GIS Association of Japan

Planning Committee

[ Chair ]

  • Kayoko Yamamoto

[ Vice-Chair ]

  • Takashi Kirimura
  • Yoichi Wada

[ Member ]

  • Kazuto Aoki
  • Yuki Akiyama
  • Ikuru Ishibashi
  • Osamu Uchida
  • Shingo Otomo
  • Daichi Saito
  • Takenori Sato
  • Satoru Sugita
  • Ryo Taniguchi
  • Masayo Tsuchida
  • Michinori Hatayama
  • Mayumi Mizobuchi
  • Yasuhiro Mitani

Functions

  • Plan GISA's future
  • Plan applications for grants such as scientific research by JSPS
  • Coordinate industry-government-academia alliance

External Affairs Committee

[ Chair ]

  • Ikuho Yamada

[ Member ]

  • Masaki Kawase
  • Kuniaki Kusano
  • Yoshihide Sekimoto
  • Jun Yamashita

Functions

  • Correspond to Japan Geoscience Union
  • Support the Science Council of Japan members
  • Correspond to KAGIS (or other overseas GIS-related associations)
  • Correspond to other associations
  • Correspond to supporting members and acquire new members

Public Relations Committee

[ Chair ]

  • Mizuki Kawabata

[ Vice-Chair ]

  • Kazunari Tanaka

[ Member ]

  • Kazuhito Asano
  • Satoshi Kubota
  • Satoru Sugita
  • Toshikazu Seto
  • Ryo Taniguchi
  • Kazumasa Hanaoka
  • Mayumi Mizobuchi
  • Koji Yoshikawa

Functions

  • Maintain the  homepages
  • Edit and publish the transactions(newsletter) 
  • Edit and issue the mail magazine
  • Acquire regular members and student members(individuals)

Conference Executive Committee

[ Chair ]

  • Ryo Inoue

[ Member ]

  • Ai Hisatoshi
  • Yuki Akiyama
  • Fumiko Ito
  • Masaya Uesugi
  • Takuya Oki

Functions

  • Select the conference venue
  • Organize the conference programs and decide the speakers
  • Edit and publish the conference proceedings
  • Open conference programs and lecture review contents to the public through  homepage
  • Manage the budget and expenses related to tournament 
  • Manage other conference issues

Association Award Committee

[ Chair ]

  • Kei-ichi Okunuki

[ Member ]

  • Hisatoshi Ai
  • Hidenori Tamagawa
  • Masayo Tsuchida
  • Yasuhiro Mitani
  • Jun Yamashita

Functions

  • Select 5 academic award categories
  • Select outstanding award recipients(for student members)
  • Public the award recipients on the homepage

Editorial Committee

[ Chair ]

  • Kiichiro Kumagai

[ Vice-Chair ]

  • Tomohiko Sakata

[ Member ]

  • Ryo Inoue
  • Hiroyuki Usui
  • Osamu Uchida
  • Takuya Oki
  • Mizuki Kawabata
  • Satoshi Kubota
  • Tomoko Sekine
  • Yasuhi Tanaka
  • Tomoki Nakaya
  • Atsushi Masuyama

Functions

  • Develop basic plan such as editorial rules of Theory and Applications of GIS
  • Review GISA journal articles
  • Edit GISA journals
  • Manage the digital library(academic journal)
  • Understand and manage editorial work
  • Deal with other issues related to editorial and publication work

Education Committee

[ Chair ]

  • Akihiro Tsukamoto

[ Member ]

  • Ikuru Ishibashi
  • Masaya Uesugi
  • Takashi Kirimura
  • Kuniaki Kusano
  • Daichi Saito
  • Takenori Sato
  • Masayo Tsuchida
  • Koji Yoshikawa

Functions

  • Work related togeneral education including school education, curricula and continued education
  • Cooperate with the Japan Geoscience Union

GIS Certification Office

[ Representative ]

  • Wanglin Yan

[ Board of Directors ]

  • Shingo Otomo
  • Kazuhito Asano
  • Shin Yoshikawa
  • Toshiaki Sato
  • Takashi Takemoto

[Certification Committee]

  • Kazuto Aoki
  • Toru Ohba
  • Kozo Ikeda
  • Tomoko Sekine
  • Toshikazu Seto
  • Kazunari Tanaka
  • Tatsuya Miyoshi
  • Jun Yamashita
  • Yoichi Wada
  • Hideki Shimamura
  • Kazumasa Abe

[Screening Committee]

  • Yoshiyaki Murao
  • Akiyoshi Ichiuji
  • Takuya Sakai
  • Ryota Hamamoto
  • Kohei Yamamoto

Functions

  • Investigate and disseminate GIS education certification system
  • Certify and issue  GIS education certification system

Affiliated Academic Association Committee

  • Japan Geoscience Union Takashi Oguchi
  • Japanese Geographical Union Kayoko Yamamoto
  • Japan Organization of Geographical Sciences Kayoko Yamamoto
  • Cooperation Council for Association related to Human Geographical Society of Japan Keiji Yano
  • Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction Tomoki Nakaya, Ikuho Yamada