Prof. Dr. Ludwig Schultz
Germany, European Union
Prof. Dr. Schultz is a professor emeritus of the of Metallic Materials and Metal Physics Institute at TU Dresden and the former Director of the Institute of Metallic Materials at the Leibniz Institute of Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden. Currently he is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Alloys and Compounds.
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Fengler
Germany, European Union
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Fengler is a full professor at the Technical University of Dresden, at the Institute of Railway Systems and Public Transport Systems.
Dr. Hyung-Suk Han
South Korea
Dr. Hyung-Suk HAN is a principal researcher of Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials' (KIMM) Deptartment of AI Machinery. The Department has been leading the South Korean urban maglev ECOBEE project for decades.
Martin Retzmann
Germany, European Union
He was elected in 2009 as vice president and CEO of the International Maglevboard. Martin Retzmann is a Railroad Engineer. He currently serves as research fellow at the Institute of Railway and Transportation Engineering of the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Prof. Dr. Anatoly Fironov
Russian Federation
Dr. Anatoly Fironov is a full professor at the Russian University of Transport (MIIT), Moscow.
Dr. Roland Kircher
Germany, European Union
Dr. Roland Kircher is a physicist, and an elected member of the International Maglev Board (IMB). Dr. Kircher worked for many years at Siemens research and development in various fields and positions.
Michael Witt
Germany, European Union
Mr. Michael Witt is an engineer and expert for Transrapid Maglev Technology. He is an elected member of the International Maglev Steering Committee (ISC).
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Shmatchenko
Russian Federation
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Shmatchenko is a vice-professor at Saint-Petersburg State Railway University.
Prof. Dr. Lienhard Loetscher
Switzerland / Germany
Prof. Dr. L. Lötscher is a now retired professor from the Ruhr-University Bochum, Department of Geography. He is involved in research on public transit systems in Switzerland, Japan, Canada and Germany. He is both a member of the excutive committee of the German Urban Commission and a member of the steering committe of the Urban Geography Commission of the International Geographical Union.
Prof. Dr. Johannes Kluehspies
President / Chairman
European Union
Prof. Dr. habil. Dr. h.c. Johannes Kluehspies is the president of the International Maglev Board (e.V.).
Prof. Dr. Rainer Schach
Germany, European Union
Rainer Schach is a professor emeritus at the Technical University Dresden, Institute of Construction Management. He also served as the dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering for many years.
Prof. Dr. Hermann Flessner
Germany, European Union
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Hermann Flessner is an engineer and retired university professor (University of Hamburg). He has over 20 years of professional experience with magnetic levitation.
Kevin Coates
United States of America (USA)
Kevin C. Coates is the president of CoatesConsult, a maglev transport consultancy.
Prof. Dr. Richard Stephan
Brasil
Richard Stephan is a full professor at the National University of Rio de Janeiro. He is an elected member of the International Maglev Steering Committee (ISC).
Dipl. Ing. Martin Stockl
European Union, Germany
Martin Stockl is an engineer (Dipl.-Ing. Univ.). He currently works as an IT Specialist for UML/SysML based Modeling and Development of Embedded Real-Time Systems & Software in the Automotive, Aerospace and Transportation Systems market.
Martin served as treasurer of the International Maglevboard from 2009 until 2018.
Eckert Fritz
Germany, European Union
Mr. Eckert Fritz is an engineer and expert for Maglev Technologies. He is a member of the National Steering Commitee (NSC) for the Maglev2016 conference in Berlin.
Dr. Bernd Neumann
Germany
Dr. Bernd Neumann is a railway infrastructure engineer and heads the "Maglev and Transport Policy Commission" in the "German Association of Railway Engineers" (VDEI). He is a Board Member of the Center of Excellence for High Performance Railways and Maglev Systems at the Technische Universität Dresden.
Prof. Dr. Ryszard Palka
Poland, European Union
Prof. D.Sc. Ph.D. Eng. Ryszard Pałka is the head of the Department of Power Systems and Electrical Drives, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, at the West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin.
Prof. Dr. Gabriel Wackermann
France, European Union
Prof. Dr. Gabriel Wackermann is professor emeritus of management, spatial geography and urban planning at the Sorbonne University, Paris, France. He devoted a large part of his research to transportation and mobility, including the Transrapid Maglev system.
Prof. Dr. Konrad Woronowicz
Canada
Prof. Dr. Konrad Woronowicz (D.Sc., Ph.D., P.Eng.) is a Fellow Expert at Bombardier Transportation. He is a senior member of IEEE, SAE and PEO (Professional Engineers Ontario) and a member of the Maglev International Steering Committee and Linear Induction Motor IEC Standard.
Prof. Guobin Lin
People's Republic of China
Prof. Guobin Lin currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Tongji University Maglev Transportation Engineering R&D Center.
Prof. Dr. Arnd Stephan
Germany, European Union
Arnd Stephan is a full professor and authorized officer at Technische Universität Dresden / Institut für Bahntechnik GmbH.
Laurence E. Blow
United States of America
Laurence E. Blow is the Spokesman of the International Maglevboard in the United States of America. He is an elected member of the International Maglev Steering Committee (ISC).
Prof. Dr. Vincent Bourquin
Europe, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Eng. Vincent Bourquin is professor at the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland (HES-SO) / HEIA-FR in Fribourg, Department of mechanical engineering.
Prof. Dr. Anatoliy A. Zaicev
Russia, Russian Federation
Prof. Dr. Anatoliy A. Zaicev is the former Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation and professor of Transport Economics at the Emperor Alexander I. Petersburg State Transport University (PGUPS).
Prof. Gino D’Ovidio
Italy, European Union
Gino D’Ovidio is a professor of Transportation Engineering at the University of L’Aquila (Italy). Prof. D’Ovidio has a long-time experience with transport planning and he has participated as a scientific consultant to several committees of transport sector.