About Black Alps

Let's Summit Together!

Black Alps is much more than a series of events. It is the beating heart of a tight-knit community of high-level cybersecurity professionals and enthusiasts. It is the social epicenter of a fast-growing ecosystem in one of the most important issues facing our society. Stakeholders are convinced that cybersecurity deserves greater attention, and that Switzerland has an important role to play.

Twice a year, Black Alps organizes events that aim to gather the community. While the Black Alps BBQ in June is a pure social event, the Black Alps Conference in November enables to discuss the latest threats, mitigations and advances in cybersecurity.

Black Alps Association

Black Alps is a non-profit, self-funded association founded in 2017 and headquartered in Yverdon-les-Bains (Switzerland). Its mission is to promote cybersecurity through the organization of dedicated events.

The current committee of the association is composed of Sylvain Pasini (president), Maude Schneider (secretary), Sandy Wetzel (treasurer). The other organizers (see below) are also members of Black Alps association.

Sylvain Pasini

President

Maude Schneider

Secretary

Sandy Wetzel

Treasurer

Conference organizers

Led by the members of the Black Alps Association Committee, the people involved in organizing the conference have a wide range of expertise and a large professional network in cybersecurity.

Sylvain Pasini

HEIG-VD

General Chair, coordination

Maude Schneider

Y-PARC

Catering, evenings and hotels

Sandy Wetzel

[seal] Innovation

Communication, moderator, accounting

Loïc Haas

CySec

CTF, infrastructure

Tano Iannetta

Orange Cyberdefense

Staff coordinator, CTF

Yohan Martini

HEIG-VD

Ticketing

Nicolas Oberli

CYD Campus

CFP, program

Paul Such

Hacknowledge by Swiss Post Cybersecurity

Sponsoring

In the past, the following people were also part of the conference organizers : Christophe Actis, Julien Bachmann, Alexandre Karlov, Jérémy Matos

Staff & people involved

Over the years, dozens of people have been involved in the organization of the conference. Without their contribution, Black Alps would simply not exist today.

Thank you all!

Julien Biefer, Julien Bignens, Jean-Marc Bost, Léa Cherpillod, Anthony Coke, Cooper, Julien Dubi, Alexandre Duc, Valentin Finini, Filipe Fortunato, Lucas Gianinetti, Maxim Golay, Grégoire Guyot, Loïc Haas, Saman Handschin, Tano Iannetta, Olivier Kopp, Eric Ladem, Yann Lederrey, Yohan Martini, Alexis Martins, Robin Müller, Nicolas Ogi, Jean-François Pasche, Pascal Perrenoud, Nicolas Philipp, Christophe Roulin, Abraham Rubinstein, Frédéric Saam, Pablo Saez, Nathan Séville, Lucie Steiner, Stéphane Teixeira Carvalho, Axel Vallon, Sandy Wetzel, Cyrill Zundler.