Purpose:

The Scientific Committee is responsible for reviewing and scoring abstracts and gathering them into appropriate sessions.

Chair:

Jan Deprest (Belgium)

Members:

• Barbara Bodner-Adler (Austria)
• Rufus Cartwright (UK)
• Dina El-Hamamsy (UK)
• Shimon Ginath (Israel)
• Howard Goldman (USA)
• Markus Huebner (Germany)
• Baerbel Junginger (Germany)
• Marianne Koch (Austria)
• Jan Willem de Leeuw (The Netherlands)
• Tsia-Shu Lo (Taiwan)
• Ann-Sophie Page (Belgium)
• Latthe Pallavi (UK)
• Lucila Pavan (Argentina)
• Maurizio Serati (Italy)
• Sheethal Madari (UK)

Purpose:

The Social Media Committee provides guidance on using social media for societal purposes, gives urogynecological content to posts, and works to increase the visibility of IUGA and engagement with members and potential members through social media channels.

Co-Chairs:

Committee Members:

• Madeline Carmain (USA)
• Esra Bilir (Turkey)
• Cassia Juliato (Brazil)
• Esther McNeill (UK)
• Arnova Reswari (Indonesia)
• Anna Rosamilia (Australia)- Liaison IUGA Board

Purpose:

The Education Committee is responsible for developing, promoting, and maintaining the educational offerings of the association.

Focus:

The Education Committee is committed to facilitating education in pelvic floor dysfunction across the globe, with particular focus on less well-resourced areas, teaching and training of trainees (including general gynecology trainees), nurses, physiotherapists, and allied health professionals.

The Education Committee is responsible for the following programs/initiatives:

• Scoring Observership Grants and International Fellowship Grants applications and recommending recipients.
• Overseeing the program content for the Regional Symposia and International Symposia and Fundamentals Course. 
• Reviewing applications submitted for Endorsed Programs
• Developing content for, and overseeing, IUGA Academy, the association’s E-Learning platform
• IUGA Podcast

Chair:

Natarajan Rajamaheswari (India)

Education Review Subcommittee:

• Shilpa Iyer – Sub-committee Chair (USA)
• Jenifer Byrnes (USA)
• Cathy Flood (Canada)
• Rajeev Ramanah (France)
• Tanvir Singh (India)
• Dalia Saidan (UK)
• Jittima Manonai (Thailand)
• Dalia Saidan (UK)
• Ellen Yeung (Australia)

E-learning Sub-committee:

• Erin Deverdis- Sub-committee Chair (USA)
• Bahiyah Abdulla (Malaysia)
• Christine Chu (USA)
• Nirmala Amber Papalkar (India)
• Seema Dutta (UK)
• Charlotte Goutallier (Australia)
• Keeth Mayakaduwage (Australia)

Purpose:

The Membership Committee works in partnership with the Board of Directors and IUGA Office to develop and execute member recruitment and retention strategies and to provide advice regarding membership-related processes.

Focus:

The Membership Committee is focused on understanding how IUGA member benefits can contribute to new member recruitment and retention of current members, the diverse needs of members, and continued cooperation with Affiliate Societies.

The Membership Committee is responsible for the following programs/initiatives:

• Membership benefits
• Member communication

Chair:

Sivakumar Balakrishnan (Malaysia)

Members:

• JP Bagala (Uganda)
• Cornelia Betschart (Switzerland)
• Kendall Brouard (South Africa)
• Symphorosa Chan (Hong Kong)
• Siddiqui Gazala (USA)
• Amr Gehad (UK)
• Luiz Gustavo Brito (Brazil)
• Budi Aman Santoso (Indonesia)
• Amita Jain (India)
• Ramalingam Kalaivani (UK)
• Naheed Kapadia (UAE)
• Emmanuel Karantanis (Australia)
• Deborah Karp (USA)
• Soo Kwon (USA) 
• Svjetlana Lozo (USA)
• Srikala Prasad (India)
• Tafadzwa (Tafy) Seade (Australia) 

Purpose:

The Terminology and Standardization Committee reviews and standardizes the terminology the association uses to discuss and present its educational and research activities.

The Terminology and Standardization Committee is responsible for the following initiatives:

• The development of terminology and standardization reports and papers, often in collaboration with other societies.

Chair:

Sarah Collins (USA)

Members:

• Peter De Kuyper (Belgium)
• Constantin Durnea (UK)
• Bobby Garcia (USA)
• Magdalena Grzybowska (Poland)
• Cristine Homsi Jorge Ferreira (Brazil)
• Joseph Kowalski (USA)
• Juraj Letko (USA)
• Pawel Miotla (Poland)
• Mehmet Murat Seval (Turkey)
• Genevieve Nadeau (Canada)
• Oriol Porta (Spain)
• Charbel Salamon (USA)
• Ruchi Singh (Australia)
• Said Yaiesh (Australia)
• Lisa Prodigalidad (Philippines) - Liaison IUGA Board

Purpose:

The Publications Committee is responsible for publishing the IUGA Spotlight,  IUGA's official newsletter.

Chair:

Aparna Hegde
(India)

Committee Members:

• Hawra Badri (UK)
• Ipek Betul Ozcivit (Turkey)
• Subhash Biswas (India)
• Ganesh Dangal (Nepal)
• Monika Gupta (India)
• Maherah Kamarudin (Malaysia)
• Kazibe Koyuncu (Turkey)
• Manidip Pal (India)
• Temesgen Tilahun Bekabil (Ethiopia)
• Jorge Milhem Haddad (Brazil)- Liaison IUGA Board