CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH

Commission on the Chemistry of Volcanic Gases
	Co-Leaders:	Franco Tassi	ITALY
		Santiago Arellago	SWEDEN
	Secretary:	Silvana Hidalgo	ECUADOR
	Webmaster:	Artur Ionescu	ROMANIA
	Social media:	Lizzette Rodriguez	PORTO RICO
		Maria Clara Lamberti	ARGENTINA

  

Commission on Volcanic Lakes
	Leader:	Dimitry Rouwet	ITALY
		Bruce Christenson	NEW ZEALAND

  

Commission on Volcano Geology
	Co-Leaders:	Joan Marti	SPAIN
		Gianluca Groppelli	ITALY

  

Commission on Geochemistry
	Leaders:	B Andrews	USA
		P Ruprecht	USA

 

IASPEI/IAVCEI Joint Commission on Physics and Chemistry of Earth Materials
	Co-Leaders:	I Jackson	AUSTRALIA
		A Pommier	USA
		J Chen	USA

 

Volcanic and Igneous Plumbing Systems			website
	President:	J Kavanagh	UK
	Past President and Committee Member	S Burchardt	SWEDEN
	Equality, diversity and Inclusion Officer	C Annen	FRANCE
	Events Coordinator	L Caricchi	ITALY
	Events and Outreach	C Montagna	ITALY
	ECR Representative	C Jorgenson	SWITZERLAND
	Blog Editors	T Schmiedel, E Rhodes, T Witcher	SWEDEN

 

 VOLCANIC PROVINCES AND PROCESSES

Commission on Collapse Calderas
	Co-Leaders:	Guido Giordano	ITALY
		Darren Gravley	NEW ZEALAND

 

Commission on Explosive Volcanism
	Co-Leaders:	Daniele Andronico	ITALY
		Mattia de' Michieli Vitturi	ITALY

  

Commission on Large Igneous Provinces
	Chair:	Richard E. Ernst	CANADA
	Vice Chairs:	Ingrid Ukstins Peate	USA
		Mike Widdowson	UK
		Simon Jowitt	AUSTRALIA

 Commission on Monogenetic Volcanism

	Coordinators:	Ben van Wyk de Vries	FRANCE
		Marie-Noelle Guilbaud	MEXICO
		Jiaqi Liu	CHINA

  

Commission on Submarine Volcanism
	Co-Leaders:	Rebecca Carey	AUSTRALIA
		Michael Perfit	USA
		Steffen Kutterolf	GERMANY

 

Commission on Volcanogenic Sediments
	Co-Leaders:	Eric Breard	USA
		Gabor Kereszturi	NEW ZEALAND

 

Commission on Volcano Geoheritage and Protected Volcanic Landscapes (VGPL)
	Co-Leaders:	Tom Casadevall	USA
		Joan Marti	SPAIN
		Karoly Nemeth	NEW ZEALAND

 

 MITIGATION OF VOLCANIC DISASTERS 

Commission on Volcanic Hazards and Risk
	Leader:	H. Wright	USA
	Deputy:	S. Takarada	JAPAN

  

Commission on Statistics in Volcanology
	Co-Leaders:	Patrick Whelley	USA
		Christina Magill	AUSTRALIA

 

Commission on Tephra Hazard Modelling			website
	Co-Leaders:	Marco Pistolesi	ITALY
		Sara Barsotti	ICELAND
		Alexa Van Eaton	USA

 

Commission on Cities and Volcanoes
	Leader:	Carolyne Driedger	USA
	Co-Leaders:	Carina Fearnley	UK
		Graham Leonard	NEW ZEALAND

 

World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO)
	Co-Chairs:	Armando Saballos	NICARAGUA
		Gill Jolly	NEW ZEALAND

 

The International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (IVHHN)
	Leader:	Claire Horwell	UK
		Carol Stewart	NEW ZEALAND
		David Bamby	USA

  

 VOLCANO GEOPHYSICS AND REMOTE SENSING

  Commission on Remote Sensing

	Chair:	Fred Prata	NORWAY
	Secretary:	Simon Carn	USA

 

Commission on Volcano Geodesy
	Co-Leaders:	Emily Montgomery-Brown	USA
		Alessandro Bonforte	ITALY
		Josè Fernandez	SPAIN

  

IAGA/IASPEI/IAVCEI Working Group on Electromagnetic Studies of Earthquakes and Volcanoes (EMSEV)
		Chair:	Jacques Zlotnicki	FRANCE
		Vice-Chair:	Malcolm J.S. Johnston	USA
		Secretary:	Toshiyasu Nagao	JAPAN
		IAVCEI Liaison:	Takeshi Hashimoto	JAPAN

