People and structure | International Association for Quantum Information

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.

Summary of the different member categories of 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 IAQI. Each conference series may nominate up to 9 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. 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.

Founding members

Alex Grilo

Anne Broadbent

Christian Schaffner

Eleni Diamanti

Felix Leditzky

Marco Tomamichel

Min-Hsiu Hsieh

Philippe Faist

Stacey Jeffery

Thomas Vidick

Tom Gur

Ulysse Chabaud

Executive Board

2025 – 2028

Thomas Vidick (President)

Anne Broadbent (Deputy)

Marco Tomamichel (Treasurer)

Ulysse Chabaud (Secretary)