The President, First Vice-President, Secretary, President Elect (only when in office) and the Coordinator of Committee Activities of the Federation are ex-officio members of all committees except the Audit, Constitution and Bylaws, and Nominating Committees. Chairpersons of Standing Committees may serve a maximum of two (2) full terms (four (4) years). No member may chair more than one (1) committee (Bylaws of WFNS, ARTICLE VI). Members of all Standing Committees of the Federation shall be elected for four (4) years.
The WFNS Journal Launch Committee is an ad hoc committee empowered by the WFNS Executive Committee to assist the WFNS with the process of launching its new journal. Duties include organizing the operational structure with the publisher, selecting a journal name and mission statement, defining the role of the Editor in Chief (EIC), soliciting and reviewing EIC nominations and selecting a lead candidate, and helping promote the journal in advance of its official launch.
Sub-Committee:
Scientific Programme Committee
AANS: Mustafa Kemal Baskaya (USA) Amir R. Dehdashti (USA)
AASNS: Azmi Bin Alias (Malaysia) Miki Fujimura (Japan)
CAANS: Adel El-Hakim (Egypt) Sherif Ezzat (Egypt)
EANS: Volodymyr Smolanka (Ukraine) Manfred Westphal (Germany)
FLANC : Apio Antunes (Brazil) Reddy Simon (Paraguayan)
The President of the Federation is empowered to appoint Ad Hoc committees and their chairpersons as the President deems warranted. The term of such committees shall be coincident with the term of the President or shorter; a succeeding President may choose to re-appoint them. The ad hoc Committees shall not have ex-officio members. Members of Special (Ad Hoc) Committees shall be appointed for a period of time at the pleasure of the President.
Waleed Abbas (Egypt) M. Ali Aziz-Sultan (USA) Mustafa Baskaya (USA) Mahjouba Boutarbouch (Morroco) Miki Fujimura (Japan) Daniel Hänggi (Germany) Ekkehard Kasper (Canada) Jorge Mura (Chile) Ibrahim Omerhodzic (Bosnia) Byron Salazar (Equador) Martin Sames (Czech Republic) Amr el Shawarbi (UAE) Dwarakanath Srinivas (India) Mbaye Thioub (Senegal) Eduardo Vieira de Carvalho Junior (Brazil) Victor Volovici (Netherlands) Bin Xu (China)
AANS region: Carolina Benjamin (USA) Linda Bi (USA) Mojgan Hodaie (Canada)
AASNS region: Toshiki Endo (Japan) Regunath Kandasamy (Malaysia) Michihiro Kohno (Japan) Keki Turel (India) Mamas Kumar Panigrahi (India) Jinsong Wu (China)
CAANS region: Aaron Musara (Zimbabwe)
EANS region: Pablo Gonzalez (Spain) Fatos Olldashi (Albania) Albert Sufianov (Russia)
FLANC region: Diego Mendes Rosito (Mexico)
AANS region (North America): Fred Gentilli (Canada) Juan Fernadez Miranda (USA)
AASNS region (Australasia): Hanafi Dahlan (Indonesia) Doo-Sik-Kong (South Korea) Kazuhito Takeushi (Japan) N. Venkatramana (India)
ARAB region (Middle East): Waleed Azhab (Kuwait)
CAANS region (Africa): Omar Hammad (Egypt) Llewelyn Padayachee (South Africa) Samuilla Sanoussi (Niger République)
EANS region (Europe) : Roman Bosnjak (Slovenia) Domenico Solari (Italy)
FLANC region (Latin America): Alvaro Cordoba (Uruguay) Arthur Da Cunha (Brazil) Carlos Gagliardi (Argentina)
New members: Tedy Aprivan (Indonesia);Antonio Belli (UK);Savatore Chibbaro (France);Van He Dong (Vietnam);Ahmed El-Fiki (Egypt);Kostas Fountas (Greece);Sergey Goryaynov (Russia);Amos Adeleye Ibadan (Nigeria);SR Jeon (South Korea);Hiroshi Karibe (Japan);Faiqa Filza KHAN (Pakistan);Opara Oluwamayowa (Nigeria);Elham Rostami (Sweden);Martin Schumann (Germany);Eichi Suehiro (Japan);Eve Tsai (Canada);Massimiliano Visocchi (Italy)
Prior members: Andres BUKI (Hungary);Corrado IACCARINO (Italy);Virendra SINHA (India);Wilco PEUL (Netherland);Alfonso LAGARES (Spain);Niklas MARKLUND (Sweden);Marcelo ZENTENO (Bolivia);Anthony FIGAGI (South Africa);Gao GUYOI (China);Russell ANDREWS (USA);Bruno SPLAVASKI (Croatia);Deepak GUPTA (India);Hamishi SHABANI (Tanzania)