COMMISSION CHAIRS 2023-2026

Meeting in Copenhagen in February 2023. From left: Timothy Burch (comm 1), Dimo Todorovski (comm 2), Sagi Dalyot (comm 3), Eranda Malavige (comm 4), Ryan Keenan (comm 5), Werner Lienhart (comm 6), Rohan Bennett (comm 7), Peter Ache (comm 9), Mercy Iyortyer (comm 10), Muhammad Mamman Kabir (Africa Regional Network), Ferah Kökhsal (Young Surveyors Network), Paula Dijkstra (Task Force on FIG and the SDGs), Mikael Lilje (council representative to ACCO). Not present were Kwabena Asiama commission 8, Rob Sarib (Asia/Pacific Regional Network), David Martin (Standards Network).

 

	Commission 1 Chair – Professional Standards and Practice Mr Timothy Burch Director, NSPS - National Society of Professional Surveyors UNITED STATES
	Chair Elect for the Next Term Mr Mark Scanlon AUSTRALIA
	Commission 2 Chair – Professional Education Dr. Dimo Todorovski NETHERLANDS
	Chair Elect for the Next Term Prof. Rosario Casanova URUGUAY
	Commission 3 Chair – Spatial Information Management Dr. Sagi Dalyot Senior Lecturer, Mapping and Geoinformation Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. ISRAEL
	Chair Elect for the Next Term Mr. Markus Schaffert GERMANY
	Commission 4 Chair – Hydrography Dr. Malavige Don Eranda Kanchana Gunathilaka Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Geomatics, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
	Chair Elect for the Next Term Mr. Gordon Johnston UNITED KINGDOM
	Commission 5 Chair – Positioning and Measurement Dr. Ryan Keenan Principal Consultant, Positioning Insights AUSTRALIA
	Chair Elect for the Next Term Dr. Kevin Ahlgren UNITED STATES
	Commission 6 Chair – Engineering Surveys Prof. Dr. Werner Lienhart Professor and Head of the Institute, Engineering Geodesy and Measurement Systems, Graz University of Technology, Austria AUSTRIA
	Chair Elect for the Next Term Mr. Peter Bauer AUSTRIA
	Commission 7 Chair – Cadastre and Land Management Dr. Rohan Bennett Senior Geodetic Consultant, Kadaster International AUSTRALIA
	Chair Elect for the Next Term Dr. Kirsikka Riekkinen FINLAND
	Commission 8 Chair – Spatial Planning and Development Mr. Kwabena Asiama Lecturer/Research Fellow and Leader of Working Group on Land and Real Estate Management, Leibniz University GHANA
	Chair Elect for the Next Term Ms Naa Dedei Tagoe GHANA
	Commission 9 Chair – Valuation and the Management of Real Estate Mr Peter R. Ache GERMANY
	Chair Elect for the Next Term Prof. Małgorzata Renigier-Bilozor POLAND
	Commission 10 Chair – Construction Economics and Management Mercy Iyortyer NIGERIA
	Chair Elect for the Next Term Ms. Celestina Nkechi Eke NIGERIA

Commission chairs 2023–2026 at the General Assembly 2022 in Warsaw, Poland: Timothy Burch (comm. 1), Dimo Todorovski (Comm. 2), Ryan Keenan (Comm. 5), Rudolf Staiger (FIG President 2019-2022), Werner Lienhart  (Comm. 5), Kwabena Asiama (comm. 8) and Peter R. Ache (comm. 9)

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