About UsBodies

The goal of the bidt is to better understand the developments and challenges posed by digital transformation, and to contribute to shaping the digital future in a responsible manner, geared towards the common good.

In addition to the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and the Managing Director, three other bodies guide the work of the Institute: the Board of Trustees, the Advisory Board and the Project Advisory Board. The bidt is committed to ensuring equal representation of women and men in all board positions.

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees supports the networking that takes place between the bidt and society. Its members include representatives from politics, university and business associations as well as the media and civil society.

**Robert Brannekämper, MdL**
Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Science and the Arts | Bavarian State Parliament

**Bertram Brossardt**
Chief Executive | vbw – Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft e. V.

**Dr. Verena Di Pasquale**
Deputy Chairperson | Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Bezirk Bayern

**Dr. Stefan Heumann**
Managing Director | Agora Digitale Transformation gGmbH

**Dr. Sabine Jarothe**
Head of Office | Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy

**Dr. Rolf-Dieter Jungk**
Head of Office | Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art

**Carsten Knop**
Publisher | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH

**Prof. Dr. Stefan Leible** President | University of Bayreuth

Chairman | Universität Bayern e. V.

**Markus Lötzsch**
Chief Executive | IHK Nürnberg für Mittelfranken

**Prof. Dr. Michael Piazolo, MdL**
Chairman of the Committee on Science and the Arts | Bavarian State

**Judith Wittwer**
Editor-in-Chief | Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH

**Prof. Dr. Walter Schober**
President | Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences

Chairman | Hochschule Bayern e.V.

**Dr. Hans Michael Strepp**
Head of Office | Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board advises the bidt on the technical and content-related approach. International representatives from business and science find involvement here.

**Dr. Yuichiro Anzai**
Chairman | Japan Council for Artificial Intelligence Strategy

**Christoph Bornschein**
CEO and Founder | TLGG

**Chng Kai Fong**
Second Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office | Smart Nations Singapore

**Xiaoqun Clever**
Member of the Board | Capgemini, Infineon, Amadeus and BHP

**Prof. David J. Hess, PhD**
Sociology Department (Science and Technology Program) | Vanderbilt University

**Dr. Wieland Holfelder**
Vice President Engineering | Google Munich

**Andrea Martin**
Leader | IBM Watson Center Munich

**Christine Regitz**
Vice President User Experience and Member of the Supervisory Board | SAP

**Kirsten Rulf**
Partner & Associate Director | Boston Consulting Group

Project Advisory Board

The Project Advisory Board advises the bidt Board of Directors with regard to the performance of its duties and provides suggestions for research and development projects. Its members are professionally qualified members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW) as well as other external scientists.

**Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Arndt Bode**
Full Professor of Computer Science (ret.) | Technical University of Munich

President | Bavarian Research Foundation

**Prof. Dr. Andrea Abele-Brehm**
Full Professor of Social Psychology (ret.) | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

**Prof. Dr. Manfred Broy**
Full Professor of Computer Science | Technical University of Munich

**Prof. Dr. Claudia Eckert**
Full Professor of Computer Science | Technical University of Munich

Director | Fraunhofer AISEC

**Prof. Dr. Clemens Fuest**
Full Professor of Economics (Chair of Public Economics) | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich

President | Ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich

**Prof. Dr. Barbara Zehnpfennig**
Full Professor of Political Science (ret.) | University of Passau

More about the bidt

Team

Board of Directors

Mission