The Conference Ambassadors recognise the crucial importance of biological data science and computational biology in addressing global challenges. Its members are willing to support the conference and leverage their networks in Geneva and beyond to enhance its reach, foster engagement, and help promote the most recent discoveries in the field to find impactful solutions for society.
Director, External & Internal RelationsSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Swiss National CouncillorPresident of the Science, Education and Culture Committee at the Federal Parliament
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of GenevaDirector of teaching and research, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG)
The Programme Commitee shapes the conference’s scientific programme, ensuring coherence and quality. Its members structure the programme, invite keynote speakers, and oversee tutorials and workshops, and ad hoc sessions. As the central link between all conference components, they ensure alignment and scientific excellence.
SIB Executive Director and Group Leader, Comparative Genomics
SIB Group Leader, Laboratory of Computational Biology and Theorical BiophysicsEPFL, Lausanne
SIB Group Leader, Computational Biology GroupETHZ, D-BSSE Basel
Area Chair: Knut Reinert | University Berlin, Germany
Co-chairs:
Shilpa Garg | Manchester University, UK
Mohammed El-Kebir | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Maria Anisimova | ZHAW, Institute of Applied Simulation/SIB, Switzerland
Area Chair: Uwe Ohler |Max Delbruck Center, Humboldt University, Germany
Raphaëlle Luisier | University of Bern, Switzerland
Magnus Rattray | Manchester University, UK
Nacho Molina | Research Director, CNRS, France
Area Chair: Ivet Bahar | Stony Brook University, NY, US / Laufer Center for Physical & Quantitative Biology
Emmanuel Levy | University of Geneva, Switzerland
Basile Wicky | ETHZ, Switzerland
Elodie Laine | Sorbonne University, France
Area Chair: Alfonso Valencia, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain
Anaïs Baudot | Aix-Marseille University, France
Giovanni Ciriello | University of Lausanne/SIB, Switzerland
Valentina Boeva | ETH Zurich/SIB, Switzerland
Area Chair: Katja Bärenfaller | SIAF and University of Zurich/SIB, Switzerland
Laurent Jacob | CNRS, Sorbonne University, France
Lucas Paoli | EPFL, Switzerland
SIB Group Leader, Environmental Bioinformatics
Director, TrainingSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Training Manager & Computational BiologistSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Ensures the smooth execution of the conference, supporting the scientific and programme committees while serving as the main point of contact for all organizational and logistical matters.
Communications & Event ManagerSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Scientific Events ManagerSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics