GGOS Governing Board (GB)
The GGOS Governing Board (GB) is the central oversight and decision-making body of GGOS and the collective voice for all GGOS matters. It is responsible for governance, strategic policy and direction. Under the direction of the GGOS Governing Board, the GGOS Executive Committee (EC) serves to manage the day-to-day activities of GGOS.
The GGOS Governing Board shall meet at least once a year, but twice a year is preferred. Observers may attend the Governing Board meetings at the discretion of the GGOS President. Governing Board meetings shall be convened by the GGOS President with the support of the GGOS Coordinating Office.
Membership
The membership of the GGOS Governing Board consists of delegates appointed by the other IAG components, the officers chairing the different GGOS components, elected members-at-large and appointed members. One person may not hold two voting positions on the GGOS Governing Board. The membership of the GGOS Governing Board follows the four-year term used in the IAG. Renewal of this membership takes place during or shortly after the IUGG General Assemblies (see IAG Bylaws for more details).
GGOS Officers – Ex-Officio Members
The GGOS President, Vice President, Immediate Past President, Coordinating Office Director, External Relations Manager, GGOS Bureau Directors, IAG President and chairs of the Focus Areas and Committees established within each GGOS component are ex-officio members of the GGOS Governing Board during their terms of office.
Laura Sánchez
Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut der Technische Universität München (DGFI-TUM), Germany
Anna Riddell
Geoscience Australia
Basara Miyahara
Geospatial Information Authority of Japan
Martin Sehnal
Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying (BEV)
José Rodríguez
Red de Infraestructuras Geodésicas RIG, Instituto Geográfico Nacional IGN, Spain
Detlef Angermann
Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut der Technische Universität München (DGFI-TUM), Germany
José Manuel Ferrándiz
University of Alicante (UA), Spain
Allison Craddock
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
Richard Gross
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
Michael Schmidt
Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut der Technische Universität München (DGFI-TUM), Germany
Benedikt Soja
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Timothy Melbourne
Central Washington University, USA
Alexander Kehm
Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG), Germany
Roger Fraser
Department of Transport and Planning
Australia
Roland Pail
Astronomische and Physikalische Geodäsie, Technische Universität München, Germany
Maik Thomas
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Thomas Gruber
Astronomische and Physikalische Geodäsie, Technische Universität München, Germany
Kirsten Elger
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Representatives of IAG Services, Commission, ICCs and Projects
Each IAG Service, Commission, ICC and Project is invited to nominate one delegate to the GGOS Governing Board. Delegates appointed to the Governing Board as representatives of the IAG Services, Commissions, ICCs or Projects must be active members of those components. After a four-year term, it is at the discretion of each IAG component to renew its representation with the same delegate or to nominate a different colleague.
Daniela Thaller
Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG), Germany
Ryan Ruddick
Geoscience Australia
Toshimichi Otsubo
Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Lucia McCallum
University of Tasmania, Australia
Karine Le Bail
Chalmers University of Technology / Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden
Elizabeth Bradshaw
British Oceanographic Data Centre, GB
Georgios S. Vergos
GravLab, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
E. Sinem Ince
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Kevin M. Kelly
ESRI, USA
Christoph Förste
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany
Urs Marti
Swisstopo, Switzerland
Sylvain Bonvalot
Research Institute for Development, France
Christopher Kotsakis
School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Derek van Westrum
NOAA National Geodetic Survey, USA
Rebekka Steffen
Lantmäteriet, Sweden
Krzysztof Sośnica
Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Pavel Novák
Department of Mathematics, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Annette Eicker
HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany
Pierre Sakic
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France
Jürgen Müller
Institute of Geodesy, Leibnitz Universität Hannover, Germany
Members-at-Large
Members-at-large are invited to serve on the GGOS Governing Board to provide balanced representation of geographic regions or unique capabilities. The GGOS President, with the assistance of the GGOS Coordinating Office, shall appoint an Election Committee to organize the election process. This process includes issuing a call-for-participation to identify possible candidates, ensuring the availability of the nominated candidates, and consolidating a final slate of members-at-large candidates. The Election Committee shall then present this final slate to the GGOS Governing Board for a vote. In the event that a member-at-large is unable to participate in the duties of the GGOS Governing Board (due to illness, retirement, change of affiliation, etc.), the GGOS President, with the assistance of the GGOS Coordinating Office, shall submit a list of at least two candidates for replacement to the GGOS Governing Board.
Aletha de Witt
Fundamental Astronomy Department at the HartRAO site, South Africa
Claudia N. Tocho
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas (FCAG). National University of La Plata (UNLP), Argentina
Ropesh Goyal
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), India
Appointed Members
After the election of the members-at-large, the GGOS Executive Committee can nominate up to two additional members to balance research areas or geographic regions not covered by the members-at-large. All candidates must then be approved by the Governing Board.
Julia Azumi Koch
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Yamin Dang
Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping (CASM), China
Representatives of the GGOS Affiliates
Each GGOS Affiliate is invited to nominate one delegate to the GGOS Governing Board. Delegates appointed to the Governing Board as representatives of the GGOS Affiliates must be active members of the respective Affiliates. After a four-year term, it is at the discretion of each GGOS Affiliate to renew its representation with the same delegate or to nominate a different colleague.
Yusuke Yokota
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
Hansjörg Kutterer
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Esther Azcue Infanzón
IGN Spain, National Geographic Institute
Non-Voting Members of the GGOS Governing Board
The GGOS Working Groups established within each GGOS component as well as the GGOS Web- and Social Media Manager are ex-officio members of the GGOS Governing Board during their terms of office. But they have no right to vote.
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| GGOS Web and Social Media Manager | Helmut Klima | Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying (BEV), Austria |
| BPS JWG – “Consolidation of a best estimate GRS based on the adopted W0 of the IHRF” | Urs Marti | Swisstopo, Switzerland |
| BNO JWG 1.2.2 – “Metrology of Space Geodetic Infrastructure” | Ryan Hippenstiel | NOAA National Geodetic Survey, USA |
| BNO JWG 1.1.1 – “GENESIS mission” | Johannes Böhm | University of Technology, TU Wien, Austria |
| FA GSWR – JSG 1: Understanding Ionospheric and Plasmaspheric Processes | Fabricio dos Santos Prol | National Land Survey of Finland, Finland |
| FA GSWR – JSG 2: Thermosphere Modelling and Applications | Günther March | Netherlands |
| FA GSWR JSG 3: “Space Weather Monitoring and Prediction” | Haixia Lyu | Wuhan University, China |
| FA GSWR JSG 4: “Atmospheric Coupling Studies” | Andrés Calabia Aibar | Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain |
| FA AI4G JSG1 – “AI for GNSS Remote Sensing” | Milad Asgarimehr | Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany |
| FA AI4G JSG2 – “AI for Gravity Field and Mass Change” | Saniya Behzadpour (vice-chair) | Saniya Behzadpour |
| FA AI4G JSG3 – “AI for Earth Orientation Parameter Prediction” | Sadegh Modiri | Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG), Germany |
| FA AI4G JSG4 – “AI for Geodetic Deformation Monitoring” | Mohammad Ali Sharifi | University of Tehran, Iran |
