Organs

General Council

The General Council is the supreme governing body. It comprises one or two delegates from each Member Organisation and holds yearly Sessions.


Secretariat

The Secretariat is the executive body headed by the Secretary-General. It carries out the decisions of the GC following the resolutions passed at Sessions.


Advisory Board

The Advisory Board has to formulate proposals on the policy and strategy of IMEKO and is chaired by the Advisory President.
Members:

  • Prof. Frank Härtig, Germany (Chairman, Advisory President)
  • Dr. A. Germak, Italy (Secretary)
  • Prof. Masatoshi Ishikawa, Japan
  • Prof. P. S. Girao, Portugal
  • Prof. Shigeru Takayama, Japan
  • Dr. Jay Hendricks, USA
  • Prof. T. Pfeifer, Germany, HONORARY MEMBER
  • Prof. A. M. Da Cruz Serra, Portugal, HONORARY MEMBER
  • Dr. Dae-Im Kang, South Korea, HONORARY MEMBER
  • Prof. Pasquale Daponte, Italy, HONORARY MEMBER
  • Roland Collay, France, HONORARY MEMBER

Technical Board

The Technical Board has to analyse and support the activity of the Technical Committees and is chaired by the President-Elect.
Members:

  • Ms Barbara Goldstein, USA, Chairman, President-Elect
  • Ms Kristine Zelenka, Secretary, 
  • Dr. Leonard Klaus, Information Officer
  • Prof. Alexander L. Shestakov, Russia 
  • Dr. Malcolm McEwen, Canada
  • All TC Chairpersons ex officio
  • Prof. Kenneth Grattan, UK, Publication Officer ex officio
  • Prof. Francesco Lamonaca, Italy, Editor-in-Chief of Acta IMEKO:

Supervisory Committee (Audit Committee)

Members:

  • Dr. Beatrice Rodiek, Germany
  • Dr. Zsolt Viharos, Hungary
  • Assoc. Prof. Tzvetelin Gueorguiev, Bulgaria

Development Committee 

Members:

  • Prof. Elisabeth Costa Monteiro, Chairperson of the Development Committee
  • Prof. Marija Cundeva-Blajer
  • Prof. Daniel Kytyr 
  • Prof. Alistair Forbes
  • Dr. Jakub Svatos
  • Dr. Zsolt Viharos
  • Dr. Sascha Eichsädt

Dates

  • 2026: The 70th General Council Session and related board meetings 

    • 24-25 August 2026 Thailand