Professor Stephen Hopper

Opening speaker for this International Mediterranean Ecosystem Conference.

Stephen Hopper is the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom.

Stephen is also a Visiting Professor at The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, where he spent 2004-2006 as Foundation Professor of Plant Conservation Biology.

His ties with the Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Perth, Western Australia stem back to 1992 and include the positions of Director of Kings Park and Botanic Garden for seven years and the Chief Executive Officer of the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority for five years. His ties continue with his status of Visiting Professor.

Stephen has a vast knowledge of Mediterranean ecosystems having spent 30 years in plant science and conservation within a global biodiversity "hot spot", the south-west of Western Australia.

For more information on Professor Hopper, please visit the web site of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew at http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/aboutus/steve_hopper.html