Prof. Dr. Gordon Thomas Rohrmair
President of the Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg and Chairman of the Steering Board of the Bavarian Academic Forum – BayWISS
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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hauke
President of Kempten University of Applied Sciences
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Jeanne Turczynski
Editorial department Landwirtschaft und Umwelt, Bayerischer Rundfunk
Jeanne Turczynski has been with the Bayerische Rundfunk since 2007, first as editor in the editorial department "Wissen und Bildung Aktuell", since this year in "Landwirtschaft und Umwelt" of the BR.
As editor responsible for the programmes "Aus Landwirtschaft und Umwelt" (BR24 Radio) as well as contributions to all programmes and formats (Bayern 1, 2 and 3, as well as Tagesschau24, BR24, BR Wissen).
2016: Member of the "Tutzinger Diskurs". Project of the "Akademie für Politische Bildung (Scholarship - Education - Public Services)" in Tutzing: conducting research on the social dimension of prenatal diagnostics at the interface between medicine, life science research, social sciences, philosophy, journalism and social work: http://tutzinger-diskurs.de
2017: award "Katholischer Medienpreis" for "Risiko Spätabbruch – Eine Entscheidung zwischen Leben und Tod".
Book: "Tatort Krankenhaus" – published March 2017 (Droemer Knaur), topic: series of killings in hospitals and nursing homes.
Markus Blume (enquired)
Bavarian State Minister for Science and the Arts, MdL
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"Nachhaltigkeit und Wirtschaftswachstum – unvereinbar oder aufeinander angewiesen?" (Sustainability and economic growth – incompatible or dependent on each other?)
At first glance more sustainability does not seem to necessarily generate more economic growth; nor does more economic growth appear to necessarily lead to more sustainability. What exactly are the obstacles looked at from the point of view of society as a whole and what can be done to make progress in both areas? What role do universities play in this context, i.e. how can research and education contribute towards the opportunities presented by sustainable economic growth being seen and used?
Prof. Dr. Renate Schubert
ETH Zurich and UniDistance Suisse
Renate Schubert graduated in economics at Mainz University and obtained her doctorate at Tübingen University. She gained experience in development cooperation before qualifying as a university lecturer at Technical University of Darmstadt. She subsequently conducted research and lectured at the Universities of Tübingen and Regensburg before taking up a professorship at ETH Zurich. She worked intensively with researchers from the fields of environment and energy and specialised in behavioural economics, with special focus on environment and energy. Since 2014, she has been involved in research projects of the Singapore-ETH Center (SEC). A current key focus lies on the study of social resilience of societies – identifying framework conditions under which different groups of societies will cooperate and not polarize in times of crisis.
Apart from numerous scientific publications, Renate Schubert has many years of experience in assessments and advice in academia. For instance, she was in the DFG's Senate and Joint Committee for many years, was a consultant for the Excellence Initiative, research council member of the Swiss National Science Foundation or also Head of the External Advisory Board of the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, but was also in charge (1996/97) of the assessment of the Bavarian faculties of economics. She is currently dean and is supporting the UniDistance Suisse. Renate Schubert was chairwoman of the KIT's Supervisory Board for many years and is currently member of the Universitätsrat of Tübingen University.
Furthermore, Renate Schubert is very experienced in working with and managing scientific committees providing advice to politics. For instance, she was chair of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) and was a member of the scientific advisory board of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation or also of the Swiss Organe Consultatif sur les Changements Climatiques (OcCC).
Renate Schubert | Dr. Renate Schubert - Professor for Economics
BayWISS Prize 2025 awarded by the chairman of the BayWISS Steering Board, Prof. Dr. Gordon Thomas Rohrmair, and short presentation of the award-winning doctoral theses.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Regina Schreiber
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, HAW Kempten
Regina Schreiber is committed to research and innovation actively contributing to sustainable development in economics and society. As Vice President Research and Transfer at Kempten University of Applied Sciences, she sets impulses for interdisciplinary research initiatives, specifically encouraging the cooperation between science, economy and social institutions in order to put sustainable technologies and concepts into practice.
In line with her own research, she serves as Scientific Director at KLEVERTEC, a research institute of Kempten University of Applied Sciences. Their focus lies on the shelf life of food by comprehensively optimising manufacturing, filling and packaging – in particular with regard to ecologically sustainable solutions.
Before starting at Kempten University of Applied Sciences, she gained many years of experience in the field research and development of a global leader in the manufacturing of consumer goods. She gained practical perspectives in national and international positions of responsibility, which enable her to make scientific knowledge accessible specifically for business.
As Vice President it is a matter of importance to her to advance the vision established in HAW Kempten's mission statement for research and transfer: "We take responsibility for shaping progress and sustainable growth in the economy and society."
