Past committees

GIScRG committee members and their roles by year.

History of GIScRG · Current committee

2025–26

Role	Committee members
Chair	Stef De Sabbata
Secretary	Rui Zhu
Treasurer	Kristina Wolf (until May 2026), Nick Bearman (from May 2026)
Membership secretary	Evgeny Noi
Prize secretary	Xiao Li
Website and social media	Pengyuan Liu, Meiliu Wu
Ordinary members	Seraphim Alvanides, Nick Bearman

2024–25

Role	Committee members
Chair	Stef De Sabbata
Secretary	Rui Zhu
Treasurer	Kristina Wolf
Membership secretary	Andrea Ballatore
Prize secretary	Xiao Li
Website and social media	Issam Al-kenani
Ordinary members	Ziqi Li (University of Glasgow), James Haworth, Godwin Yeboah, Seraphim Alvanides

2023–24

Role	Committee members
Chair	Stef De Sabbata
Secretary	Rui Zhu
Treasurer	Nick Bearman
Membership secretary	Andrea Ballatore
Prize secretary	Seraphim Alvanides
Website and social media	Issam Al-kenani
Ordinary members	Ziqi Li (University of Glasgow), Xiao Li, James Haworth, Ed Manley, Bonnie Buyuklieva, Godwin Yeboah

2022–23

Role	Committee members
Chair	Stef De Sabbata
Secretary	Ziqi Li (University of Glasgow)
Treasurer	Nick Bearman
Membership secretary	Andrea Ballatore
Prize secretary	Seraphim Alvanides
Website and social media	Issam Al-kenani
Conferences and events	Justin van Dijk
Postgraduate representative	Daniel Colson (from November 2022)
Ordinary members	James Haworth, Ed Manley, Bonnie Buyuklieva, Godwin Yeboah

2021–22

Role	Committee members
Chair	Seraphim Alvanides
Secretary	Stef De Sabbata
Treasurer	Nick Bearman
Prizes and awards	Seraphim Alvanides
Conferences and events	Justin van Dijk
Website and social media	Andrea Ballatore
Membership secretary	James Haworth
Ordinary members	Ed Manley, Bonnie Buyuklieva, Godwin Yeboah, Adam Dennett, Rebecca Sharpe

2020–21

Role	Committee members
Chair	Ed Manley
Secretary	Stef De Sabbata
Treasurer	Nick Bearman
Prizes and awards	Seraphim Alvanides
Website and social media	Andrea Ballatore
Postgraduate representative	Bonnie Buyuklieva
Membership secretary	James Haworth
Ordinary members	Godwin Yeboah, Adam Dennett, Rebecca Sharpe, Alan Smith

2019–20

Role	Committee members
Chair	Ed Manley
Secretary	Stef De Sabbata
Treasurer	Nick Bearman
Conferences and events	Alan Smith
Prizes and awards	Seraphim Alvanides
Website and social media	Andrea Ballatore
Postgraduate representative	Bonnie Buyuklieva
Membership secretary	James Haworth
Ordinary members	Godwin Yeboah, Adam Dennett, Rebecca Sharpe

2018–19

Role	Committee members
Chair	Ed Manley
Secretary	Adam Dennett
Treasurer	Nick Bearman
Conferences and events	Yi Gong (June 2018 handover), Alan Smith
Prizes and awards	Seraphim Alvanides
Postgraduate representative	Alekos Alexiou
Membership secretary	Rebecca Sharpe
Ordinary member	Alan Smith (June 2018 handover)

2017–18

Role	Committee members
Chair	Nick Malleson
Secretary	Adam Dennett
Treasurer	Alison Heppenstall
Prizes and awards	Seraphim Alvanides
Postgraduate representative	Alekos Alexiou
Conferences and events	Yi Gong
Membership secretary	Rebecca Sharpe
Ordinary members	Nick Bearman, Alan Smith

