Committees

2024 Conference Organizing Committee

The 33rd IPC Conference, PANORAMAS AS MEMORY OF THE WORLD, is hosted by the Laboratory for Experimental Museology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland. The Conference Organizing Committee comprises the IPC Executive Board and representatives from the host institution.

• Dr. Molly Catherine Briggs, IPC Chair (USA)
• Gabriele Koller, IPC (Germany)
• Dominique Hanson, IPC (Belgium)
• Dr. Thiago Leitão de Souza, IPC (Brazil)
• Anja Coenen, IPC (Belgium)
• Dr. Melissa Wolfe, IPC (USA)
• Prof. Nicholas Lowe, IPC (USA) 
• Daniel Jaquet, EPFL (Switzerland)
• Sarah Kenderdine, EPFL (Switzerland)

2024 Conference Scientific Committee

The Conference Scientific Committee is a standing IPC committee and works in partnership with the host institution to create a conference theme, develop a call for proposals, field proposals, define conference sessions and set the program. 

• Dr. Melissa Wolfe, IPC, Chair (USA)
• Anja Coenen, IPC (Belgium)
• Leen Engelen, IPC (Belgium)
• Éloïse Paquette, IPC (Canada)
• Dr. Thiago Leitão de Souza, Ex-Officio, IPC (Brazil)
• Daniel Jaquet, EPFL (Switzerland)
• Sarah Kenderdine, EPFL (Switzerland)

Heritage Committee

The IPC Heritage Committee works with institutions holding panoramas, especially IPC institutional members, to serve the varied needs of owners and operators of heritage panoramas, such as in the areas of maintenance, restoration, management, and marketing.

• Gabriele Koller (Germany), Chair
• Liz Crooks (USA)
• Irina Gribova (Russia)
• Minke Schat (Netherlands)
• Sara Velas (USA)

Outreach Committee

The Outreach Committee coordinates communication strategy and manages the IPC website and IPC Newsletter.

• Prof. Nicholas C. Lowe, Chair, IPC (USA)
• Dr. Molly Catherine Briggs, IPC (USA)
• Gabriele Koller, IPC (Germany)
• Anja Coenen, IPC (Belgium)
• Suzanne Wray, Section Editor, IPC (USA)
• Dr. Thiago Leitão de Souza, Ex-Officio, IPC (Brazil)

2024 Panoramic and Immersive Media Studies Yearbook Committee (v1)

The PIMS Yearbook is the annual yearbook of the International Panorama Council (IPC, Switzerland), published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg (Germany). It surveys the historical and contemporary landscape of panoramic and immersive media.

• Dr. Molly Catherine Briggs, Executive Editor, IPC (USA)
• Dr. Thorsten Logge, Executive Editor, IPC (Germany)
• Prof. Nicholas C. Lowe, Executive Editor, IPC (USA)
• Liz Crooks, IPC (USA)
• Melissa Wolfe, Section Editor, IPC (USA) 
• Dr. Leen Engelen, Section Editor, IPC (Belgium)
• Robin Skinner, Section Editor, IPC (New Zealand)
• Patrick Deicher, Section Editor, IPC (Switzerland) 
• Gabriele Koller, Section Editor, IPC (Germany)
• Dr. Blagovesta Momchedjikova, Section Editor, IPC (USA)
• Ruby Carlson, Section Editor, IPC (USA)
• Suzanne Wray, Section Editor, IPC (USA)