Jean-Marc Jézéquel

(President)
IRISA / University of Rennes

Marco Aiello

(Vice-President)
Green ICT
University of Stuttgart

Kim Mens

(Vice-President)
Membership
Université catholique de Louvain

Elisabetta Di Nitto

(Treasurer)
Ethics
Politecnico di Milano

Lenuta Alboaie

Industry Engagement
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași

Přemek Brada

Data Analysis & Reporting
University of West Bohemia

Harald Gall

Department Evaluation
University of Zurich

Gert Jervan

Industry Engagement
Tallinn University of Technology

Dimka Karastoyanova

Early Career Researchers
University of Groningen

Ernestina Menasalvas

Up/Re-skilling
Technical University of Madrid

Simona Motogna

Diversity & Inclusion
Babeș-Bolyai University

Ana C. R. Paiva

Data Analysis & Reporting
University of Porto

Heri Ramampiaro

National Informatics Associations Relations
NTNU

Jan Vahrenhold

Education
University of Münster

Enrico Nardelli

(ex officio, Past President)
Università di Roma
'Tor Vergata'

Nuria Anguera

(ex officio, Executive Director)
Informatics Europe

Board Election Committee

2025 Board Meetings Dates

Past Board Members of Informatics Europe

Liaisons

Rosa Badia

ACM Europe Council Chair

Björn Levin

ERCIM President

Enrico Nardelli

(President)
Università di Roma
'Tor Vergata'

Susan Eisenbach

(Vice President)
Imperial College

Mehdi Jazayeri

(Vice President)
Università della
Svizzera italiana

Gregor Engels

(Treasurer)
Universität Paderborn

Erika Abraham

RWTH Aachen

Luís Caires

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

Michael E. Caspersen

IT-vest

Elisabetta Di Nitto

Politecnico di Milano

Hélène Kirchner

Inria

James Larus

EPFL

Kim Mens

Université catholique de Louvain

Luke Ong

University of Oxford

Pekka Orponen

Aalto University

Markus Püschel

ETH Zurich

Jaak Vilo

Tartu Ülikool

Hannes Werthner

TU Wien

Lynda Hardman

(ex officio, Past President)
CWI / Utrecht University

Cristina Pereira

(ex officio, Executive Director)
Informatics Europe

Past Board Members of Informatics Europe.

Liaisons

Rosa Badia

ACM Europe Council Chair

Björn Levin

ERCIM President

Enrico Nardelli

(President)
Università di Roma
'Tor Vergata'

Jean-Marc Jézéquel

(Vice President)
IRISA / University of Rennes

Elisabetta Di Nitto

(Vice President)
Politecnico di Milano

Gregor Engels

(Treasurer)
Universität Paderborn

Dick Bulterman

CWI / VU Amsterdam

Michael E. Caspersen

IT-vest

Harald Gall

University of Zurich

Ismael García-Varea

Universidad Castilla-La Mancha

Asunción Gómez-Pérez

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Letizia Jaccheri

NTNU

Kim Mens

Université catholique de Louvain

Viorel Negru

West University of Timisoara

Pekka Orponen

Aalto University

Jaak Vilo

Tartu Ülikool

Standa Živný

University of Oxford

Nuria Anguera

(ex officio, Executive Director)
Informatics Europe

Past Board Members of Informatics Europe

Liaisons

Rosa Badia

ACM Europe Council Chair

Björn Levin

ERCIM President

Below is a list of our current academic members, organized by country. Multinational companies are listed at the end of the page.

