Project committees

ATTRACT Phase 2

Project Advisory Committee

ATTRACT’s Project Advisory Committee (PAC) comprises leading representatives of international public and private organisations

The Committee tender’s strategic advice on scaling up the ATTRACT Project. In providing such advice, the PAC may establish an open dialogue with public and private stakeholders, including high-level policy-makers, to raise their interest in investing in and continuing the ATTRACT Project.

John Wood

Chair, Project Advisory Committee of ATTRACT
Monica Beltrametti

Head of Global Innovation Europe, Naver Corp
Sergio Bertolucci

Professor, University of Bologna & former scientific director at CERN
Leopold Demiddeleer

Managing Director and Founder, TechBridgeOne SPRL
Chiara Giovenzana

CEO, investor & entrepreneur in the field of biotech
Hervé Legenvre

Professor and Director of the Value Creation Observatory at EIPM

Special advisors

Henry Chesbrough

Special Advisor of the PAC; Faculty Director, Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation, University of California-Berkeley; Professor, Esade Business School

Independent Committee for the R&D&I Projects Thematic call

The Independent Committee for the R&D&I Projects Thematic call (IC) is a fully independent committee of top-level experts in the domain of detector & imaging technology for science, industry and the private investor community.

Sergio Bertolucci

Chair, R&D&I Committee (IC) of ATTRACT; Professor, University of Bologna & former scientific director at CERN
Andrea Cuomo

Executive Vice President AST & Special Projects STMicroelectronics International
Cinzia Da Vià

Professor of Physics at the University of Manchester UK
Dimitra Darambara

Senior Team Leader, The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Chiara Giovenzana

CEO, investor & entrepreneur in the field of biotech
Heinz Graafsma

Head of the Photon-Science Detector Group at DESY & Adjunct Professor at Mid Sweden University
Ralf Kaiser

Professor, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Glasgow
Matthias Kaiserswerth

Managing Director, Hasler Stiftung
Sijbren Otto

Professor of Systems Chemistry, University of Groningen
Bernd Schmitt

Group Leader in Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
Pawel Sobkowicz

Deputy Director for Innovation and Commercialisation, National Centre for Nuclear Research, Świerk, Poland
Michel Spiro

Emeritus Research Director, CEA
Norbert Wermes

Professor of Physics, University of Bonn; Director, Institute of Physics

Independent Committee for the ATTRACT Academy call

The Independent Committee for the ATTRACT Academy call (SP-IRC) is a fully independent committee composed of top educational and design experts that will evaluate all the proposals presented.

Rui Coutinho

Executive Director for Innovation and Development at Porto Business School – University of Porto
Lauri Repokari

Entrepreneur, Professor of User-Centred Product Development
Sushi Suzuki

Associate professor at the Kyoto Institute of Technology and KYOTO Design Lab

Independent Committee for the Socioeconomic Studies call

The Independent Committee for the Socioeconomic Studies call (SE-IRC) is a fully independent committee composed of scientific and technical experts that will evaluate all the proposals presented.

Hervé Legenvre

Professor and Director of the Value Creation Observatory at EIPM
David Osimo

Director of Research in The Lisbon Council
Peter van der Sijde

Professor of Organization and Entrepreneurship at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Project Consortium Board

The Project Consortium Board (PCB) manages the ATTRACT Project and is the ultimate decision-making body of the Project Consortium.

Michael Krisch

Chair, Project Consortium Board; International Research & Innovation Programmes Manager, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Alex Nussem

Secretary General of the European Industrial Research Management Association (EIRMA) Role in ATTRACT Member, Project Consortium Board Alex (BSc Physics and MBA from VUB Solvay Business School – Belgium) has over 20 years of experience developing and managing innovating technology driven companies/organizations towards international markets. Alex served as International Director of Sales for INX Digital/International…
Kalevi Ekman

Professor of integrated product development and machine design, AALTO University
Shreyasi Kar

Head of Operations at Aalto University Design Factory and Deputy PCB Member
Mar Capeans

Head of the Site and Civil Engineering Department at CERN
Andrew McCarthy

Team leader, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation
Paolo Mutti

Head of Instrument Control Department, Head of Scientific Computing Department, Institut Laue-Langevin
Thomas Tschentscher

Scientific Director, European X-Ray Free Electron Laser Facility (European XFEL)
Jonathan Wareham

Professor of Information Systems, ESADE Business School
Andy Williams

External Relations Officer, European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Project Administrative Office

The Project Administrative Office (PAO) is the dedicated administrative body for the delivery of the ATTRACT Project.

Markus Nordberg

Head of Resources Development of the Development and Innovation Unit (IPT-DI), CERN
Pablo Garcia Tello

Section Head of the Development of EU Projects & Initiatives, CERN
Romain Muller

EU Projects Officer, CERN
Marzio Nessi

Science Consultant

Dissemination, Communication & Outreach Office

The Dissemination, Communication & Outreach Office (Comms team) is dedicated to promoting communication, outreach and media activities for the ATTRACT Project.