The Scientific Affairs Committee consists of thirteen members:  four from the Americas region, four from the Asia/Pacific region, four from the European region, and the President-elect as an ex-officio member.  The President may consider appointing organizers of Society meetings as temporary committee members.  Each member serves a four-year term on the committee, with half the members rotating off every two years.  

The Scientific Affairs Committee initiates and plans meetings of the Society, coordinates participation by the Society in other relevant scientific meetings as approved by Council, ensures that a specific plan for the next five years’ regional and international meetings is in place, and develops a general plan for the subsequent five years of meeting. 

Specific Charge:  The Scientific Affairs Committee obtains Council approval for a five year calendar and drafts a calendar for the next five years.  It formally reviews meeting guidelines with MOC chairs and actively manages deviations from desired practice.  Committee members interface with MOC’s and CORA and provide program input and guidance.  The committee maintains appropriate communication with relevant committees (e.g. Finance, Exhibits), engages the Executive Committee and Council effectively in strategic initiatives such as partnership with other meetings, e.g. DMW, MDO, and PRIMO, ensures that learnings from past/current MOC chairs are communicated to new MOC Chairs and develops written policies to develop institutional memory.

Chair:  TBD – Focus on International, NA and European regional meetings, developing and driving the committee agenda, interaction with MOCs
Liaison to Council:  John Miners – Support chair in orienting new members, focus on AP regional calendar, assure timely dialog with Council

 

Members	Region	Country	Term Ends
Peter Mackenzie, Chair	Asia Pacific	Australia	December 31, 2011
Geoff Tucker	Europe	United Kingdom	December 31, 2011
Liz Gillam	Asia Pacific	Australia	December 31, 2011
Damjana Rozman	Europe	Slovenia	December 31, 2011
Scott Obach	North America	United States	December 31, 2011
Eddie Morgan	North America	United States	December 31, 2011
David Rodrigues	North America	United States	December 31, 2011
Zhuohan Hu	Asia Pacific	China	December 31, 2013
Heyo Kroemer	Europe	Germany	December 31, 2013
Allan Rettie	North America	United States	December 31, 2013
Mikihisa Takano	Asia Pacific	Japan	December 31, 2013
Aleksandra Galetin	Europe	United Kingdom	December 31, 2013
Bill Smith, President-Elect (Ex Officio)	North America	United States