Austria

• Johannes Kepler University Linz (Federated Member):
  
  • Department of Computer Science
  • Department of Business Informatics
• TU Wien, Faculty of Informatics
• University of Klagenfurt, Faculty of Technical Sciences

Belgium

• KU Leuven, Department of Computer Science
• Université catholique de Louvain, Computer Science Department (INGI)
• University of Liège, Montefiore Institute
• University of Namur, Faculty of Computer Science
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Computer Science

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• University of Mostar, Center for Information Technologies (SUMIT)

Bulgaria

• Sofia University, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
• Technical University of Sofia, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Department of Informatics

Croatia

• University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics

Cyprus

• University of Cyprus, Department of Computer Science
• Neapolis University Pafos, Department of Computer Science

Czechia

• Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Information Technology
• Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics
• University of West Bohemia, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Denmark

• Aalborg University, Department of Computer Science
• Aarhus University, Department of Computer Science
• IT University of Copenhagen
• University of Copenhagen, Department of Computer Science
• University of Southern Denmark, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Estonia

• Tallinn University, School of Digital Technologies
• Tallinn University of Technology, School of Information Technologies
• University of Tartu, Institute of Computer Science

Finland

• Aalto University, Department of Computer Science
• University of Helsinki, Department of Computer Science

France

• FIL - Federation Informatique de Lyon (Federated Member)
  • Centre of Innovation in Telecommunications and Integration of service  CITI
  • Centre for Research in Image Acquisition and process for health  CREATIS
  • Labaratoire Hubert Curien LabHC
  • Laboratoire de l'Informatique du Parallelisme LIP
  • Laboratoire d'Informatique en Image et Systemes d'information LIRIS
• Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Department of Computer Science
• Inria - National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology
• Sorbonne Université, LIP6
• University of Lille, CRIStAL Centre de Recherche en Informatique Signal et Automatique de Lille
• Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire Lorrain de recherche en informatique et ses applications (LORIA)
• Université de Montpellier - CNRS, Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique, de Micro-électronique de Montpellier (LIRMM)
• University of Nantes, Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes, LS2N
• Université de Rennes, Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA)

Georgia

• Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Department of Computer Science, the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences

Germany

• Christian Albrecths Universität zu Kiel. Department of Computer Science
• Hasso Plattner Institute
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Department of Informatics
• Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Faculty of Computer Science
• Paderborn University, Department of Computer Science
• RWTH Aachen University, Department of Computer Science
• Saarland Informatics Campus (Federated Member):
  
  • CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
  • German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics
  • Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
  • Saarland University, Department of Computer Science
• Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Institute Industrial IT
• Technical University of Darmstadt, Department of Computer Science
• Technical University of Munich, School of Computation, Information and Technology
• Technische Universität Berlin, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Technische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Computer Science
• Universität Hamburg, Department of Informatics
• University of Bamberg, Faculty of Information Systems and Applied Computer Sciences
• University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute for Computer Science and Business Information Systems
• University of Mannheim, School of Business Informatics and Mathematics
• University of Münster, Department of Computer Science
• University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Computer Science Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Greece

• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Informatics
• Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Management Science and Technology

Hungary

• Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Informatics
• University of Debrecen, Faculty of Informatics
• University of Szeged, Institute of Informatics

Iceland

• Reykjavik University, Department of Computer Science

Ireland

• NUI Galway, Data Science Institute
• Technological University Dublin, School of Computer Science

Italy

• Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Faculty of Computer Science
• Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria
• Politecnico di Torino, Department of Control and Computer Engineering
• Roma Informatics (Federated Member)
  • Sapienza Università di Roma,  Department of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti
  • Sapienza Università di Roma, Department of Computer Science
  • Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Sezione di Informatica e Automazione
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Civil Engineering and Computer Science Engineering
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata, Dipartimento di Matematica
• Università degli Studi di Genova, Dipartimento di Informatica, Bioingegneria, Robotica ed Ingegneria dei Sistemi
• Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione
• Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Informatica
• University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Dipartimento di Informatica
• University of Bologna, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
• University of L'Aquila, Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics
• University of Milan, Dipartimento di Informatica "Giovanni Degli Antoni"
• University of Perugia, KITLab - Knowledge and Information Technology Laboratory
• University of Pisa, Dipartimento di Informatica
• University of Trento, Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science

Latvia

• Informatics Latvija (Federated Member):
  • Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Information Technologies
  • Riga Technical University, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
  • Transport and Telecommunication Institute
  • University of Latvia, Faculty of Computing
  • University of Latvia, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science

