Organs and Committees acatech - Council for Technical Sciences The Council for Technical Sciences was founded by the Union in 2002. Its founding members are the seven academies of sciences and humanities that are members of the Union. In the meantime, almost 200 engineering science professionals and representatives of neighbouring subjects in the natural sciences have joined the Council, who is committed to encouraging future-oriented initiatives and to emphasizing the significance of technology for society and the economy. The Council also regards itself as a link between basic research in technical science and applied research. The Council for Technical Sciences is a registered non-profit association with an office in Munich. President: Prof. Dr. Joachim Milberg Fellow of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Vice President: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Hüttl Fellow of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Further Members of the Executive Board: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kleiner Fellow of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reiner Kopp Fellow of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Spath Fellow of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gottschalk President of the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities Prof. Dr. Peter Graf Kielmansegg Vice-President of the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities Management: Dr.-Ing. Carsten S. Schröder acatech – Konvent für Technikwissenschaften der Union der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften e. V. Hofgartenstraße 2 | 80539 München Tel.: 089 / 520 30 90 | Fax: 089 / 520 30 99 schroeder@acatech.de		Office Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 2 55131 Mainz / Germany Tel.: +49 - 61 31/21 85 28-0 Fax: +49 - 61 31/21 85 28-11 info@akademienunion.de Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Göttingen Academy of Sciences Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities Saxonian Academy of Sciences in Leipzig Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Humanities