Founder and Past Chairs

Current Membership of the Steering Committee

Rules for IMSEA Governance (approved by the steering committee, January 11, 2021)

1. All members of the above committees must also be members of the IMS.

2. The term of the steering committee chair will span the interval between three iterations of the IMSEA biennial conference.

3. The selection of a new steering committee chair will take place through discussion and consensus of the members of the steering committee.

4. The responsibilities of the various committees for each biennial conference are as follows:

a. Steering committee: selection of the local host; selection of the members of the program and local organizing committees (the program committee must include one member each from the steering and local organizing committees); general oversight

b. Program committee: determination of all scholarly content, including individual paper presenters, panelists, keynote speakers, and conference theme;

c. Local organizing committee: provision of all logistical requirements, both on-site and virtual;

d. All members of the above committees must also be members of the IMS.