2016–17

Role	Committee members
Chair	Nick Malleson
Secretary	Adam Dennett
Treasurer	Alison Heppenstall
Prizes and awards	Seraphim Alvanides
Postgraduate representative	Alekos Alexiou
Conferences and events	Yi Gong
Membership secretary	Rebecca Sharpe
Ordinary members	Nick Bearman, Alan Smith

2015–16

Role	Committee members
Chair	Nick Malleson
Secretary and treasurer	Robin Lovelace
Prizes and awards	Seraphim Alvanides
Postgraduate representative	Alekos Alexiou
Conferences and events	Yi Gong
Ordinary members	Nick Bearman, Alan Smith

April 2015

Role	Committee members
Chair	Alex Singleton
Secretary and treasurer	Michail Pavlis
Prizes and awards	Joana Barros
Ordinary members	Nick Malleson, Seraphim Alvanides

2014

Role	Committee members
Chair	Seraphim Alvanides
Secretary	James Cheshire
Treasurer	Muki Haklay
Postgraduate representative and website support	Godwin Yeboah

2012–13

Role	Committee members
Chair	Seraphim Alvanides
Secretary	James Cheshire
Treasurer	Muki Haklay
Postgraduate representative and website	Godwin Yeboah
Conferences and events	Yi Gong
Prizes and awards	Joana Barros
Ordinary member	Nick Malleson

2011

Role	Committee members
Chair	Seraphim Alvanides
Secretary	James Cheshire
Treasurer	Muki Haklay
Conferences officer	Yi Gong
Prizes and awards	Joana Barros
Postgraduate representative and website	Tom Burgoine

2010

Role	Committee members
Joint chairs	Linda See, Alison Heppenstall
Secretary	Katherine Arrell
Treasurer	Muki Haklay
Postgraduate representative	James Cheshire

2009

Role	Committee members
Chair (outgoing)	Bob Abrahart
Joint chairs (incoming)	Linda See, Alison Heppenstall
Joint secretary (before handover)	Alison Heppenstall
Secretary (incoming)	Katherine Arrell
Treasurer	Muki Haklay

2008

Role	Committee members
Chair	Bob Abrahart
Secretary	Linda See
Treasurer	Muki Haklay
QMRG representative	Richard Harris

2007

Role	Committee members
Chair	Bob Abrahart
Joint secretaries	Alison Heppenstall, Linda See
Treasurer	Muki Haklay
Webmaster	Claire Chambers
Conference coordinator	Nick Tate
Prizes and awards coordinator	Věra Karasová
Postgraduate representative	Christian Castle
QMRG representative	David Ashby

2006

Role	Committee members
Chair	Bob Abrahart
Treasurer (outgoing)	Iain Lake
Treasurer (incoming)	Muki Haklay
Postgraduate representative (incoming)	Christian Castle
Prizes coordinator (incoming)	Věra Karasová

2005

Role	Committee members
Chair	Bob Abrahart
Treasurer	Iain Lake
Newsletter editor	Linda See
Postgraduate representative	Christian Castle
GIScRG representative on the QMRG committee	David Ashby

2004

Role	Committee members
Chair	Bob Abrahart
Secretary	Mairéad de Róiste
Treasurer	Iain Lake
Conference coordinator	Nick Tate
Webmaster	Roy Bradshaw (interim), Gary Priestnall (co-opted)
Prizes and awards coordinator	Roy Bradshaw
Postgraduate representative	David Ashby

2003

Role	Committee members
Chair	Peter Fisher
Secretary	Richard Harris
Treasurer	Iain Lake
Webmaster	Bob Abrahart
Conference convenor	Nick Tate
Postgraduate representative	Mairéad de Róiste

2002

Role	Committee members
Chair	Peter Fisher
Secretary	Richard Harris
Treasurer	Iain Lake
Webmaster	Bob Abrahart
Conference coordinator	Nick Tate
Postgraduate representative	Daryl Lloyd