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In my first article as ISB President I would like to thank everyone for the well wishes and support, and I would like to warmly welcome the new ISB Council to their roles. The elected and appointed ISB Council for 2023-25 are as follows.

 

Elizabeth Clarke, President, Australia

Alberto Leardini, Past President, Italy,

Felipe Carpes, President Elect, Brazil

Brent Edwards, Secretary General, Canada

Shaye Tiell, Student Representative, USA

Katherine Boyer, Awards Officer, USA

Taylor Dick, Awards Officer, Australia

Jennifer Shin, Affiliate Societies Officer, South Korea

Daniel Hahn, Economically Developing Countries (EDC) Officer, Germany

Hannah Rice, Education Officer, Norway

Jonas Rubenson, Informatics Officer, USA

Heiliane de Brito Fontana, Publications Officer, Brazil

Luke Kelly, Sponsorship Officer, Australia

Erica Bell, Student Awards Officer, USA

Yumna Albertus, Technical Groups Officer, South Africa

Andrew Cresswell, Treasurer, Australia

John Challis, Archives Officer (Appointed), USA

Hiro Hobara, Social Media Representative (Appointed), Japan

Obinna Fidelis, Representative for Africa (Appointed), Nigeria

Tung-Wu Lu, Representative for Asia (Appointed), Taiwan

Felipe Carpes, Representative for South America (Appointed), Brazil

Link to the council in the ISB website

 

We are all enthusiastically settling into our roles and starting to discuss initiatives. Some of the activities that we are currently discussing include updating the functionality and appearance of the ISB website, updating sponsorship offerings, additional EDC and education activities, updating the conference hosting documents, introducing an equity and diversity initiative, and documenting a strategic plan and financial plan for the society. I will provide updates on these activities, and others that arise, as we make progress.

 

I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome our new ISB Affiliate Society – International Women in Biomechanics (IWB) - and our new ISB Technical Group – Comparative Neuromuscular Biomechanics (CNB). It has been a great pleasure for me to support both groups in making their applications to ISB, and I’m happy to report that ISB have updated our Affiliate Society codes to be inclusive of a wider range of Affiliate Societies, in addition to those based on geography.

 

Likewise, we are currently undertaking a review of the conference hosting documents to improve clarity and transparency in the process of bidding for, and hosting/organising the conference. If you are bidding to host the 2027 ISB Conference, please reach out to Felipe Carpes or myself before making your submission, to ensure you are using the updated documents.

 

I’ll finish by thanking the Fukuoka 2023 conference organising committee – what a great conference and a great city, and it was wonderful to see so many friends and colleagues again in person after 4 years.

 

Elizabeth Clarke

ISB President 

 

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