Sideline Activities
2011—2012 | Chairman of the Board of Directors (careon Avalis, Basel) |
2008—2010 | Chairman of the Board of Directors (Avalis Healthcare Systems AG, Zurich) |
2001—2012 | Spokesperson and member of Business Marketing Expert Group (Liberty Alliance Project) — today Kantara Initiative. Since 2008 “Individual Sponsor” of the Alliance. |
2006—2012 | Spokesperson (OpenDocument Alliance) |
2001—2012 | Scientific Advisory Board (Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences, SATW). Vice President of the Board since 2005 |
2005—2009 | ICT Commission (SATW, ICT-Comm.) |
2003—2009 | Curator (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Erlangen) |
1999—2003 | Curator (Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation) |
2001—2007 | Executive Jury Member (European IST Prize, representing Switzerland) |
2008—present | Jury Member (Swiss ICT Award) |
2003—2008 | Scientific Advisory Board (Avalis Telemedicine AG, Basel) |
2000—2010 | Advisory Board (DAI-Lab, Technical University Berlin) |
2004—present | Advisory Panel (DGRI, German Association for Law and Informatics) |
2005—2008 | Advisory Board (SwissITmedical.net) |
2008—2009 | Steering Committee eHealth (a+, Swiss Academies of Sciences) |
2001—2010 | Steering Committee (Global Forum) |
1999—2003 | Working Group, Digital Divide Initiative (World Economic Forum) |
1996—present | TechCast Expert Panel (Virtual Think Tank) |
1998—present | Consulting Expert and Council Member with Gehrson Lehrman Group and Guidepoint Global |
Professional Memberships
- Executive Advisor, Experton Group
- Elected member, Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW)
- Elected member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- German Computer Society (GI)
- IEEE Computer Society
- Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
- German Society for Law and Informatics (DGRI)
Business Partnerships
TallyFox provides cloud based collaboration solutions that integrate knowledge, content and project management.
The Open Invention Network (OIN) helps protect Open Source-friendly companies and projects from patent tension.
TechCast Global offer a wealth of the most authoritative, carefully organized forecasts on Emerging Technologies, Social Trends, Wild Cards, and other strategic forces likely to unfold over the next decade or two. This work is based on research that pools the collective knowledge of 150 leading experts as well as our consulting for corporations and governments.
GLG (Gerson Lehrmann Group) is building the world’s largest membership for professional learning and expertise, so clients in every sector can interact with experts to gain insight.
Guidepoint Global helps to answer your most pressing business questions by opening unique windows into the minds of the most insightful, experienced, and enlightening experts.