Lithuania

• Kaunas University of Technology, Faculty of Informatics
• Vilnius University, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics

Luxembourg

• University of Luxembourg, SnT Centre

Malta

• University of Malta, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology

Netherlands

• Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)
• University of Amsterdam, Informatics Institute
• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Computer Science
• Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• Leiden University, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
• Radboud University, Institute for Computing and Information Sciences
• TU Delft, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
• University of Groningen, Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
• University of Twente, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
• Utrecht University, Department of Information and Computing Sciences

Norway

• NTNU, Department of Computer Science
• UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Department of Computer Science
• University of Oslo, Department of Informatics

Poland

• Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Computing and Communications
• University of Wroclaw, Institute of Informatics
• Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Computer Science

Portugal

• Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, School of Technology and Management of Leiria
• Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics (NOVA LINCS)
• University of Porto, Department of Informatics Engineering

Romania

• Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Faculty of Computer Science
• Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
• University of Craiova, Department of Computer Science
• Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi,  Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering
• "George Emil Palade" University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Tirgu Mures, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
• Ovidius University of Constanta, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
• University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
• University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers
• Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Computer Science Department
• West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science

Slovakia

• Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies

Slovenia

• University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Spain

• IMDEA Software Institute, Spain
• Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha (Federated Member)
  • Escuela Superior de Informática (Ciudad Real)
  • Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática (Albacete)
• Universidad de Málaga, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática
• Universidad de Sevilla, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática
• Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Computer Science School of Engineering
• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Informáticos
• Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Facultat d'Informatica de Barcelona
• Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieria Informatica
• Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Higher Technical School of Computer Engineering
• Universidad Salamanca, Department of Computer Science and Automation

Sweden

• Kristianstad University, Department of Computer Science
• Linnaeus University, Department of Computer Science and Media Technology
• Mälardalen University, School of Innovation Design and Engineering
• Umeå University, Department of Computing Science

Switzerland

• BeNeFri Computer Science (Federated Member)
  • University of Bern, Institute of Computer Science
  • University of Fribourg, Department of Informatics
  • University of Neuchâtel, Computer Science Department
• EPFL, School of Computer and Communication Sciences
• ETH Zurich, Department of Computer Science
• Pedagogical University Vaud, Media, digital use and informatics didactics Teaching and Research
• Università della Svizzera italiana, Faculty of Informatics
• University of Basel, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• University of Lausanne (Federated Member)
  • Department of Computational Biology
  • Department of Information Systems
  • Department of Language and Information Sciences
• University of Zurich, Department of Informatics
• ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Engineering
• University of St. Gallen, School of Computer Science

UK

• Imperial College London, Department of Computing
• Liverpool John Moores University, School of Computer Science and Mathematics
• King's College London, Department of Informatics
• Royal Holloway University of London, Department of Computer Science
• The University of Edinburgh, School of Informatics
• University College London, Department of Computer Science
• University of Glasgow, School of Computing Science
• University of Leicester, School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Industry

• Bending Spoons
• Elsevier
• Google
• IBM Research-Europe
• Springer

Associate

• Eclipse Foundation
• Heinz Nixdorf Museumsforum GmbH

Austria

• Informatik Austria

France

• SIF - Societé Informatique de France

Germany

• Fakultätentag Informatik
• Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI)

Italy

• GRIN - GRuppo di INformatica

Netherlands

• IPN - ICT-Research Platform Netherlands

Spain

• Conferencia de Directores y Decanos de Ingeniería Informática (CODDII)
• Sociedad Científica Informática de España (SCIE)

Switzerland

• SVIA SSIE SSII Schweiz - Verein für Informatik in der Ausbildung (associate member)
• Swiss Informatics Research Association (SIRA)

UK

• Council of Professors and Heads of Computing (CPHC)

• Bending Spoons
• Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) (the Netherlands)
• Elsevier
• Google
• IBM Research-Europe
• IMDEA Software Institute (Spain)
• Springer

I. General Part

Article 1: Name and domicile

The full name of the association is: “Informatics Europe”. Informatics Europe is an association according to Swiss Civil Law (Article 60 ff).

