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.

Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Science and the Arts | Bavarian State Parliament

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

Deputy Chairperson | Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Bezirk Bayern

Managing Director | Agora Digitale Transformation gGmbH

Head of Office | Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy

Head of Office | Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art

Publisher | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH

Chairman | Universität Bayern e. V.

Chief Executive | IHK Nürnberg für Mittelfranken

Chairman of the Committee on Science and the Arts | Bavarian State

Editor-in-Chief | Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH

President | Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences
Chairman | Hochschule Bayern e.V.

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.

Chairman | Japan Council for Artificial Intelligence Strategy

CEO and Founder | TLGG

Second Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office | Smart Nations Singapore

Member of the Board | Capgemini, Infineon, Amadeus and BHP

Sociology Department (Science and Technology Program) | Vanderbilt University

Vice President Engineering | Google Munich

Leader | IBM Watson Center Munich

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

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.

Full Professor of Computer Science (ret.) | Technical University of Munich
President | Bavarian Research Foundation

Full Professor of Social Psychology (ret.) | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Full Professor of Computer Science | Technical University of Munich

Full Professor of Computer Science | Technical University of Munich
Director | Fraunhofer AISEC

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

Full Professor of Political Science (ret.) | University of Passau