Dear KAGES members and sponsors,

It is my sincerest honor to serve as the 16th President of KAGES. For many years, I had served the KAGES community as the Newsletter editor and delivered great news about our KAGES members, and now I am truly honored to serve this great community as president. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all KAGES members, the Board and committees, and all of our sponsors who have continued to show interest and support.

This year, the KAGES board of directors and executives plan to continue to provide opportunities to share the high-level research of current members in more depth through the KAGES Research Colloquium Series, along with academic support through our journal, International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research (IJGER) and the New Scholar Paper Award. We will also expand support for workshops provided by the KAGES Ethics Council to further assist KAGES members in their academic welfare and leadership development.

I also hope that this year will be a year in which the status of KAGES is widely known to the broader academic community. We will put our best efforts into delivering KAGES news more closely to KAGES members and our sponsors so that these efforts can create various opportunities for communication and cooperation among members and Korean scholars beyond our KAGES community.

To this end, we ask each and every member to show special interest and active participation and share the status of KAGES with new students and colleagues. The KAGES executive board and Board of Directors welcome your valuable opinions and questions, so please do not hesitate to contact us at any time.

With sincerest regards,
KAGES President Jieun Lee, PhD