Organization
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Governance body
The implementation of the Initiative of Excellence is ensured by a university foundation, the A*Midex Foundation, placed under the responsibility of the Board of Directors of Aix-Âé¶¹tv. It is chaired by Mr. Éric Berton, President of Aix-Âé¶¹tv.
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Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is composed of one representative for each of the 8 partners of the Consortium and 2 representatives of AMU.
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AMU Eric Berton President of Aix-Âé¶¹tv since 2020, President of the A*Midex Foundation, President of Protisvalor and President of the Impulse Incubator. |
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Denis Bertin President of IMéRA, Delegate Vice-President of the A*MIDEX Foundation, Aix-Âé¶¹tv. Contact: amidex-direction@univ-amu.fr |
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Nicolas Morales Lecturer at Aix-Âé¶¹tv, Executive Director of the A*Midex Foundation. Contact: amidex-direction@univ-amu.fr |
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CNRS Stéphane BLANC Scientific Director for the Aix-Marseille site. Contact: contacts.siteAixMarseille@cnrs.fr |
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INSERM Dominique NOBILE Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Corsica Regional Delegate of the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM). Contact: secretariat.dr-marseille@inserm.fr |
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CEA Jean-Michel MOREY Director of IRESNE (Institute for Research on Nuclear Systems for Low Carbon Energy Production). Contact: secretariatc2a@cea.fr |
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IRD Valérie Verdier President - Director General of the Institute of Research for Development (IRD). Contact: presidente-directricegenerale@ird.fr |
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AP-HM François CREMIEUX General Manager of AP-HM (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille), Member of the Strategic Committee of the health investment fund of the Public Investment Bank - BPI. Member of the Editorial Committee and the Supervisory Board of the magazine Esprit. Contact: direction.generale@ap-hm.fr |
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IEP Rostane MEHDI Professor of Public Law, visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges and Director of the Institute of Political Studies in Aix-en-Provence. |
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ECM Carole DEUMIE Director General of Centrale Marseille, Head of the DiMABio team (diffusion in random media and biological tissues) that she created within the Fresnel Institute. Contact: carole.deumie@centrale-marseille.fr |
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List of Steering Committee Alternates
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List of permanent guests of the Steering Committee
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International Strategic Council
The foundation is supported by an international Strategic Council which has an advisory role; it is currently composed of 9 qualified personalities.
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Philippe Busquin Former European Commissioner, Minister of Health in Belgium, Co-Chairman of the Scientific Orientation Committee of the University of Aix Marseille 2015. |
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Jean-Claude Lehmann Honorary President of the Academy of Technologies, former Director of Research at Saint Gobain (France), CNRS Scientific Director, Co-Chairman of the Scientific Orientation Committee of the University of Aix-Marseille 2015, member of the Initiatives of Excellence (Idex) jury. |
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Grace Neville Member of the Initiatives of Excellence (IdEx) jury, President of the IDEFI jury, Professor Emeritus in the Department of French at the National University of Ireland. |
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Philippe Parmentier Professor of Education and Director of Education and Training Administration at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), member of the IDEFI jury in France and co-chair of the ARES (Academy for Research and Higher Education) "Success" commission. |
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Jean-Marc Rapp President of the International Jury of the IdEx, Honorary President of the European University Association (EUA), Dr H.C, Honorary Professor and Rector Emeritus of the University of Lausanne. |
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Jamil Salmi Global expert in higher education reform and university transformation, recognized for his work in advising on higher education institution development and improvement, strategic planning, and world-class university development strategies. |
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Louis Schweitzer
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Andrée Sursock Professor of Anthropology at the University of California (Berkeley), Andrée Sursock is vice-president of the ExcellencES jury and a member of the IDEX (Initiative d'excellence, France) and IHU - Méditérannée Infection (Institut Hospitalo-universitaire en maladies infectieuses) jury. She is also Senior Advisor to the European University Association |
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Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is composed of 18 members divided into 3 colleges:
1. The college of representatives of the institution, composed of (6 seats):
- The President of the University of Aix-Marseille.
- The Vice President in charge of A*Midex.
- The Vice President in charge of research at the University of Aix-Marseille.
- The Director of Education of the University of Aix-Marseille.
- The General Director of A*Midex
- The Director of Financial Affairs of the University of Aix-Marseille.
2. The college of founders, composed of (6 seats):
- Innate Pharma
- The University of Aix-Marseille
- The CNRS
- Inserm
- The Institute of Political Studies of Aix-en-Provence
- The Ecole Centrale de Marseille
3. The college of qualified personalities, composed of (3 seats) :
3 qualified personalities proposed respectively by the IRD, the CEA, the AP-HM, and appointed by the President of the University.
4. Advisory votes :
- The Rector of the Academy, Chancellor of the Universities, acts as the Government Commissioner for the Foundation.
- The director general of services and the accounting agent of the University of Aix-Marseille.
5. Permanent guests :
- Céline Bréal - Director of A*Midex
- Antoine Parrot - Deputy Director of A*Midex
Aix-Âé¶¹tv
A*Midex Foundation
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