In accordance with the Terms of Reference of the IDS, three positions in the IDS Governing Board will expire on December 31, 2024:

• the seat of Analysis Centers' representative, occupied by Frank Lemoine (NASA/GSFC, USA),
• the seat of Data Centers' representative, occupied by Patrick Michael (NASA/GSFC, USA) (substitute Taylor Yates),
• one seat of at-large member, presently occupied by Karine Le Bail (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden). 

IDS associates were invited to nominate candidates for the three open positions for the next 4-year term 2025-2028.

A Nominating Committee formed for the election has collected the nominations and established the list of candidates as given below (in alphabetical order).

Votes by the IDS Associates will be collected from December 13 2024 to January 6 2025. 

Candidates for Analysis Centers' representative

Hugues CAPDEVILLE (CLS, France) Curriculum Vitae Statement

Samuel NAHMANI (IGN, France) Curriculum Vitae  Statement

Candidate for Data Centers' representative

Ross BAGWELL (NASA/CDDIS, USA) Curriculum Vitae Statement

Candidates for Member-at-large

Claudia FLOHRER (BKG, Germany) Curriculum Vitae Statement

Sergei RUDENKO (DGFI-TUM, Germany) Curriculum Vitae Statement

Maria TSAKIRI (NTUA, Greece) Curriculum Vitae Statement