Organisation

The IDEA League shares best practice at all levels. We continuously learn from each other, benchmark and share intelligence. The areas of cooperation include Education, Research and Innovation, which is reflected in the organisation of the IDEA League.

For 2010-2011, Cyrille van Effenterre, the President of ParisTech serves as the president of the IDEA League.

The Heads Board, comprises the heads of the five universities and their deputies, and is the decision-making body. The Heads Board together with the Operational Board meets twice a year, in spring and in autumn, for a Joint Boards Meeting.

Joint Boards Meeting on 17 Mar 2008 at ETH Zurich: Thanh-Tâm Lê, Ulla Bidian, Jacob Fokkema, Ralph Eichler, Heidi Wunderli-Allenspach, Rolf Roissant, Mary Ritter, Dirk Jan van den Berg, Cyrille van Effenterre, Marietta Spiekerman, Christoph Niedermann, Chris Hankin (from left)

The Secretary General manages and coordinates the various activities of the League, i.e. fostering collaboration between the network’s member institutions, developing new activities and strategies, and supporting their realisation.

• IDEA League Secretary General
  Dr. Ulla Bidian 
  email: ulla.bidian@zhv.rwth-aachen.de

The members of the Operational Board advise the board members and coordinate policy implementations locally:

• Imperial College London
  Dr. Ulrike Hillemann
  email: u.hillemann@imperial.ac.uk
  
  
• TU Delft
  Ms Mariëtta Spiekerman
  email: m.y.m.spiekerman-middelplaats@tudelft.nl
  
  
• ETH Zürich
  Dr. Christoph Niedermann
  email: niedermann@sl.ethz.ch
  
  
• RWTH Aachen
  Prof. Armin Schnettler
  email: schnettler@ifht.rwth-aachen.de
  
  
• ParisTech
  Dr. Thanh-Tâm Lê (chair)
  email: Thanh-Tam.Le@polytechnique.edu