The Board
The Association is managed by a Board consisting of the President and six members. The Board manages, controls and directs the affairs, funds, and property of iarigai. Members of the Board are elected by the General Assembly for a term of two years, and eligible for reelection for two subsequent terms, while the term of office of the president President is three years, whith a possibility for another term.
The Board establishes a Program and publishing committee, responsible for all issues related to the program International research conferences, as well as for publishing issues. In addition, the Board may establish committees for any area of interest for the Association.
The Executive committee carries out business of the Association between regular Board meetings or in cases if and when the Board cannot convene. Members of the Executive committee are per officio: the President, the Vice President and the Secretary General.
Former Chairperson of iarigai
1965-1967 | Dr. V. G. W. Harrison |
1967-1971 | G. Carlsson |
1971-1975 | J. F. Monroy |
1975-1980 | Dr. Peter Scheidt |
1980-1985 | Harvey F. George |
1985-1991 | Prof. Dr. Kurt Schläpfer |
1991-1997 | Boris Fuchs |
1997-2003 | Anders Bovin |
2003-2011 | Helene Juhola |
2011-2017 | Anne Blayo |
Former General Secretaries
1965-1996 | Kenneth N. Hoare |
1996-2003 | Karl-Adolf Falter |
2003-2014 | Dr. Mladen Lovreček |

Dr. Gunter Huebner
President of iarigai
Stuttgart, Germany
huebner@hdm-stuttgart.de

Fons Put
Vice President
Turnhout, Belgium
fons.put@vigc.be

Dr. Patrick Gane
Member of the Board, Program committee chair
Aalto, Finland
patrick.gane@aalto.fi

Dr. Fritz Bircher
Member of the Board
Fribourg, Switzerland
Fritz.Bircher@hefr.ch

Dr. Edgar Dörsam
Member of the Board
Darmstadt, Germany
doersam@idd.tu-darmstadt.de

Mr. Ian Baitz
Member of the Board
Toronto, Canada
ibaitz@ryerson.ca

Dr. Cathy Ridgway
Member of the Board
Oftringen, Switzerland
cathy.ridgway@omya.com

Dr. Branka Lozo
Secretary General
Zagreb, Croatia
office@iarigai.org

Mr. Manfred Werfel
Treasurer
Frankfurt a/M, Germany
manfred.werfel@wan-ifra.org