Vice-rector Jacques de Werra (July 2015 - July 2019)

 
Jacques de Werra was born in 1970 and earned a doctorate at the University of Lausanne in 1997. He also holds a Master's degree in Law (LLM) from Columbia University and was admitted to the bar in both Geneva and New York. He teaches, conducts research, publishes, and lectures in the areas of intellectual property, information technology and communication, and contract law. He launched a summer school dedicated to Internet law (Internet l@w summer school) and directs the summer school on intellectual property which has been organized in cooperation with WIPO since 2011. He became a professor at UNIGE in 2005, and was named Vice-Rector from 15 July 2015 to 15 July 2019. During his tenure he was in charge of the departments of Scientific Information, Knowledge and Technology Transfers and Digital university.