Article 2: Intended purpose and activities

Intended purpose

1. Informatics Europe is devoted to the development of research and teaching in Informatics, also known as Computing or Computer Science.
2. Informatics Europe is a non-profit membership association; members are organizations such as university departments doing both research and teaching in Informatics, as well as public or private research laboratories. Informatics Europe maintains close ties with other academic and professional organizations. The association has no commercial purposes and seeks no profit.
3. Informatics Europe is intended to act as a representative of the European Informatics research and education community and foster high-quality research and education in the field.
4. Informatics Europe aims to foster the cooperation between education, research and industry.
5. Informatics Europe is intended to establish effective relations between the Informatics community and government authorities and provide links to other national and international organizations with complementary aims.

Activities

Informatics Europe aspires to the following activities:

1. To organize the Informatics Europe Annual Conference;
2. To organize theme-specific conferences, workshops or other gatherings;
3. To produce the Informatics Europe electronic newsletter;
4. To publish information on the Informatics Europe website;
5. To produce Informatics Europe reports on specific topics, either Informatics Europe initiated or commissioned by governments or other organizations;
6. To produce Informatics Europe originated contributions to publications by other organizations;
7. To provide services to members, such as email alerts, information on developments in Informatics education and research, career development help, etc.;
8. To define, publish and enforce standards of conduct and codes of ethics for professionals in informatics education and research;
9. To interact with the general public, governments (local, national, international), the media, industry and other bodies, intended to raise and resolve issues related to the education, research and social impact of Informatics;
10. To organize the Annual General Assembly and Extraordinary General Assembly of Informatics Europe members.

Activities of Informatics Europe may be pursued in English or any other European language convenient to each activity's participants.

Article 3: Membership

1. Informatics Europe members are organizations.
2. There is a regular and an associate member status.
3. Regular members include the following categories :
   a. Academic members: university departments of Informatics or equivalent;
   b. Public research members: publicly-funded research organizations;
   c. Industry members: industrial research laboratories or other industry organizations in Information Technology;
   d. National association members;
   e. Federated members: a group of up to five departments of Informatics or equivalent.
4. Associate members are other organizations with which Informatics Europe collaborates. 
5. Regular and associate members must be approved by the Board of Directors.
6. The regular and associate membership status is subject to the payment of an annual fee, proposed for each membership category by the Board of Directors and approved by the General Assembly. Members in arrears may continue to be considered as members if they express the intent to pay their dues within a reasonable period of time.
7. Regular and associate members must be organizations incorporated in one of the member or candidate member countries of the Council of Europe, or Israel.

Article 4: Termination of the membership

Membership shall be terminated in the following cases:

1. Withdrawal by the member: withdrawal can only occur at the end of a fiscal year and requires a written 3-month notice.
2. By expulsion for violation of bylaws and rules or for any other conduct prejudicial to the interest and correct functioning of the association.

Any proposal to expel a member must be supported by at least one-fifth of all the regular members. The proposal to expel must be on the agenda of the General Assembly at which it is to be discussed so as to give the member the opportunity to present its case. A two-thirds majority of all the regular members is necessary to expel a member. Such expulsion will become effective 15 days after notification by registered mail. A member who has been expelled can only be re-admitted by the General Assembly with a two-thirds majority of all ordinary members.

II. Organisation

Article 5: Body

The association consists of:

1. General Assembly
2. Board of Directors
3. Executive Committee

III. General Assembly

Article 6: Competence

The General Assembly shall be the highest authority of the association. Informatics Europe shall hold an Annual General Assembly, if possible, in conjunction with another event such as the Informatics Europe Annual Conference. At an Annual or Extraordinary General Assembly, every regular member shall have one vote; associate members are permitted to attend but do not have the right to vote.

Except where these bylaws explicitly require a supermajority, all votes of an Annual or Extraordinary General Assembly, shall be taken by simple majority of the voters; in addition, any decision on a motion not circulated to potential voters at least four weeks before the vote shall require a number of voters equal to a majority of the potential voters.

Other voting modalities, such as authorizing proxies or email votes, are established by the Board of Directors and published on the Informatics Europe website or other appropriate venues; any change to previously existing modalities requires approval by two-thirds of the Board of Directors.

In addition, Informatics Europe shall, at six weeks' notice, hold an Extraordinary General Assembly under either of:

1. A decision of the Board of Directors.
2. A request from a majority of the regular members.

IV. Board of Directors

Article 7: Formation

1. The Board of Directors (herein referred to as the “BoD”) consists of:
   a. At most eleven Members-at-Large, elected by the Annual General Assembly, for a term of three years;
   b. A President, two Vice Presidents and a Treasurer, elected under the same modalities;
   c. Ex officio: the Past President, if any, for the term immediately after his or her President's term;
   d. Ex officio: the head of the professional staff of Informatics Europe, called henceforth the Executive Director.
2. Renewal of the three-year term is possible, but subject to the following restrictions: 
   a. It is possible to be in the BoD for at most four consecutive terms as an elected member;
   b. A fourth consecutive term is only possible if a BoD member has served as Vice-President, Treasurer or President in any of the four terms.
   c. The Past President shall not be elected to the BoD in the term immediately after his or her term as Past President.
3. The BoD sets election procedures, ensuring that each year approximately one third of the current BoD is elected or re-elected and that elected Directors remain approximately 75% from academic members. Any change to the previously existing procedures is subject to a vote of the Annual General Assembly or Extraordinary General Assembly, by at least two-thirds of the voters representing a majority of the regular members.
4. Regular members can nominate candidates for the BoD and individuals can also nominate themselves. All non-ex-officio BoD members must be affiliated at the time of their election or re-election with a regular member of Informatics Europe. BoD members then serve on their own name and may remain in the BoD, even if they leave their organization.
5. If a Board Director becomes unavailable before the expiration of his or her term, the BoD may appoint another individual to fill the vacancy until the next Annual General Assembly.
6. The BoD may declare vacant, by a majority vote of its members, the seat of any Director who misses three successive in-presence meetings or otherwise fails to comply with the duties of a Director.
7. The Directors of the Board are volunteers and are expected to cover any costs related to their attendance to Informatics Europe meetings and events, unless in exceptional circumstances.

