IAQI is a non-profit organisation ran by researchers, composed of founding members and honorary members from supported events.
Membership structure of IAQI
| Member category | Voting at GA | Fee | Roles | Examples |
| Ordinary | Yes | No | Handle logistics and groundwork of the association. | Individuals serving 3-year terms on the Executive Board. |
| Honorary | Yes | No | Steer association, inform on needs of events. | Conference delegates: current Steering Committee members and organizers. |
| Extraordinary (institutions) | No | Yes | Support the association financially or in kind. | Academic research institutes and universities, other sponsors such as companies. |
| Extraordinary (individuals) | No | Yes | Support the association financially, provide feedback. | Opt-in participants of events supported by the association. |
The General Assembly is formed by all members who attend (from all categories described below). Legal persons may send one representative. Ordinary and Honorary members have voting rights. The General Assembly is regulated by the Constitution of the association.
Ordinary members (with voting rights) are approved by the Executive Board. At present, the only Ordinary Members are the Executive Board members. Members of the Executive Board are exempt from membership fees.
Honorary members (with voting rights) are delegated by the steering committees of each conference series supported by IAQIC. Each conference series may nominate up to 15 honorary members, which have to be confirmed by the General Assembly. The choice of nominees is up to each Steering Committee: they are usually composed of the Steering Committee with additional nominees recruited from local and scientific organisers of the conference. These honorary members are referred to as Conference Delegates in the following. At present, Conference Delegates are the only honorary members. Honorary members do not pay membership fees.
Extraordinary members (without voting rights) are individuals and legal entities such as universities, associations, foundations and companies who support the association financially. Extraordinary members do not have voting rights but may attend the General Assembly, and receive the same information and updates about the association as regular members.
For each supported event, the Executive Board may decide whether to select it as a Membership Event. In that case, participants registered in the event may apply to become extraordinary members of the association for a period of two years, counting from the start of the event. This option should be made clear in the event’s registration form, and an explicit part of the registration fee goes into the membership. The Executive Board reserves the right to approve and reject individual applications for extraordinary membership. In case of rejection, the fee should be refunded. In case there is great interest from the community, then after at least two years of operation, the General Assembly may deliberate whether to extend ordinary membership to the attendees of supported events.
Membership fees for ordinary and extraordinary members are established by the General Assembly. For individual members, it is strongly recommended to keep the fees accessible, for example by adapting them to the career stage of the member. Once established, membership fees should be added to this document.
Founding members
Alex Grilo
Anne Broadbent
Christian Schaffner
Dakshita Khurana
Eleni Diamanti
Felix Leditzky
Gorjan Alagic
Jacob Bridgeman
Lídia del Rio
Marco Tomamichel
Min-Hsiu Hsieh
Nuriya Nurgalieva
Philippe Faist
Stacey Jeffery
Thomas Vidick
Tom Gur
Ulysse Chabaud
Executive Board
2024 – 2027
Thomas Vidick (President)
Anne Broadbent (Deputy)
Marco Tomamichel (Treasurer)
Ulysse Chabaud (Secretary)
Honorary Members
2024
Conference delegates of TQC, QIP and QCrypt.