The Organizing Committee is extremely grateful to the invited speakers and their kind participation.

Sergio Ulgiati
Parthenope University - Italy

 Ken Zarker
Washington State Department of Ecology - USA

 Leo Bäas
Linköping University - Sweden
 
 Nora Elba Munguía Vega
Universidad de Sonora - Mexico
 
Donald Huisingh
University of Tennessee – USA

Peter Wells
Cardiff University - UK

Mohamed Osmani
Loughborough University - UK

Sergio Ponce-López
Universidad De La Salle Bajío - Mexico

Thank you the authors and to all the participants who have made this event possible.  Special thanks are addressed to the UNIP’s support committee.  We are sincelery grateful to students, teachers and coordinators of the UNIP’s courses. We could not refrain from expressing our gratitude to the FAPESP, and CAPES for the financial support.

Special thanks are addressed to Dr.Marilia Ancona-Lopez, the Vice-Rector of Post Graduation and Research of Universidade Paulista and to Dr. Marina Soligo for their unconditional support.