Advisory Board

International Advisory Board

  • Professor Corazon S. Alvina, Director, National Museum of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.
  • Dr. Ann Davis, Director, The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Dr. Shahid Vawda, Programme on Culture, Heritage and Tourism, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
  • Ms. Adi Meretui Ratunabuabua, Principal Cultural Development Officer, Department of Culture and Heritage, Ministry of Fijian Affairs, Culture and Heritage, Suva, Fiji Islands.
  • Professor Laishun An, China Friendship Museum, Beijing; Secretary General ICOM 2010, Shanghai.
  • Mlle Christine Hemmet, Responsable de l’unité patrimoniale des collections Asie, Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France.
  • Professor Henry C. (Jatti) Bredekamp, Chief Executive Officer, Iziko Museums of Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Dr. Lina G. Tahan, Senior Research Fellow, 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. Bill Cope, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.
  • 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.
  • Professor W. Richard West, Jr., Director, Founding Director Emeritus, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA; Vice President, ICOM Executive Council.

Chairperson of the Advisory Board

  • Professor Dr. Amareswar Galla, Convener, Pacific Asia Observatory for Cultural Diversity in Human Development, Sydney, Australia; Chairperson, ICOM Cross Cultural Task Force, Paris, France.

Assisting the Chairperson:

  • Dr. Nevra Ertürk, Museum Studies Graduate Program, Art Management Division, Department of Art, Faculty of Art and Design, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.

Ex Officio

  • Ms. Alissandra Cummins, President of ICOM; Director, Barbados Museums and Historical Society, Barbados.
  • Dr. Knut Wik, Chairperson, ICOM Advisory Committee; Adviser/museum coordinator, Department of Regional Development, County Authority of Sor-Trondelag, Norway.
  • Mr. Julien Anfruns, Director General, International Council of Museums and President of the International Committee of the Blue Shield (ICBS) which promotes the protection of cultural heritage as defined in The Hague Convention.
  • Mr. Ökka? Da?l?o?lu, President, ICOM Turkish National Committee; Acting DG, General Directorate of Monuments and Museums, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Dr. Udo Gößwald, Chairman, ICOM - Europe and Director, Museum Neukölln, Berlin, Germany.