Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees of ifak e.V. consists of personalities from science, business and public life. It recommends and votes on the long-term research and development planning of the institute and the economic and staffing plan. The Board of Trustees assists the association's Executive Board and evaluates the institute's activities.

Chairman

The Board of Trustees for the tenth term was elected in December 2022. Elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees is Prof Dr Jens Strackeljan, rector of the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. Mrs Birgit Münster-Rendel, CEO MVB Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH & Co. KG, was elected Vice-Chairwoman to the Board of Trustees.

For the 11th electoral period 2023-2025, the Board of Trustees consists of the following members:

Representatives from the industry
  • Roland Büchl, AUDI AG, Ingolstadt
  • Dr. Tobias Frank, PHOENIX CONTACT Electronics GmbH, Bad Pyrmont
  • Dr. Jochen Friedrich, IBM Deutschland GmbH
  • Dr. Michael Hoffmeister, Festo SE & Co. KG, Esslingen
  • Stamatis Karnouskos, SAP SE, Karlsruhe
  • Tim Lessau, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen
  • Marko Mühlstein, Landesenergieagentur Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH, Magdeburg
  • Birgit Münster-Rendel, MVB Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH & Co.KG, Magdeburg (stellvertretende Vorsitzende des Kuratoriums)
  • Dr. Jörg Neidig, Siemens AG, Nürnberg
  • Guido Nienhaus, MDCC Magdeburg-City-Com GmbH, Magdeburg
  • Franz Schulte, Konecranes, Wetter/Ruhr
  • Dr. Stefan Schünemann, Innovations- und Gründerzentrum Magdeburg GmbH, Barleben
  • André Uhl, Schneider Electric Automation GmbH, Marktheidenfeld
  • Dr. Christian Zeidler, Hitachi Energy, Mannheim
Representatives from science and research
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h. c. Uwe Hampel, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Lehnhoff, OFFIS e.V. Institut für Informatik, Oldenburg
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Strackeljan, (Vorsitzender des Kuratoriums), Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
  • Prof. Dr. Tobias Morck, Universität Kassel
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Martin Wollschlaeger, Technische Universität Dresden
Representatives from administration and specialist committees
  • Dr. Dorothea Trebesius, Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg