The Innovation Space BioBall is moderated and shaped by a registered association. The association initiates new research, development, and innovation projects through network meetings as well as trusting and interdisciplinary exchange with interested parties from academia and industry. The association is closely linked to the national and international research, project, and industry landscape and brings new impulses to the metropolitan region.

Become a member of BioBall e.V. and actively help shape the Innovation Space! For further information, please contact our head office.

The board of BioBall e.V., comprising representatives from academia, the private industry and the municipal administration, manages the association and recommends submitted R&D&I applications to the project sponsor.

Elected to the board are:

• Chairman of the Board: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bayer
  Vice President Research, Provadis Hochschule
• Vice Chairman of the Board: Dr. Manfred Kircher
  Owner of KADIB
• