Task 32's Management Structure

Task Structure

As with any IEA Task, the Operating Agent is responsible for the management of the Task and is the single point of contact of the task with the IEA Wind Executive Committee (ExCo). In addition, an Advisory Board with key experts from academia and industry assists the Operating Agent to align workshop topics to actual needs, and to keep the Task useful for the whole community.

The workshops are organized by the Operating Agent together with the Advisory Board and Workshop Leaders (WL) who are deeply knowledgeable about the workshop topic.

Operating Agent

The Operating Agent is the executive body for Task 32. The tasks and responsibilities of the Operating Agent are:

• Act as the single point of contact of the task with the IEA.
• Decision for location, time, and content of general meeting.
• Decisions for workshops topics and nomination of workshop leaders.
• Collecting, reviewing and submitting information on the progress of the task, reports and financial statements to the IEA: Compilation of the annual progress and of the contribution to the Annual IEA Wind Report.
• Supervision on dissemination of results: Responsible for newsletter and homepage.
• Organization of the general meetings and Advisory Board meetings, chairing the meetings, preparing the minutes of the Advisory Board meetings.
• Organization of the workshops in collaboration with the workshop leaders.

Task 32 is managed by the Chair of Wind Energy (SWE) at the University of Stuttgart in cooperation with the Wind Energy Technology institute (WETI) of the University of Applied Sciences of Flensburg. SWE is responsible for most administrative activities within the Task and is the point of contact of the Task to the IEA Wind Executive Committee (ExCo). SWE is also the first point of contact for Task members.

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board is the supportive body for the decision-making of the task. The Advisory Board consists of experts from academia and industry selected by the Operating Agent with a strong expertise in one of Task 32's Application Areas. The tasks and responsibilities of the Advisory Board Members are:

• Advise on decisions for location, time, and content of general meeting.
• Advise on decisions for workshops topics and nomination of workshop leaders.
• Overall progress control against task objectives and recommendations on modifications if deemed necessary.
• Recommendation on integration of new experts to the board.

The current Task 32 Advisory Board members are listed below.