The 16th General Assembly of ecopa was held in Linz, Austria on 22 September 2015. The Assembly approved new statutes for ^[1]ecopa ^[1]. A new Board was elected for the next two years, representing the four stakeholders:

• Tuula Heinonen, President (academia)
  • Deputy: Lisbeth Knudsen
• Philippe Hubert, Vice-President (government and regulatory authorities)
  • Deputy: Manfred Liebsch
• Erwin Roggen (industry)
  • Deputy: Costanza Rovida
• Kirsty Reid (animal protection and welfare organisations)
  • Deputy: Marianne Nørring

Philippe Vanparys continues as Treasurer. Francois Busquet is ecopa’s Secretary, assisted by Mardias Daneshian. The minutes of the Assembly can be read here ^[2].