| Focus Area 1: | Michael Hennig, Basel for SIG 1 |
| Focus Area 2: | Jürg Schefer, Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen, for SIG 5, 11, 12 |
| Focus Area 3: | Piero Macchi, Berne, for SIG 2, SIG 3, SIG 4 |
| Focus Area 4: | Katharina Fromm, Fribourg, for SIG 7 and SIG 13 |
| Focus Area 5: | Radovan Cerny, Geneva, for SIG 6, SIG 8 and SIG 9 |