Members

The High-Tech Forum is composed of 21 experts from the fields of science, business and society. It is co-chaired by Christian Luft, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and Professor Reimund Neugebauer, President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. The members of the High-Tech Forum 2025 are appointed by Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek.

Co-chairs

Christian Luft

Co-chair

State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Professor Reimund Neugebauer

Co-chair

President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Members

Professor Andreas Barner

Member

President, Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft e.V.

Professor Antje Boetius

Member

Director, Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)

Dr Martin Brudermüller

Member

Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors (CEO) of BASF SE

Professor Holger Hanselka

Member

President, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Professor Anke Hassel

Member

Professor of Public Policy at the Hertie School of Governance

Professor Katharina Hölzle

Member

MBA, Professor of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Potsdam

Professor Sabina Jeschke

Member

Senior Advisor Deloitte Germany

Marion Jung

Member

CEO, ChromoTek GmbH

Professor Hanna Krasnova

Member

Professor for Information Systems, especially Social Media and Society, at the University of Potsdam

Professor Wolfgang Lücke

Member

Former President of the University of Osnabrück

Professor Patrizia Nanz

Member

Vice President, Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE)

Johannes Oswald

Member

CEO of Oswald Elektromotoren GmbH

Professor Manfred Prenzel

Member

Professor of Empirical Education Research Related to Teacher Education at the University of Vienna

Frank Riemensperger

Member

Chairman of the Board of Accenture DACH

Julia Römer

Member

CEO and founder of Coolar UG

Professor Günther Schuh

Member

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Next.e.GO Mobile SE, Chair of Production Engineering and Director of the Laboratory for Machine Tools (WZL) at RWTH Aachen University

Professor Johannes Vogel

Member

Director-General of the Berlin Museum für Naturkunde

Professor Birgitta Wolff

Member

Professor and former President of Goethe University Frankfurt

Professor Christiane Woopen

Member

Hertz-Chair for Life Ethics, University Bonn