ISPRS Ad-hoc Committee ″Knowledge Transfer″
the White Elephant Club have became recognized as an ISPRS Ad-hoc Committee ″Knowledge Transfer″
Prologue
The White Elephant Club was founded on the occasion of the 60th birthday of Professor Armin Gruen held at Yildiz Hisar Club,
Istanbul, Turkey on the 18th July 2004 in conjunction with the XXth ISPRS Congress. It consists of previously or still active
senior officers of ISPRS and other recognized persons with close relations to ISPRS.
The aims of the Club are to support the missions and goals of ISPRS and to communicate and encourage young generations to grow
into potential ″elephants″ through their own activity. This should be based on friendship among the members.
Meetings are convened on special occasions of commemorative events of the members, in conjunction with ISPRS Congresses,
symposia and other related meetings.
Terms of Reference
- Advising Council on matters requiring extensive experience of ISPRS business
- Supporting the knowledge transfer activities of Technical Commission VI by initiating, organizing and conducting seminars, tutorials and workshops
- Initiating activities for bridging the gap between generations and fostering events to support young scientists and students
- Supporting Technical Commission VI e-learning and remote teaching activities with focus on integration of high-tech elements in education and training processes
- Initiating, coordinating and supporting projects by bringing together users, sponsors and experts as science and technology broker
- Maintaining a sense of tradition and understanding of development within ISPRS by contributing actively to the collection of notes
and reports about the history of photogrammetry, remote sensing and GIS
Knowledge Transfer Committee (White Elephant Club)
| Honorary President |
| Gottfried Konecny, University of Hannover (Germany) |
konecny@ipi.uni-hannover.de |
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| President |
| Armin Gruen, ETH Zurich (Switzerland) |
agruen@geod.baug.ethz.ch |
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| Secretary General |
| Shunji Murai, Emeritus University of Tokyo (Japan) |
sh1939murai@nifty.com |
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| Members |
| Fritz Ackermann, Emeritus Stuttgart University (Germany) |
ackermann-f@t-online.de |
| Orhan Altan, Istanbul Technical University (Turkey) |
oaltan@itu.edu.tr |
| Ayhan Alkis, Yildiz Technical University (Turkey) |
alkis@yildiz.edu.tr |
| Ivan Antipov, Novosibirsk (Russia) |
antipov@online.nsk.su |
| Klaas Jan Beek, ITC (The Netherlands) |
beek@itc.nl |
| Ian Dowman, University College London (UK) |
idowman@ge.ucl.ac.uk |
| Clive Fraser, Melbourne University (Australia) |
c.fraser@eng.unimelb.edu.au |
| Dieter Fritsch, Stuttgart University (Germany) |
dieter.fritsch@ifp.uni-stuttgart.de |
| Lawrence Fritz: ISPRS Foundation (USA) |
lwfritz@gmail.com |
| Wicha Jiwalai, GISTDA (Thailand) |
wicha@gistda.or.th |
| Deren Li, Wuhan University (China) |
pw67@yahoo.com |
| Petros Patias, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) |
patias@auth.gr |
| Klaus Szangolies, DGPF (Germany) |
Klaus.Szangolies@t-online.de |
| Kennert Torlegard |
kennert.t@telia.com |
| John Trinder, Univ. of South Wales (Australia) |
J.Trinder@unsw.edu.au |
| Suvit Vibulsresth, GISTDA (Thailand) |
suvit@gistda.or.th |
| Sherman Wu, Keystone International, Inc., Las Vegas (USA) |
askdrwu@keystone-international.com |
| Zuxun Zhang, Wuhan University (China) |
zxz427@public.wh.hb.cn |