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The objective of the International Association for Cold Region Development Studies (IACORDS) shall be to decide through consultation, the fundamental principles associated with for organizing conferences of the International Symposium on Cold Region Development (ISCORD), which aims at providing cold region experts with opportunities to exchange a wide range of scientific, technological and cultural expertise, towards development of the cold regions.

Members of IACORDS

Executive Committee Members

President
Riitta Kamula (Finland), Thule Institute, University of Oulu

Vice President
Changlei Dai (China), School of Hydraulic and Electric Power, Heilongjiang University
Kimiyoshi Kurauchi (Japan), Hokkaido Development Engineering Center

Advisor for International Relations
David M. Blake (UK), Institution for Engineering and Technology(IET)

Secretary General
Kunihiro Kishi (Japan), Hokkaido University

Board of Directors

David Paul Waterhouse (Australia), Australian Antarctic Division, Commonwealth of Australia
Boualem Ouazia (Canada), Construction Research Centre, National Research Council Canada (NRC)
Chen Dong-feng (China), Jilin Province Communication Science Research Institute
Hao Zheng (China), Harbin Institute of Technology
Wang Xinglong (China), Heilongjiang Institute of Highways & Transport Research
Pernille Erland Jensen (Denmark), Technical University of Denmark
Pekka Leviäkangas (Finland), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
Teemu Vehmaskoski (Finland), Finnish Association of Civil Engineers RIL
Masaaki Minami (Japan), Iwate University
Shunji Kanie (Japan), Hokkaido University of Science
Askar Zhussupbekov (Kazakhstan), Eurasian National University (ENU)
Eun Chul Shin (Korea), Incheon National University
Jong-Sub Lee (Korea), Korea University
Jangguen Lee (Korea), University of Science & Technology (UST)
Young Seok Kim (Korea), University of Science & Technology (UST)
Andrzej Patalas (Poland), Autostrada Wielkopolska S.A.
Zbigniew Mlynarek (Poland), Polish Committee on Geotechnics (PCG)
Anastasiya Tseyeva (Republic of Sakha, Russia), Yakut State Design and Research Institute for Construction
Terenty A. Kornilov (Republic of Sakha, Russia), North Eastern Federal University
Hannele K. Zubeck (U.S.A.), University of Alaska Anchorage
Joey Yang (U.S.A.), University of Alaska Anchorage
John Ma (U.S.A.), University of Tennessee

IACORDS Honorary Member

Harumi Sasaki (Japan), Founder of ISCORD
Asko Sarja (Finland), Innokas Consulting.
James Rooney (U.S.A.), R & M Consultants
Hiroshi Saeki (Japan), Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University
Keiichi Satoh (Japan), Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University