 

IASPEI/IAVCEI Joint Commission on Volcano Seismology & Acoustics
	Co-Leaders:	Jürgen Neuberg	UK
		Jeffrey B. Johnson	USA
		David Fee	USA

 

IAVCEI/IACS Commission on Volcano-Ice Interaction			website
	Co-Leaders:	Christopher Hamilton	USA
		Hugo Delgado Granados	MEXICO
		Thor Thordarson	ICELAND

 

 IAPSO/IASPEI/IAVCEI Joint Tsunami Commission

	Chair:	Vasily V. Titov	USA
	Vice-chairs:	Fumihiko Imamura	JAPAN
		Ahmet Yalciner	TURKEY
	Secretary:	Phil Cummins	AUSTRALIA
	IAVCEI Representative:	Yuichi Nishimura	JAPAN

 

IASPEI /IAVCEI /IAPSO International Heat Flow Commission
	Chair:	Massimo Verdoya	ITALY
	Vice-Chairs:	Sukanta Roy	INDIA
	Secretary:	Andrea Forster	GERMANY

Commission Guidelines (As published in IAVCEI News 2013 No. 1 Page 12 )

The Executive Committee expects that commissions will adhere to the following guidelines, as appropriate: 

•  Each commission should have an active leader or chair (point of contact) and board of officers (for instance, ex-officio chair, vice-chair, secretary). 
•  Leader and board of officers should be elected every 4 years (or every 2 years if desired), within commission. 
•  Report activities to IAVCEI Vice-Presidents and your Liaison Committee every year (briefly), with a full report to be delivered to the VPs (and Executive Committee) every 4 years. If a commission receives IAVCEI funding for an activity then a report to the EC must be made one month after the end of the activity. 
•  The election of new office bearers for all commissions and presentation of final reports by the outgoing executives of all commissions should take place at a business meeting for each commission during IAVCEI Scientific Assemblies for commissions electing a board every 4 years, or at these meetings and at IUGG General Assemblies for those commissions electing board every 2 years. 
•  Leader and board of officers should promote advances in volcanology by coordinating the affiliated members and boosting the organization of working groups to study specific topics, or by some other mechanism. 
•  Leader and board of officers should promote the participation of young scientists in the activities of the commission and as board officers. 
•  Leader and board of officers should promote collaboration with other commissions via LCs. 
•  Organize a workshop or meeting (or equivalent activity) at least once every 4 years. 
•  Organize (or co-organize) symposia and workshops that contribute to IAVCEI/IUGG General and Scientific Assemblies. 
•  Promote and enhance the participation of their members in the IUGG General Assemblies. 
•  Keep a website that clearly acknowledges IAVCEI affiliation, and that includes an updated (at least once a year) register of members. Website shall be hosted, or have a webpage and link, on the IAVCEI VHub site. 
•  Use the above register of commission members to communicate with them at least once per year via an e-newsletter about commission activities and forthcoming commission workshops and programs at IAVCEI conferences. 
•  Ensure that commission members are IAVCEI members. 

 

Liaison Committee Roles and Guidelines 

• Each liaison committee represents a group of commissions with overlapping interests. These are outlined on the table below. 
• The role of liaison committees is to facilitate communication between related commissions about each other’s activities and, where relevant, encourage and coordinate joint activities. 
• Each commission within a liaison committee should provide a member to serve on the LC on a rotational basis. Desirably, the ex-officio commission chair/leader could be a candidate for the LC. 
• Members decided by the boards of each commission would form the liaison committee. For example: the Chemistry of the Earth Liaison Committee; one person from Commission on Volcanic Gases, Volcanic Lakes, and Arc Magmatism, would initially constitute the liaison committee. They can be replaced every 2 years at the discretion of the commission board or remain for the term of four years. 
• Liaison committees will keep up a list of activities (on the IAVCEI Website) proposed by their member commissions accurate to at least 1 year ahead. 
• Liaison committees can promote new commissions and/or working groups, and explore strengths and weaknesses within the group of commissions. 
• Liaison Committees will collect the annual and quadrennial reports of their member commissions and interact with the VPs on the progress of commissions and LCs. 
• Liaison committees will promote the largest participation possible of members from their groups, and organizing the most relevant and pertinent sessions, symposia, and workshops during the IUGG Scientific Assemblies.