Visioning Committee

The Committee was formed by the decision of the IUGG Executive Committee meeting held on 9-11 October 2009 in Melbourne (Australia) to

• manage a visioning process and prepare the vision plan with placing a particular emphasis to (i) grant challenges in geophysics and geodesy, (ii) involvements of young scientists and women in the Union activity, and (iii) relationship with external organizations, media and industry;
• study the ways in which IUGG operates and formulate ideas on improvement of IUGG activities and structures and on new ways of operations;
• examine (i) how IUGG science interacts with other geoscience disciplines, (ii) how IUGG science is relevant to societal needs, (iii) how to present IUGG to the rest of the world; and (iv) how IUGG can be involved in a decision-making process without loosing its scientific rigour;
• develop IUGG strategic plans based on inputs from Union Associations and National Members; and
• prepare and revise IUGG major statements (e.g. vision, mission, goals, objectives, values etc.) and IUGG special statements on the scientific topics related to society (e.g. natural hazards, climate change, geoscience & geotechnology , etc)