The Scientific Committee of ECOWOOD 2008 includes the following specialists:

-         Ana Fonseca: CIAGEB - Centre for Research on Global Changes, Energy, Environment and Bioengineering, UFP -Fernando Pessoa University

-         Fernando Caldeira:  CIAGEB – UFP (conference coordinator)

-    José Vicente Ferreira: Department of Wood Engineering, Technology School, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal.

-        Lina Nunes:  LNEC – National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, Timber Group Lisbon, Portugal.

-         Mark Irle: École Supérieure du Bois, Nantes, France 

-        Marko Petric: Department of Wood Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana,  Slovenia

-         Nelson Barros: CIAGEB – UFP

-        Roger Rowel:  Forest Products Laboratory, USDA, Madison and University of Wisconsin,  USA