governance

Meetings and Steering Committee elections

IAF has an elected Steering Committee, responsible for determining and overseeing its work; they meet primarily by teleconference several times a year. Elections are held every two years at an Annual General Meeting, details of the election process can be found below.

In addition to Annual General Meetings each year we hold two meetings alongside the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO), which hosts two congresses in different parts of the world, each year. A range of issues of importance to creators is discussed at these meetings. Local creators are invited to speak and share the issues of greatest concern to them.

Our members can help guide this work by making suggestions to the Steering Committee about what issues they’d like to see on the agenda at the meetings each year. Please contact us with any questions or suggestions you have.

The current members of the steering committee can be seen below.

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

The International Authors Forum was incorporated under the UK Companies Act 2006 as a private company limited by guarantee on 19 April 2013.

Registered office:
International Authors Forum
Fifth Floor, Shackleton House
4 Battle Bridge Lane
London
SE1 2HX
United Kingdom
Company Number 8496616

Articles of Association

The IAF Steering Committee

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John Degen

Chair

  • The Writers’ Union of Canada
  • Canada
  • United States and Canada
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Mary Rasenberger

Vice Chair

  • The Authors Guild
  • United States
  • United States and Canada
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Owen Atkinson

Treasurer

  • Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society
  • United Kingdom
  • Europe
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Paulina Holmgren

Steering Committee member

  • Swedish Association of Professional Photographers
  • Sweden
  • Europe
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Olivia Lanchester

Steering Committee member

  • Australian Society of Authors
  • Australia
  • Asia Pacific
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Nicola Solomon

Steering Committee member

  • Society of Authors
  • United Kingdom
  • Europe
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Katie Webb

Steering Committee member

  • Federazione Unitaria Italiana Scrittori (Italian Writers Federation)
  • Italy
  • Europe
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Carlos Wynter

Steering Committee member

  • Fundación para la Gestión del Arte
  • Panama
  • Mexico, Central and South America