Executive Committee Members

  • Jose Garcia-Alonso (Spain): President
  • Kelvin Tan (Singapore): Secretary General
  • Bob Hofstede (Netherlands): Treasurer
  • Yeh-Liang Hsu (Taiwan): Vice-President (ISG 2028) & Editor-in-Chief
  • Suvi Hiltunen (Finland): Vice-President (ISG 2027)
  • Gloria M. Gutman (Canada): Vice-President (ISG 2026)
  • Enrique Moguel (Spain): IT Director
  • Nay El Hajj (Canada): Communications Director & Student Chapter Representative
  • Fausto Orsi Medola (Brazil): Marketing and Events Director

Board Members

  • Jose Garcia-Alonso (Spain)
  • Kelvin Tan (Singapore)
  • Bob Hofstede (Netherlands)
  • Yeh-Liang Hsu (Taiwan)
  • Suvi Hiltunen (Finland)
  • Gloria M. Gutman (Canada)
  • Enrique Moguel (Spain)
  • Nay El Hajj (Canada)
  • Fausto Orsi Medola (Brazil)
  • Annelies van Bronswijk (Netherlands)
  • Shigekazu Ishihara (Japan)
  • Diana Völz (Germany)
  • Yongping Zheng (HK)
  • Maria José Rodriguez Fortiz (Spain)
  • Shannon Freeman (Canada)
  • Woo Joung Shim (South Korea)
  • Vappu Taipale (Finland)
  • Djellal Abdelaziz (France)
  • Sari Merilampi (Finland)
  • Ismail Tufan (Turkey)
  • Paulus Herry Arianto (Indonesia)

All members of the Executive Committee and the Board fulfill their functions on a voluntary, i.e. unpaid, basis.

Honorary Presidents

  • Herman Bouma
  • Vappu Taipale
  • Alain Franco

Honorary Members

    • Neil Charness
    • J.A.M. Graafmans
    • Paolo Dario
    • John H.R. Pieper
    • William D. Kearns
    • Francesco Franchimon
    • Anthony Sterns
  • Ger Maas
  • Kuo-Ming Wang
  • Gloria Gutman
  • Gerard Cornet
  • Ryan Woolrych
  • Andrew Sixsmith
  • Yeh-Liang Hsu

Grand Masters

  • 1st Grandmaster: Vancouver 2010 – James L. Fozard 
  • 2nd Grandmaster: Eindhoven 2012 – Herman Bouma 
  • 3rd Grandmaster: Eindhoven 2012 – Vappu Taipale
  • 4th Grandmaster: Taipei 2014 – J.E.M.H. van Bronswijk
  • 5th Grandmaster: Nice 2016 – Alain Franco
  • 6th Grandmaster: St. Petersburg 2018 – Neil Charness
  • 7th Grandmaster: Trondheim 2020 – Anthea Tinker †
  • 8th Grandmaster: Daegu 2022 – Shigezaku Ishihara
  • 9th Grandmaster: Frankfurt 2024 – Yeh-Liang Hsu
  • 10th Grandmaster: Vancouver 2026 – William Kearns

Listed in the order of the date in which they were elected.

Chapter Presidents

  • Annelies van Bronswijk: Dutch-Flemish Chapter
  • Shigekazu Ishihara: Japanese Chapter
  • Shannon Freeman: North America Chapter
  • Djellal Abdelaziz: Francophone Chapter
  • Yeh-Liang Hsu: Taiwan Chapter
  • Diana Völz: Austrian-German-Swiss Chapter
  • Kelvin Tan: Singapore Chapter
  • Fausto Orsi Medola: Brazilian Chapter
  • WooJoung Shim: Korean Chapter
  • Yongping Zheng: Hong Kong Great Bay Area Chapter
  • Maria José Rodriguez Fortiz: Iberian Chapter
  • Vappu Taipale: Finnish Chapter
  • Paulus Herry Arianto: Indonesian Chapter
  • Ismail Tufan: Turkish Chapter
  • Nay El Hajj: Student Chapter

Past Presidents

  • 1997-2002 Vappu Taipale (Honorary president)
  • 2002-2008 Herman Bouma (Honorary president)
  • 2008-2014 Alain Franco
  • 2014-2016 Andrew Sixsmith
  • 2016-2020 William Kearns
  • 2020-2026 Hellianthe Kort

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Gerontechnology (ISSN/EISSN 1569-1101 1569-111X) is the official journal of the International Society for Gerontechnology

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