The primary task of the International Steering Committee (ISC) is to define the topics and upcoming meeting places for the International MAGLEV conferences. Important decision-making criteria are current developments in science and industry as well as the goal of the appropriate promotion of relevant national maglev developments.
The committee is made up of 20 members, all of whom are experts in the Maglev field. A new member is accepted by vote. Proposals for election can only be made by members of the ISC. In the case of several applicants, the decision to the conference venue is carried out by secret ballot.
Honorary Chair: Eisuke Masada, Japan
Chair: Hiroyuki Ohsaki, Japan
Members: (in alphabetical order, by family name)
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Laurence Blow, MaglevTransport, Inc., USA
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Vincent Bourquin, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Switzerland
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Gerard Coquery, Université Gustave Eiffel, France
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Zigang Deng, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
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Sansan Ding, CRCC Qingdao Sifang Co. Ltd., China
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Chang-Hyun Kim, KIMM, Korea
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Johannes Klühspies, The International Maglev Board, Germany
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Xiao Liang, Hunan Rail Transit Group Company, China
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Guobin Lin, Tongji University, China
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Friedrich Loeser, Thyssenkrupp Transrapid GmbH, Germany
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Henrik Ny, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
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Shunsuke Ohashi, Kansai University, Japan
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Ryszard Palka, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland
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Sergei Smirnov, Emperor Alexander I Saint-Petersburg State Transport University, Russian Federation
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Richard Magdalena Stephan, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Motoaki Terai, Central Japan Railway Company, Japan
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Masaru Tomita, Railway Technical Research Institute, Japan
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Michael Witt, The International Maglev Board, Germany
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Konrad Woronowicz, ElmagTrans Inc, Canada
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Deceased committee members
Richard Post passed away on April 7, 2015 (USA).
Gordon Danby passed away on August 2, 2016 (USA).
James Powell passed away on May 27, 2019 (USA).