Article 8: Governance

1. The BoD is responsible for the operation of Informatics Europe. In particular, the BoD:
   a. Represents Informatics Europe in relations with other organizations;
   b. Sets membership dues and related benefits, and manages the membership and finances of Informatics Europe;
   c. Admits or denies requests for regular and associate membership based on the motivated proposal by the Membership Committee;
   d. Decides on the specific evaluation criteria for the various kinds of membership proposed by the Membership Committee;
   e. Requests and approves membership of other organizations;
   f. Decides on the location of the Informatics Europe offices;
   g. Decides whether to hire paid professional staff;
   h. Fulfils the legal duties of Informatics Europe;
   i. Creates and dissolves organizational units of Informatics Europe;
   j. Convenes, announces to members and organizes the Annual General Assembly once a year, and any Extraordinary General Assembly;
   k. Brings any appropriate matter to the attention and vote of an Annual or Extraordinary General Assembly;
   l. Takes any Informatics Europe governance and management decision not otherwise assigned by these bylaws.
2. The BoD meets at least three times a year or more frequently, as decided by the Executive Committee. Meetings can be held in presence or virtually and their schedule is announced to Board Directors at least six months in advance.
3. All decision and votes on subjects circulated at least one week in advance are taken by simple majority of attending members. All other decisions and votes require majority of BoD members. In both cases, every non ex-officio Board Director shall have one vote.
4. The BoD presents in advance of the Annual General Assembly, and submits to its approval, a report on its activities during the past year. If the vote is negative, the BoD shall organize, within six weeks, a new election of all the non ex-officio members.
5. The President
   a. directs the meetings and other operations of the BoD;
   b. has general supervision and control over the activities and affairs of the association, subject to the control of the BoD;
   c. may sign and execute, in the name of the association, any instrument authorized by the BoD, except when the signing and execution have been expressly delegated by the BoD or by these bylaws to some other Board Director;
   d. has discretion to prescribe the duties of other Directors of the association in a manner that is consistent with the provisions of these bylaws and the directions of the BoD.
6. The Vice-Presidents
   a. in order of seniority in their role as Vice-Presidents (or in age should they have the same role seniority) perform all duties of the President, in the absence or disability of the President or in the event of a vacancy in the office of President or in the event the President refuses to act. When so acting, the Vice President shall have all the powers of, and be subjected to all the restrictions on, the President;
   b. have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the BoD or pursuant to these bylaws.
7. The Treasurer
   a. oversees the adequate and correct maintenance of books and records of account for the association, and ensure that these books are annually reviewed by an independent auditor;
   b. with the Executive Director reports to the General Assembly about financial condition of the association;
   c. provides a liaison between the independent auditor and the BoD.
8. The Executive Director
   a. keeps, or causes to be kept, minutes of all meetings of the BoD and of Executive Committee;
   b. keeps or causes to be kept, a record of the association's constituent member organizations and representatives, showing the names and addresses of all of them;
   c. keeps, or cause to be kept, an original or copy of these bylaws, as amended;
   d. gives, or causes to be given, notice of all meetings of the BoD, the Executive Committee and other committees of association, as required by law or by these bylaws;
   e. prepares, or causes to be prepared, an annual financial report of the association;
   f. manages the professional staff of the association;
   g. exercises such powers and performs such duties as are usually vested in the office of secretary of an association, and exercises such other powers and performs such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the BoD, the Executive Committee, or these bylaws.

Article 9: Duties

Each Director is expected to fulfil the following duties:

1. Getting informed about Informatics Europe (Mission, Goals, Activities, Members);
2. Attending the Annual General Assembly;
3. Attending the BoD meetings;
4. Being active in at least one of the main activities run by the association;
5. Being active in attracting new members;
6. Being active in fostering nominations for the BoD;
7. Being active in disseminating information about Informatics Europe nationally and at European level.

Article 10: Committees

1. The BoD shall have standing committees on Membership and Elections.
2. Standing committee members are appointed by the BoD for the duration of a term.
3. The BoD may establish further standing committees.
4. The composition of the Membership Committee is decided by the BoD. It has the following responsibilities:
   a. to propose the specific evaluation criteria for deciding on the various kind of membership;
   b. to prepare and submit to the BoD a proposal for acceptance or refusal of membership request.
5. The composition of the Election Committee is decided by the BoD. It has the following responsibilities:
   a. to evaluate the nominations to become member of the BoD;
   b. to propose to the BoD the ones to be brought to the vote of the Assembly.

V. Executive Committee

Article 11: Formation

1. The Executive Committee consists of: 
   a. the President
   b. two Vice Presidents
   c. the Treasurer
   d. the Executive Director
   as defined in article 7.1.
2. The President directs the meetings and other operations of the Executive Committee.
3. The Treasurer and Executive Director prepare an annual budget and propose it to the Executive Committee.

Article 12: Governance

1. The Executive Committee prepares and maintains a 3-year rolling strategic and financial plan, to be approved by the BoD.
2. The Executive Committee is responsible for the execution of the decisions taken by the BoD. In particular, the Executive Committee
   a. proposes to the BoD the hiring of paid professional staff;
   b. decides what tasks the paid professional staff of the association should perform;
   c. proposes to the BoD the creation and dissolution of organizational units of the association;
   d. sets general rules on the mode of operation of these units, such as admittance and privileges of observers;
   e. proposes the annual budget to the BoD.
3. All decision and votes are taken by simple majority of its members.

