Swiss IFIP Committee

Tasks of Delegates to the IFIP General Assembly (GA) and Technical Committees (TC)

The General Assembly of IFIP is IFIP's top ruling body for the general policy.

Main functions of the Swiss Delegate to the IFIP General Assembly are

to represent Swiss interests in the General Assembly and related bodies,
to participate in relevant activities to live and support IFIP's aims and scope,
to exchange information and participate in professional activities, which are of mutual interest,
to be prepared and willing to take over responsibility and to work for IFIP and for the benefit of the Swiss professional community, and
to act as a messenger between IFIP and the Swiss information processing community.

The Technical Committees (TC) of IFIP are in their specific area of interest responsible for initiating international congresses and publications as well as scientific Working Groups (WG).

Main functions of a TC representative are

to provide information to the Technical Committee about the situation in Switzerland (developments, concerns, available persons and contributions) in order to ensure an international focus for the TC activities,
to provide information about the TC activities to interested parties in Switzerland,
to attend annual meetings of the TC,
to offer to host TC meetings and events in Switzerland whenever feasible.