IT Service Management Forum Italy has elected a new Board and Chairman on June, 25th 2008. Mr. Stefano Bellin was chosen to be the new Chairman. He has a wide experience on IT Service Management domain and he holds a position of Service Level Manager in Generali Business Solutions, the IT Service Provider of the well known multi-national insurance group (Assicurazioni Generali) with headquarters in Italy.

Vice President have been nominated: Marco Cipelletti (CEMAT), Francesco Varallo (RAI).

The members of the full Board, each with specific assignments, are: Massimo Arcangeli (Omicron Consulting), Stefano Bellin (Generali Business Solutions), Dario Carmi (Microsoft), Marco Cipelletti (Cemat), Federico Corradi (Cogitek), Alessio Cuppari (RFI), Rosario Fondacaro (Quint Wellington Redwood), Ivan Grumelli (Beta80Group), Chiara Mainolfi (EXIN), Emanuele Matteazzi (DHL Express), Andrea Praitano (Business-E), Claudio Restaino (Bitil), Maxime Sottini (iCONS – Innovative Consulting), Giovanni Vaia (Università di Salerno), Francesco Varallo (RAI).

The itSMF International will be publishing a research journal for the IT Service Management community. The journal will provide an independent platform for the publication, and debate, of original, high quality, peer-reviewed research into aspects of IT Service Management. In time it is hoped that the journal will be in a position to suggest and sponsor lines of enquiry for research and keep a register of research in progress.

The Hong Kong Chapter held the third Annual General Meeting on 30th May, 2008 and the new board is formed.

IT Service Management Forum Finland has new Board and Chairman. Mr. Jukka Rautakallio was chosen to be the new Chairman. He has a wide experience on IT Service Management domain and he holds a position of ITSM Program Leader in Fortum, the leading Power and Heat company in Nordic Countries.

The board has two new members:

Recently itSMF Belgium held scheduled board elections and it is with great enthusiasm that I present to you, as the new chairman of the organisation, the newly elected board.

The newly elected board comprises:

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new itSMF International website at http://www.itsmfi.org. We thank all Chapters who responded to our request for feedback which has been incorporated in the new look and feel of the site.