Communications Committee

Background/Purpose of the Committee

• To enhance communication between the IATDMCT Executive and members, and between members to support the Association's mission;
• To encourage members to become actively involved with the Association's activities and to communicate their activities with other members;
• To promote the activities of IATDMCT and all its members as well as the benefits of being a part of this vibrant Association and to attract new members.

Committee Initiatives 2018/2019

• To collaborate with the Council, scientific committees and members to obtain educational material for the Resources area of the website;
• To manage the monthly E-News and quarterly Compass to communicate to members the latest news and hot topics;
• To manage IATDMCT social media platforms to encourage real time scientific interaction between IATDMCT members and with non-members;
• To promote and coordinate communication activities at the 2018 Congress, Brisbane, Australia and 2019 Congress, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil;
• To promote IATDMCT Regional meetings.

Committee Initiatives Completed in 2016/2017

• Successfully managed: E-News (monthly), Compass (quarterly), TDM Journal Adverts (bimonthly), Blog (monthly), Twitter (daily), LinkedIn (daily) and Facebook (daily); 
• Established further social media activities: IATDMCT Facebook;
• Extremely active during the 2017 Congress, Kyoto, Japan: Social Media, Daily Compass e-blast etc;
• Extremely active in populating the IATDMCT Members Only Resources area with educational material.

Meet the Committee

	Kamisha Johnson-Davis Salt Lake City, USA Chair Facebook		Ofelia Noceti Montevideo, Uruguay Vice-Chair LinkedIn	Contact Us Administrative Committees Communications Committee
Compass Editorial Team
	Paula Schaiquevich Buenos Aires, Argentina Editor-in-Chief		Edgar Spencer England, UK Associate Editor		Frank Saint-Marcoux Limoges, France Associate Editor
E-News & Adverts
	Manuela Neuman Toronto, Canada Co-Editor		Ryuji Kato Takatsuki, Japan Co-Editor		Denise McKeown Glasgow, UK Adverts Manager Emerging Country PT Benefit
Webmasters
	Alain Verstraete Gent, Belgium Webmaster		Vacant Deputy Webmaster
Social Media
	Jana Stojanova Valparaiso, Chile Blog Manager Twitter		Maria Shipkova  Stuttgart, Germany LinkedIN Manager		Violette Gijsen Venlo, Netherlands Facebook
	Olga Milan Lopez Barcelona, Spain Twitter
Resources Area
	Katharina Rentsch Basel, Switzerland Director of Education		Erik van Maarseveen Utrecht, Netherlands Director of Education		Staffan Rosenborg Stockholm, Sweden Director of Education
Young Scientist Liaison
	Laure Elens Brussels, Belgium Young Scientist Chair