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Görg
Professor Economics, Technical University of Munich
CURRICULUM VITÆ
PROF. DR. SEBASTIAN J. GOERG
Professorship for Economics
TUMCS for Biotechnology and Sustainability
Technical University of Munich
POSITIONS IN RESEARCH
since 05/2018 Associate Professor for Economics (W3),
TUMCS for Biotechnology and Sustainability, Technical University Munich, Germany
2012-2018 Assistant Professor of Economics, tenure granted in 2018,
Department of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
2009 - 2012 Senior Research Fellow,
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn, Germany
2005 - 2009 Research Associate,
BonnEconLab, Laboratory for Experimental Economics, University of Bonn, Germany
RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS AND VISITS:
since 2018 Affiliated Member, TUM School of Management, TUM
since 2017 Research Fellow, IZA – Institute of Labor Economics
since 2012 Research Affiliate, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
2011 - 2012 Visiting Research Scholar, School of Information, University of Michigan
2007 - 2008 Visiting Researcher, Antai College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
EDUCATION
2005 - 2010 Dr. rer. pol. summa cum laude
University of Bonn, Germany — Supervisors: Reinhard Selten, Armin Falk
2001 - 2005 Diplom-Volkswirt
University of Bonn, Germany
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Behavioral & Experimental Economics
Organizational Economics, Personnel Economics, Law and Economics, Bioeconomy
Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm
Professor of Development Economics, University of Passau
Michael Grimm has been Professor at University of Passau since 2012 and holds the chair of Development Economics. He obtained his doctorate in 2002 at Science Po in Paris. He was subsequently employed at the World Bank before holding chairs at University of Göttingen and Erasmus University Rotterdam. He was Guest Professor at University of Bordeaux and Paris School of Economics. Michael Grimm in particular addresses problems in the fields health, population, sustainable agriculture and development in the private sector. He regularly serves as consultant for the World Bank, various UN organisations and bilateral donor organisations.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frieder Heieck
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, HAW Kempten
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frieder Heieck has been Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kempten University of Applied Sciences since 2021 where he is Head of the Institute of Production and Informatics (IPI) in Sonthofen. His research concerns the digitalisation of industrial production systems, machine learning in manufacturing as well as additive manufacturing technology. In his current position, Prof. Heieck initiates and heads numerous research projects, focussing on industrial AI and sustainable production. He is co-author and publisher of relevant specialist publications and is actively involved in technology transfer between universities and industry.
Before he was offered his chair, he was research coordinator at ARENA2036 e.V., a BMBF-funded research campus for forward-looking technologies in automotive production. He previously headed the research group "additive manufacturing" at the Institute of Aircraft Design at University of Stuttgart where he also conducted research on the integration of new types of manufacturing methods in industrial applications. Frieder Heieck studied Aerospace Engineering at University of Stuttgart and acquired experience abroad at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He obtained his doctorate at University of Stuttgart on lightweight structures and fibre-reinforced plastics.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Torsten Winterwerber
Course management Value Creation Management, Faculty of Business, HAW Ansbach
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Torsten Winterwerber
Professor for Purchasing, Production Management and Logistics at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences · Course management Value Creation Management · Mayor Dornholzhausen (Rhein-Lahn)
Torsten Winterwerber combines almost three decades of industrial and managerial experience with current academic work. He has been lecturing at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences since 2024, where he is responsible for the cooperative Bachelor's degree programme "Value creation Management" and initiates research projects on digitally integrated production systems as well as resilient supply chains. In 2021, his academic career culminated in obtaining his doctorate at TU Dresden, in which he developed a management model describing the effect of digital technologies on industrial companies. An MBA at Steinbeis School of International Business and Entrepreneurship in 2008 formed the foundations for his practically oriented understanding of strategy, leadership and change.
Before going into science, Torsten Winterwerber held significant positions in the automotive industry as well as in the field of energy-producing technology. As Chief Executive Officer and President Europe at JOYSONQUIN Automotive Systems GmbH, he was in charge of global growth, established ESG programmes and furthered development throughout Europe. Before, as Vice President Operations at Rolls-Royce Power Systems, he managed international engine, assembly and test sites, firmly established lean principles in five countries and substantially reduced processing time as well as quality costs. His operative expertise has its roots is his time as works manager at Toyota Boshoku Europe, where he transferred the Toyota production system to German manufacturing, thus achieving efficiency and quality standards at group level.
Torsten Winterwerber has furthermore been serving as mayor in an honorary capacity in his village Dornholzhausen since 2024, promoting digitalisation and sustainability initiatives, which accentuates his abilities in communal stakeholder management and extends his perspective by public administrative practice.
Professionally, Torsten Winterwerber concentrates on operational excellence, lean and transformation programmes, employment of Industry 4.0 technologies including digital twins, the development of resilient procurement and supply network strategies as well as the management of intercultural teams in Europe, Asia and North America. He has knowledge of bringing together strategic group management, operative excellence and academic reflection, thus setting practically oriented impulses spanning science, economy and public authorities.
With this range of experience, Prof. Dr. Winterwerber offers valuable perspectives for the BayWISS Annual Colloquium: he combines profound industrial and practical know-how with a clear scientific view of the challenges and opportunities of digital value creation and simultaneously demonstrates how regional responsibility and global transformation can be effectively linked to each other.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Finkenrath
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, HAW Kempten
Matthias Finkenrath has been Professor for Energy and Process Engineering at Kempten University of Applied Sciences since 2012. He teaches thermodynamics, heat transfer and the process simulation of energy plants and is degree programme coordinator for the Master's programme Energy Technology.
His research concentrates on the simulation and economic assessment of energy and process plants, in particular of power plants, energy storages and heat pumps, focussing on the efficient integration of renewable energy in heat grids.
Before he was offered a chair at Kempten University of Applied Sciences, Matthias Finkenrath worked for the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, where he was in charge of the technological and economic assessment of low-emission power plant processes. Before, he was in charge of system analysis of alternative energy systems at the European research centre of General Electric (GE) in Garching near Munich.
Matthias Finkenrath studied mechanical engineering, specializing in energy and process engineering, at Ruhr University Bochum and University of Sheffield. Subsequently, he was research assistant at the Institute for Energy Process Engineering at Forschungszentrum Jülich. He obtained his doctorate at RWTH Aachen on high-temperature fuel cells.