VI. Finance

Article 13: Finance

1. Informatics Europe shall be financed by its members. The fees for each membership class are set in advance by the BoD and approved during an ordinary General Assembly.
2. The finances of Informatics Europe shall be submitted annually to a revision by external accredited financial auditors.
3. The auditor’s report as well as the annual financial report and the annual budget of Informatics Europe shall be approved by at least two thirds of the regular members represented at an ordinary General Assembly.
4. In case Informatics Europe is dissolved the remaining funds shall be transferred to a tax-exempt institution, domiciled in Switzerland, with the same or similar purposes. A distribution of the remaining funds among the members is excluded.

VII. Final Provisions

Article 14: Change to these bylaws

Any change to these Bylaws must be:

1. Approved by at least two-thirds of the Board Members;
2. Submitted to the Annual General Assembly, or an Extraordinary General Assembly, at least four weeks in advance;
3. Approved by the Annual or Extraordinary General Assembly by at least two thirds of the voters, representing a majority of the regular members.

These bylaws were approved in the first General Assembly of Informatics Europe held during the 2nd European Computer Science Summit (ECSS 2006) on October 16, 2006 at the ETH Zurich, in Zurich Switzerland; and amended (with membership voting approval) on April 25 and July 30, 2011; on October 14, 2014, on July 15, 2020 and on 25 October 2022.

Our mission:

Informatics Europe represents the academic and research community in Informatics¹ in Europe and neighbouring countries. Our mission is to empower and unite the European informatics community, find concerted positions, act on shared priorities and support policy-making in Informatics Education, Research, and its Social Impact across Europe. We do so by fostering unity in the variety of our member institutions and promoting pan-European collaboration.

In particular, we aim to empower our members to:

• Create opportunities for joint initiatives and knowledge exchange between academia & industry & society.
• Engage with society on the nature and impact of Informatics and advocate for Informatics in European policy discussions.
• Promote quality standards and best practices in research, education, and knowledge transfer.
• Foster ethical and responsible Informatics teaching and research.
• Nurture talent, promoting inclusion and assuring a pipeline of diverse leaders with a broad understanding of the discipline.

Our history

The origins of Informatics Europe date back to the first European Computer Science Summit (ECSS) held at ETH Zurich in 2005, later renamed the European Informatics Leaders Summit in 2024.

On 21 October 2005, the 1st ECSS brought together, for the first time, heads of Informatics and Computer Science departments throughout Europe. This landmark event was a joint undertaking of the Informatics departments of the two branches of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology: EPFL (Lausanne) and ETHZ (Zurich). The initiative attracted immediate and widespread interest far beyond its original scope. A report on the first ECSS and the background behind Informatics Europe was published in 2006 in the Communications of the ACM.

Besides the keynotes, talks, panels and workshops, the most important result of the Summit was the unanimous view that European Computer Scientists urgently needed an organisation with aims and scope similar to those of the CRA in the US, extended — in light of the situation in Europe — to cover education as well as research. As a result, the 'European University and Research Organization for the Technologies of Informatics and Computer Science (EuroTICS)' was created with the aim to become the recognized voice of the European informatics community, including both universities and research centres. The organisation's name was later changed to "Informatics Europe".

The organisation's initial bylaws were approved at the first General Assembly during the 2nd ECSS on October 16, 2006, at the ETH Zurich. Informatics Europe was hosted and managed by ETH Zurich until 2011, when it became a fully independent non-profit organisation based in Zurich.

Bertrand Meyer, ETH Zurich, one of the founding members of the organisation, served as its first President from 2006 to 2011. Carlo Ghezzi, Politecnico di Milano, was the second President from 2012 to 2015. Lynda Hardman, CWI / Utrecht University was the third President, serving from 2016 to 2017. Enrico Nardelli, from Università di Roma 'Tor Vergata' was the fourth president from 2018 to 2023. The current President, Jean-Marc Jézéquel, took office in January 2024. 

1). The term Informatics represents what is also called, depending on the country, Computer Science, Computing, Computer Engineering, IT, ICT.