The Council of Advisors on Digital Economy (, abbreviated BJDW) is an advisory board to the German government established within the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was created in 2013 to advise on strategic decisions related to the digital economy and digital transformations. The council meets in non-public sessions and is directly reporting to the federal government: the current minister responsible is Peter Altmaier serving on the cabinet of Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel as her Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy.Rösler seeks advice from startups Retrieved 2020-03-21The second wave of digitization is Europe's opportunity Retrieved 2020-03-21.Special meeting of the Council of Advisors on Digital Economy Retrieved 2020-03-21
Members
The council members, distinguished individuals appointed by the German government, are drawn from industry, research institutions, and NGOs qualified on the basis of achievement, experience, and integrity. The advisory board includes leading representatives of the German digital economy. The members are not paid.
List of members The council currently comprises (as of 8/2020) the following 29 individuals.Members of the Council of Advisors on Digital Economy Retrieved 2020-08-01.
Anne Kjær Bathel, ReDI School of Digital Integration , Co-Founder and CEO Lina Behrens, Flying Health, CEO Jörg Bienert, Aiso-lab GmbH, Founder and CEO Lea-Sophie Cramer, Investor Eckart Diepenhorst, Free Now, CEO Europe Dr. Alexander von Frankenberg, High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH, CEO Dr. Julia Freudenberg, Hacker School, CEO Christoph Gerlinger, German Startups Group GmbH & Co. KGaA, CEO Lisa Gradow, Investor Dr. Oliver Grün, Grün Software|GRÜN Software AG, CEO; Bundesverband IT-Mittelstand President Dr. Ute Günther, Business Angels Netzwerk Deutschland e.V. (BAND), CEO Finn Age Hänsel, SanityGroup GmbH, Founder and MD Dr. Fabian Heilemann, Earlybird Venture Capital Management GmbH & Co. KG, Partner Ulrike Hinrichs, Bundesverband Deutscher Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften, CEO Anna Kaiser, Tandemploy GmbH, Founder and CEO Dr. Tom Kirschbaum, Door2Door GmbH, Founder and MD Dr. Tina Klüwer, Parlamind GmbH, CEO Prof. Dr. Dominik L. Michels, KAUST, Faculty Dr. Gesa Miczaika, Auxxo Beteiligungen GmbH, Founder Lena Sophie Müller, Initiative D21, CEO Judith Muttersbach-Dada, La Famiglia GmbH, CEO Florian Nöll, Bundesverband Deutsche Startups e.V., CEO Bastian Nominacher, Celonis SE, Co-Founder and Co-CEO Maria Piechnick, Wandelbots GmbH, Co-Founder and CPO Johannes Reck, GetYourGuide, Co-Founder and CEO Stephanie Renda, Bundesverband Deutsche Startups e.V., CEO André Schwämmlein, FlixMobility GmbH (FlixBus), Founder and CEO Miriam Wohlfarth, Ratepay GmbH, Founder and MD Christian Vollmann, Good Hood GmbH, CEO
See also Council of Economic Advisers President's Management Advisory Board Strategic and Policy Forum
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