IAC Council

Congress 2018, New Taipei City. From left to right Janet DeBoos, Toshio Matsui, Guangzhen Zhou, Vilma Villaverde, Ilona Romule, David Jones, Suku Park, Monika Gass, Pim Sudhikam, Oriol Calvos Vergés, Wayne Higby, Stéphanie Le Follic-Hadida, Judith Schwartz, Torbjørn Kvasbø, Jacques Kaufmann.
The Council is composed of 15-18 members, including the representative to UNESCO, and the non-voting honorary and administrative positions. Members of the Council must be individual members. They are elected for a six-year term by the individual members of the Academy. The Council decides the functions of its members according to its needs. Membership of Council, as far as possible, corresponds to the various geographical regions represented in the Academy.	The new composition of the Council has been officially announced at the General Assembly in New Taipei City in October 2018 as well as the outcome of the online election of the Council Member, representative of Southeast Asia and India, the election of the new President and the nomination of the new Vice President.
From left to right: Torbjørn Kvasbø, Jacques Kaufmann (handover to the new president Torbjørn Kvasbø)
IAC COUNCIL President 2018 -2024 Torbjørn Kvasbø, Norway Representative for Scandinavia Vice President 2014 – 2020 Judith Schwartz, USA Representative for USA and Canada Vice President 2018 – 2024 Representative UNESCO Stéphanie Le Follic-Hadida, France President Emeritus 2018 – 2024 Jacques Kaufmann, France Representative for France Treasurer Oriol Calvo Vergès, Spain, 2016 – 2022 Representative for Mediterranean countries Council Members Toshio Matsui, Japan, 2017 -2023 Representative for Japan Suku Park, South Korea, 2012 – 2018 – 2020 Representative for South Korea Janet DeBoos, Australia, 2012 – 2018 – 2020 Representative for Australia, New Zealand and South Africa Ilona Romule, Latvia, 2016 – 2022 Representative for Eastern Europe Guangzhen Zhou, China, 2014 – 2020 Representative for China Monika Gass, Germany, 2016 – 2022 Representative for Germany David Jones, UK, 2016 – 2022 Representative for UK, Ireland and the Benelux Vilma Villaverde, Argentina, 2016 – 2022 Representative for Latin America Pim Sudhikam, Thailand, 2018 – 2024 Representative for Southeast Asia and India Coordination, secretariat Charlyne Kolly, Suisse	Torbjørn Kvasbø, President 2018 – 2024 Wayne Higby, USA, Vice President Emeritus 2012 – 2018

General Assembly 2018, Composition of the Council:

New member:
Pim Sudhikam, Thailand, 2018 – 2024
Representative for Southeast Asia and India

Change of position:
– Torbjørn Kvasbø becomes President
– Stéphanie Le Follic-Hadida becomes Vice President and maintains her position as UNESCO representative
– Jacques Kaufmann becomes President Emeritus

End of mandate:
– Wayne Higby, USA, Vice President Emeritus
Vice President Emeritus 2012 – 2018
Vice President 2002 – 2012
Council Member 1998 – 2002
– Isabelle Naef Galuba, Switzerland, Representative for Switzerland 2012 – 2018

Pim Sudhikam

General Assembly 2016, Composition of the Council:

New Member:
– Oriol Calvo Vergès, Spain, Treasure, Representative for Mediterranean countries 2016-2022
– Monika Gass, Germany, Representative for Germany, 2016 – 2022
– David Jones, UK, Representative for UK, Ireland and the Benelux 2016 – 2022
– Vilma Villaverde, Argentine, Representative for South America 2016 – 2022
– Ilona Romule, Latvia, 2016 – 2022
Representative for Eastern Europe

End of mandate:
– Gustavo PÉREZ Vice-President 2014-2016
– Michael MOORE Treasurer, 2010-2016
– Tomoko Tanioka, Japan
– Janos PROBSTNER, Hungary 2010-2016
– Emili SEMPERE, Spain 2010-2016
– Marianne HELLER, Germany 2010-2016

Monika Gass, Barcelona 2016

Vilma Villaverde, Barcelona 2016

Ilona Romule, Barcelona 2016

David Jones, Barcelona 2016

Oriol Calvo Vergès, Barcelona 2016

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Congress Barcelona 2016, Spain. form l. to r. Emili Sempere, Jacques Kaufmann, Wayne Higby, Judith Schwartz, Isabelle Naef Galuba, Suku Park, Emili Sempere (Council member 2010 – 2016), Guangzhen Zhou, Torbjørn Kvasbø, Janet DeBoos, Vilma Villaverde, Monika Gass, Ilona Romule, David Jones, Oriol Calvos Vergés.

Presentation of new commissions  

An institution like the IAC raises interesting issues. In order to respond effectively to these questions the Council has established various committees.

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List of contacts

Please contact the secretariat to obtain the Council members contacts.