Past President 2019–2023
ICA President 2015–2019
Working with maps is my passion. As Professor at the University of Twente, I teach about maps and do research to find new cartographic representations to visualize time. Throughout my career, I have been active in professional organizations, first in the Netherlands only and later internationally. The ICA has been part of my professional life for a long time. I attended my first International Cartographic Conference in 1989. Since 1995 I have played a more formal role, first as Co-chair and later Chair of the Commission on Visualization. Between 2007 and 2015 I acted as Vice President of ICA. For the next four years it is a privilege to serve as President of our wonderful organizations. My motto is: Let’s make the world a better place with maps.
Menno-Jan’s website articles from his time as ICA president
Department of Geo-Information Processing
Faculty of Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation
University of Twente
PO Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
phone: +31 53 4874 463
fax: +31 53 4874 335
e-mail: m.j.kraak@utwente.nl
personal website
- Commission for Art and Cartography
- Commission for Toponymy
