Advisory Council

Objective

The Advisory Council of the Fraunhofer Group for Innovation Research plays a central role in the strategic and technical orientation of the Group. With their expertise from industry, associations, politics and science, the members of the Advisory Council support the utilization of research results in the context of current market-relevant developments and support the Group in an advisory capacity. In addition, they promote the transparency of research activities and cooperation with potential sponsors, to whom the jointly identified development goals are communicated.

Members

MinDirig‘in Tanja Alemany Sanchez de León Head of Section, Head of Subdivision VIA »Innovative Economy«, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy BMWE  
Prof. Dr. Peter Gutzmer Former Vice Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Technology Officer of Schaeffler AG  
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Bullinger Chairman of the Fraunhofer Future Foundation Board and former President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft  
Dr. Marcus Bollig Managing Director of Product & Value Creation, German Association of the Automotive Industry VDA  
MinDirig Engelbert Beyer Head of Section, Head of Subdivision T1 »Key Technologies«, Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space BMFTR  
Elke Hannack Vice Chairwoman of the German Trade Union Confederation DGB  
Ulrich Dietz Chairman of the Board of Directors of GFT Technologies SE  
Lieutenant General Dr. Ansgar Rieks Former Deputy Inspector of the German Air Force  
Alexander Rudolf Diehl Project Officer at SPRIND, Co-founder of Prior Labs, Senior Consultant at Cyber-Valley  
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hirth Chairman of the Fraunhofer Future Foundation Board and Vice President of the Department of Technology Transfer and International Affairs at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)  
Frank Pieper Brigadier General, Director of Strategy and Academic Affairs at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College