At the General Assembly of Venice International University on 3 May, 2019 the members elected the leadership and governing bodies for a 3-year term.
Amb. Umberto Vattani was confirmed as President of VIU, a role he has performed since 2003.
Prof. Carlo Giupponi, who has been Dean of VIU since 2016 was also confirmed.
Mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro will continue to serve as Vice President.
There are several new representatives of the member universities in the Board of Directors and in the Academic Council, due to changing administrative responsibilities in the home universities.
The Assembly thanked the outgoing members of the Board and Council for their service to VIU, and welcomed the newcomers.
The following representatives will remain in office until 2022.
President
Umberto Vattani
Vice President
Luigi Brugnaro
Dean
Carlo Giupponi
Board of Directors
Michele Bugliesi
Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Masahiko Gemma
Waseda University
Alberto Godenzi
Boston College
Kebin He
Tsinghua University
Nouria Hernandez
Université de Lausanne
Bernd Huber
Ludwig Maximilians Universität
Oleg Kharkhordin
European University at St. Petersburg
Jung Ho Kim
Korea University
Giuseppe Novelli
Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"
Yaron Oz
Tel Aviv university
Igor Papič
University of Ljubljana
Danny Pieters
KU Leuven
Manuel Tunon de Lara
Université de Bordeaux
Margherita Turvani
Università Iuav di Venezia
Jung Ho Kim
Korea University
Giuseppe Zaccaria
Università degli Studi di Padova
Giovanni Zanalda
Duke University
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Academic Council
Shaul Bassi
Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
François Bussy
Université de Lausanne
Pol Ghesquière
KU Leuven
Jung Ho Kim
Korea University
Natalia Mazur
European University at St. Petersburg
Stephen Nowicki
Duke University
Alessandro Paccagnella
Università degli Studi di Padova
Gustavo Piga
Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"
Laurent Servant
Université de Bordeaux
Katherine Elwood Takeyama
Waseda University
Eileen Sweeney
Boston College
Maria Chiara Tosi
Università Iuav di Venezia
Hans Van Ess
Ludwig Maximilians Universität
Eyal Zisser
Tel Aviv university
Jiane Zuo
Tsinghua University
