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. Its program includes a diversity of talks, networking sessions and an ethical hacking contest (CTF) with the aim to:

Black Alps is supported by the HEIG-VD, Y-PARC Swiss Technopole, and staff involved in the previous cybersecurity events in Yverdon-les-Bains.
Recorded talks and photos to revive our past events.

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. Download the Articles of Black Alps Association (in French).

The Black Alps values are the followings:

• Independence: We are an independent conference, we are not affiliated with any commercial or industrial group.
• Content: The content is selected by a program committee. Our goal is to provide you with interesting and exceptional talks and workshops who are consistent with the industrial world.
• Privacy: We assure you the confidentiality and privacy of your information; we do not share this information, especially we do not share it with our partners or sponsors.

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

Conference organizers

Led by the members of the Black Alps Association Committee, the people involved in organizing #BlackAlps24 have a wide range of expertise and a large professional network in the field of cybersecurity.

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, Anthony Coke, Cooper, Julien Dubi, Alexandre Duc, Valentin Finini, Filipe Fortunato, Lucas Gianinetti, Maxim Golay, Loïc Haas, Saman Handschin, Tano Iannetta, Olivier Kopp, Eric Ladem, Yann Lederrey, Yohan Martini, Robin Müller, Nicolas Ogi, Jean-François Pasche, Pascal Perrenoud, Abraham Rubinstein, Frédéric Saam, Nathan Séville, Lucie Steiner, Stéphane Teixeira Carvalho, Axel Vallon, Sandy Wetzel, Cyrill Zundler