IAMAS Secretary-General, 2015–2019
IRC President, 2004–2008
IRC Vice President, 2000–2004

It is my great pleasure to send you my greeting message as the new IAMAS SG. Already eight months have passed since the start of the new Bureau term last June. The operation of the IAMAS business is good so far with your kind support, though we brought some inconvenience to you due to our inexperience in the duties of the SG. We would like to thank all of you for your kind cooperation. Let us have a great, successful year for the association, preparation ahead of the IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA Cape Town Assembly in 2017, and our other activities. I also extend my appreciation to Hans Volkert, the previous SG, and Jenny Lin, the previous SG Assistant, for their kind support during the transition of the SG office. I am happy to work with the new Deputy SG, Peter Pilewskie, and two able SG Assistants, Yoshinobu Sasaki and Nozomi Tomizawa of JAXA.

Director
Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Japan

Email: terry-nkj@nifty.com