This thread is for asking questions to the 2026 IAM Board candidates.
The application deadline for the IAM Board passed yesterday, and the Election Committee has received 7 valid applications this time. The candidates are (with their respective continental region in parenthesis):
- Céline De Luca (Europe)
- Corinna Draschl (Europe)
- Don Michael Vickers (Americas)
- Mohamed Ramadan (Africa)
- Naoki Miwa (Asia)
- Simon Reinhard (Europe)
- Sven Wetzel (Europe)
You can read more about each candidate and their motivation here: https://www.iam-memory.org/2026/03/meet-the-candidates-for-the-2026-iam-board/
Please ask any questions for the candidates below, or email them to [email protected]. Questions can be submitted until 2024-03-09T23:59:00Z
Questions may be directed to one or more specific candidates, or to all candidates. When you ask a question, please clearly state which candidate(s) it is for.
Candidates: Do not answer the questions here. When the question period is over, the election committee will email you the questions, and you should answer via email. The election committee will then publish all answers together.
As a reminder, the election timeline is as follows:
01 February 2026 (Sun) – Announcement01 March 2026 (Sun) – Deadline for candidate applications- 02 March 2026 (Mon) – Applications published, and public question round opens
- 09 March 2026 (Mon) – Public question round closes
- 10 March 2026 (Tue) – Questions sent to candidates
- 16 March 2026 (Mon) – Last day to register as an IAM member to be eligible to vote
- 17 March 2026 (Tue) – Deadline for candidates to answer public questions
- 18 March 2026 (Wed) – Candidate answers published
- 23 March 2026 (Mon) – Voting opens
- 30 March 2026 (Mon) – Voting closes
- 31 March 2026 (Tue) – Announcement of election result
As a further point of reference, the Q&As from the two previous elections in 2022 and 2024 can be found here:
