Call
All ICTCT members are invited to join the ICTCT General Assembly meeting held on Saturday, 24 October 2026, in connection to the 38th ICTCT conference in Zagreb, Croatia.
Agenda
The meeting agenda can be downloaded here.
Venue
The General Assembly will take place at the same location as the conference itself, in one of the smaller rooms. Look out for the signs.
Address: Invalidenstraße 91, 10115 Berlin, Germany (GoogleMaps link)
Joining online
ICTCT members can join the General Assembly meeting online using the link below. For practical reasons, we cannot guarantee optimal video and sound quality, but we will do our best.
ICTCT elections 2026
During the General Assembly, elections will be held. The elections concern the new ICTCT President, seven members of the Steering Committee, and two auditors for the period 2026–2029 (starting and ending at the corresponding General Assemblies).
The elections will be organized using an online voting platform SimplyVoting. This will ensure even better transparency and provide an opportunity to cast votes even for the members who are not physically present during the General Assembly.
Call for action: time to candidate
Any ICTCT member, including individuals affiliated with an institutional member organisation, is eligible to stand as a candidate for any of the available positions.
Now it is your turn—to express your interest for being a candidate, download and fill in the Candidacy form and send it to elections@ictct.net.
The deadline is 17 October 2026. Note that it will no longer possible to candidate at the last minute during the General Assembly.
Election procedure
Election Committee
The election preparations are handled by the Election Committee consisting of:
Christine Chaloupka-Risser
Austria
Honorary member since 2019
Wouter Van den Berghe
Belgium
Andrea Paliotto
Italy
Some technical support to the Election Committee (e.g. setting up the voting platform) is provided by the current Steering Committee members.
The Election Committee can be contacted at elections@ictct.net.
Process description
- A list of active ICTCT personal member and chosen representatives of active organization members (max three persons per organization) is compiled prior to the General Assembly by the ICTCT secretary.
- In the first round (Round 1), the votes are cast for the members of the Steering Committee (7 positions). In the second round (Round 2), the votes are cast for the ICTCT president (from the elected Steering Committee members who expressed their interest) and the auditors (2 positions).
- The online voting for Round 1 opens with the start of the General Assembly and is held active for one hour (9:00–10:00). All eligible voters will receive an email with the link taking them to the voting page.
- The newly elected Steering Committee is announced at the General Assembly, and online voting for the Round 2 opens directly after (again for one hour, ca 10:30–11:30).
- The new ICTCT President and the auditors are announced, which concludes the elections.
- In the event of an equal number of votes, gender is considered first and then the age of the candidates. This means that the least represented gender takes precedence and—in the case of equal genders or perfect parity—the youngest candidate is elected.
