loran Haesen (BE), Fadi Nader (FR/LB), Roselyne Aulner (FR), Sébastien Rayssac (FR), Heros Augusto Santos Lobo (BR)

SYMPOSIUM 19 - Medecine, health

Jean-Pierre Buch (chief) (FR), Jean-Noël Dubois (chief) (FR), Loïc Tual (FR), France Rocourt (FR), Diego Dulanto-Zabala (ES)

SYMPOSIUM 20 - 2021 IYCK – International Year of Caves and Karst

Fabien Hoblea (chief) (FR), Vincent Biot (chief) (FR), Nadja Zupan Hajna (SI), Fadi Nader (FR/LB), Christophe Gauchon (FR), Stéphane Jaillet (FR)