Jury
Competent,
diverse,
independent
The jury for the NRW Innovation Award is made up of renowned personalities from science and industry.
The members of the high-calibre jury are from various areas of the innovation system in order to ensure a holistic approach to assessing the applications.
President of the VDI Association of German Engineers
Head of the Research Department Digital Economy at ZEW
Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Director of the Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management & Entrepreneurship
Managing Director of Social Impact gGmbH
Deputy Chairwoman of the Council for Sustainable Development
Director, Ecosystem Technology Architects, IBM DACH
Research generates knowledge - its transfer into innovations is what makes them socially and economically relevant.
Professor Lutz Eckstein (Dr.-Ing.)
President of the VDI Association of German Engineers
