He studied human geography with cartography as main subject at Utrecht University and obtained a PhD-degree from the same university. Corné is ITC's liaison with the International Cartographic Association (ICA) and chairs the ICA Commission on Use and User Issues (www.univie.ac.at/icacomuse/). He is also a member of the ICA Commission on Maps and the Internet. At ITC he executed and executes a great variety of tasks in the fields of education, research, consulting and management and administration. He is also acting chairman / secretary of the ITC Student Assistance Fund and chairman of the Henk Scholten Award Committee. Activities in research