IBS NBR

ABOUT

Until January 2011 the member countries of the Nordic Region were Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. On January 1st 2011 the Nordic Region and the Baltic Group joined into the Nordic-Baltic Region, with new member countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

The Nordic-Baltic Region is governed by the Articles of Incorporation, the Constitution, the By-Laws of the International Biometric Society and the By-Laws of the Nordic-Baltic region (updated in June 2015).

IBS NORDIC-BALTIC REGIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (REC)

According to the regional by-laws, the REC will shift between the Nordic and Baltic countries in the following order: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway/Iceland, and the Baltic countries as one group. Effective as of 1 January 2021, the REC has shifted from Sweden to Denmark. A transition of the REC duties from Sweden to Denmark will take place during spring 2021.  

Incoming REC:

• President: Henri Pesonen, University of Tampere, Finland

• Secretary: Timo Hurme, Applied Statistical Methods, Natural Resources Institute, Finland

• Treasurer: Noora Kartiosuo, University of Turku, Finland

• Substitute: Jaakko Nevalainen, University of Tampere, Finland

Outgoing REC:

• President: Andreas Kryger Jensen, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen
  

• Secretary: Jacob v. B. Hjelmborg, Professor, University of Southern Denmark
  

• Treasurer: Ulrich Halekoh, Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark

  
  

• Substitute: Signe Bedsted Clemmensen, Assistant Professor, University of Southern Denmark

IBS NORDIC-BALTIC REGIONAL COUNCIL (RC)

The RC consists of the REC together with the national representatives:

• Denmark: Andreas Kryger Jensen
• Iceland: 
• Estonia: Krista Fischer
• Latvia: Eva Petrošina
• Lithuania: Audrone Jakaitiene
• Norway: Magne Thoresen
• Sweden: Dietrich von Rosen
• Finland: Esa Läärä

Jon Michael Gran and Andreas Kryger Jensen are also the Nordic-Baltic representatives of the Representative Council of IBS.

IBS NORDIC-BALTIC MEMBERS OF THE IBS COMMITTEES

IBS Executive Board:

Krista Fischer 2015-2022

Awards Fund Committee:

No NBR members currently

Committee on Communications:

No NBR members currently

Conference Advisory Committee:

Ziad Taib 2016-2023

Editorial Advisory Committee:

Esa Läärä 2014-2021

Education Committee:

Jaakko Nevalainen 2016-2023

Budget and Finance Committee:

Krista Fischer (ex-officio, executive board liaison)

REGIONAL BULLETIN

The Nordic-Baltic Region has its own Bulletin. You will find the most recent numbers here:

• Bulletin No. 1, 2019
• Bulletin No. 1, 2018
• Bulletin No. 2, 2017
• Bulletin No. 1, 2017
• Bulletin No. 1-2, 2016
• Bulletin No. 1-2, 2015
• Bulletin No. 2, 2014
• Bulletin No. 1, 2014