Organization

The Academic Network’s Executive Committee consists of a Chair, Deputy Chair, and Secretary. Guided by the Advisory Board of 6 members, the Executive Committee is responsible for the operation and coordination of the Academic Network. The Academic Network may establish sub-regional groups, led by Regional Representatives, in line with UN-GGIM regional committees and or task teams to focus on particular aspects of the programs under its oversight.

More information about the members of the Executive Committee and the Advisory Committee is available here.

Executive Committee

Chair

Maria Antonia Brovelli
Politecnico di Milano
(Italy)

Deputy Chair

Songnian Li
Toronto Metropolitan University
(Canada)

Secretary

Ivana Ivánová 
Curtin University
(Australia)

Advisory Board

Abbas Rajabifard
University of Melbourne
(Australia)

Christy Claudill
Carleton University
(Canada)

Georg Gartner
Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)
(Austria)

Saeid Pirasteh
Shaoxing University
(China)

Chryssy Potssiou
National Technical University of Athens
(Greece)

Michael Starek
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
(USA)

Regional Representatives

Africa

Serena Coetzee
University of Pretoria
(South Africa)

Americas

Rosario Casanova
Universidad de la República
(Uruguay)

Asia-Pacific

Huayi Wu
Wuhan University
(China)

Europe

Joep Crompvoets
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
(Belgium)