Organisation

The governance of Alp ICT is organised according to three levels.

On the political level, the governance rests with the Conference of the State Councillors (elected political officers) in charge of public economics from the seven cantons forming Western Switzerland.

The Department Heads (senior civil servants) from the seven cantons are responsible for determining the strategy of the cluster and drawing up the budgets.

Finally, on the operational level, individual actions are decided upon by a Steering Committee, composed of members from all Cantons participating in Alp ICT. It is currently chaired by the representative of the Canton of Geneva. In addition, an Executive Secretariat is in charge of the daily running of the Cluster. It is currently composed of Didier Mesnier, Executive Secretary, and Barbara Ben Hamadi, Marketing Assistant.

A Committee of Experts provides the necessary guidance on scientific matters, highlighting needs and expectations in the region and identifying promising projects. Its members are:

• Eric Bachmann, Chairman.
• Dominique Perruchoud, Vice-chairman – Director of CimArk, Secretary General of The Ark, Foundation for Innovation, Valais
• Daniel Loeffler – Director of the Economic Development Office, Geneva
• Prof. Jean-Dominique Decotignie - CSEM (Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnics)and EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), Neuchâtel
• Prof. Antoine Delley – Head of the ICT Department of the Engineering school of Fribourg
• Yannick Guerdat – Founder and Director of Artionet Sàrl. Jura
• Eric Maire – Founder and Development & Operation Advisor at econsultant Sàrl and Senior Project Director at Economic Development Agency for Canton Vaud
• Pierre-Alain Schnegg – Co-founder of Pro-Concept SA and CEO of SolvAxis SA, Bern.