The Steering committee was unanimously elected at the Annual General Meeting on 5 December 2019. It is composed of the following persons:
| Prof. Dr. Arthur Gessler | Ecosystem Ecology | WSL Birmensdorf |
| Prof. Dr. Charlotte Grossiord | Functional Plant Ecology | WSL Lausanne |
| PD Dr. Günter Hoch | Physiological Plant Ecology | Uni Basel |
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Rigling | Forest Ecology | ETHzürich |
| Prof Dr. Willy Tinner | Paleoecology | Uni Bern |