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International Advisory Board

  • Professor Corazon S. Alvina, Former Director, National Museum of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.
  • Alissandra Cummins, Immediate Past President of ICOM; Director, Barbados Museums and Historical Society, Barbados; Chairperson, Executive Board, UNESCO, Paris, France.
  • Dr. Ann Davis, Former Director, The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and President, ICOM international Committee for Museology, Paris, France.
  • Dr. Nevra Ertürk, Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi, Sanat Eserlerinin Konservasyonu ve Restorasyonu Bölümü, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, Istanbul
  • Dr. Shahid Vawda, School of Social Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Adi Meretui Ratunabuabua, Pacific Heritage Hub Manager, University of South Pacific; and Principal Cultural Development Officer, Department of Culture and Heritage, Ministry of Fijian Affairs, Culture and Heritage, Suva, Fiji Islands.
  • Professor Laishun An, Deputy Director of the International Friendship Museum of China; and Secretary General of Chinese Society of Museums, Beijing, China.
  • Mlle Christine Hemmet, Responsable de l’unité patrimoniale des collections Asie, Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France.
  • Professor Dr Rohit Jigyasu, UNESCO Chair Professor, Research Centre for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto
  • Professor Henry C. (Jatti) Bredekamp, Former Chief Executive Officer, Iziko Museums of Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Dr. Lina G. Tahan, Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK.
  • Lcda Lucía Astudillo Loor, Directora, Museo de los Metales, Cuenca, Ecuador.
  • Professor Pascal Makambila, Conservateur en chef des musées, Brazzaville, Congo
  • Professor Dr. Tereza C. Moletta Scheiner, Coordinator, Postgraduate Program in Museology and Heritage, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Vice President, ICOM Executive Council.
  • Professor Dr Jørgen Wadum, Keeper of Conservation & Director of CATS, Statens Museum for Kunst/National Gallery of Denmark & Chairman of the Department of Conservation & Restoration at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam
  • W. Richard ‘Rick’ West, Jr., President and CEO, Autry National Center for the American West, Los Angeles, California & Founding Director and Director Emeritus, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

Chairperson of the Advisory Board

  • Professor Dr. Amareswar Galla,  Executive Director, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Denmark & India; Former Vice President, ICOM, Paris

Assisting the Chairperson

  • Dr. Shelby J. Tisdale, Vice President, Curatorial and Exhibitions, Autry National Center of the American West, Los Angeles & Director of the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. (2014 Museum Conference)

Ex Officio

  • Dr. Hans-Martin Hinz, President of the International Council of Museums, former Deputy Director, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin and Deputy Minister of Culture for Berlin, 2000-2001
  • Dr. Knut Wik, Chairperson, ICOM Advisory Committee; Adviser/museum coordinator, Department of Regional Development, County Authority of Sor-Trondelag, Norway
  • Diana R. Pardue, Co-Chair, ICOM USA, Chief, Museum Services Division, Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island, New York, USA (2014 Museum Conference)

  • Elizabeth Duggal, Co-Chair, ICOM USA, Associate Director for Public Engagement, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA (2014 Museum Conference)