Organization

Executive Council

General Powers

The business and affairs of the Association shall be managed and all Association powers exercised by or under the direction of its Executive Council. The Executive Council may delegate the management of the activities of the Association to any person or persons or committee however composed, provided that the activities and affairs of the Association shall be managed and all Association powers shall be exercised under the ultimate direction of the Executive Council

Specific Powers

Without prejudice to these general powers, and subject to the same limitations, the councilors shall have the power to:

  1.  set all dues and qualifications of members;
  2. appoint or remove such committees and establish such offices as the councilors deem necessary; and
  3. supervise the preparation and maintenance of procedures and policies for the Association and its activities;
  4. approval of positions, events and programs organized, co-organized, supported or endorsed by the Association.

2019, 8th Executive Council

Ken Baclawski, Northeastern University, USA
Roberta Ferrario, LOA, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy
Michael Gruninger, University of Toronto, Canada (President)
Oliver Kutz, Free University of Bolzano, Italy (Vice-President)
Frank Loebe, University of Leipzig, Germany (Secretary)
Fabian Neuhaus, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany
Amanda Vizedom, Credit Suisse, USA
Laure Vieu, IRIT-CNRS, University of Toulouse, France and LOA, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy (Treasurer)
Zena Wood, University of Greenwich, UK

2018, 7th Executive Council

Ken Baclawski, Northeastern University, USA
Roberta Ferrario, LOA, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy
Michael Gruninger, University of Toronto, Canada (President)
Oliver Kutz, Free University of Bolzano, Italy (Vice-President)
Frank Loebe, University of Leipzig, Germany (Secretary)
Fabian Neuhaus, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany
Amanda Vizedom, Credit Suisse, USA
Laure Vieu, IRIT-CNRS, University of Toulouse, France and LOA, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy (Treasurer)
Zena Wood, University of Greenwich, UK

2017, 6th Executive Council

Ken Baclawski, Northeastern University, USA (Treasurer)
Roberta Ferrario, LOA, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy
Michael Gruninger, University of Toronto, Canada (President)
Oliver Kutz, Free University of Bolzano, Italy (Vice-President)
Frank Loebe, University of Leipzig, Germany (Secretary)
Fabian Neuhaus, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany
Amanda Vizedom, Criticollab LLC, USA
Laure Vieu, IRIT-CNRS, University of Toulouse, France and LOA, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy
Zena Wood, University of Greenwich, UK

2016, 5th Executive Council

Joo Paulo Almeida, Federal University of Esprito Santo, Brazil
Ken Baclawski, Northeastern University, USA (Treasurer)
Roberta Ferrario, ISTC-CNR, Italy
Michael Gruninger, University of Toronto, Canada (President)
Frank Loebe, University of Leipzig, Germany (Secretary)
Oliver Kutz, University of Magdeburg, Germany (Vice-President)
Fabian Neuhaus, University of Magdeburg, Germany
Amanda Vizedom, Criticollab LLC, USA
Zena Wood, University of Greenwich, UK

2015, 4th Executive Council

John Bateman, University of Bremen, Germany (Vice-President)
Stefano Borgo, ISTC-CNR, Italy
Michael Gruninger, University of Toronto, Canada (President)
Marion Haemmerli, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Janna Hastings, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK
Oliver Kutz, University of Magdeburg, Germany
Frank Loebe, University of Leipzig, Germany (Secretary)
Fabian Neuhaus, University of Magdeburg, Germany (Treasurer)
Leo Obrst, MITRE, USA

2014, 3rd Executive Council

John Bateman, University of Bremen, Germany (Vice-President)
Stefano Borgo, ISTC-CNR, Italy
Michael Gruninger, University of Toronto, Canada (President)
Marion Haemmerli, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Janna Hastings, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK
Oliver Kutz, University of Magdeburg, Germany
Frank Loebe, University of Leipzig, Germany (Secretary)
Fabian Neuhaus, University of Magdeburg, Germany (Treasurer)
Leo Obrst, MITRE, USA

2013, 2nd Executive Council

John Bateman, University of Bremen, Germany (Vice-President)
Stefano Borgo, ISTC-CNR, Italy
Michael Gruninger, University of Toronto, Canada (President)
Giancarlo Guizzardi, Federal University of Esprito Santo, Brazil
Oliver Kutz, University of Bremen, Germany
Frank Loebe, University of Leipzig, Germany (Secretary)
Fabian Neuhaus, NIST, USA
Leo Obrst, MITRE, USA
Laure Vieu, IRIT-CNRS and ISTC-CNR, France (Treasurer)

2010-12, 1st Executive Council

John Bateman, University of Bremen, Germany (Vice-President)
Stefano Borgo, ISTC-CNR, Italy
Michael Gruninger, University of Toronto, Canada
Nicola Guarino, ISTC-CNR, Italy (President)
Giancarlo Guizzardi, Federal University of Esprito Santo, Brazil
Riichiro Mizoguchi, Osaka University, Japan
Leo Obrst, MITRE, USA
Laure Vieu, IRIT-CNRS and ISTC-CNR, France (Treasurer)
Peter Yim, Ontolog, USA (Secretary)

Advisory Board

  • Almeida, Joao Paulo
  • Bateman, John
  • Borgo, Stefano
  • Cohn, Anthony
  • Galton, Antony
  • Guarino, Nicola
  • Guizzardi, Giancarlo
  • Herre, Heinrich
  • Kuhn, Werner
  • Musen, Mark
  • Obrst, Leo
  • Smith, Barry

Statutes

The 2012 revision of the IAOA-Italy Statute that was approved on May 25 2012 by the IAOA Extraordinary Assembly:

IAOA Statute2012

The bylaws to the IAOA-Italy Statute can be downloaded below:

ByLaws

You can also download the original Italian IAOA Statute, valid between 2009 and May 2011.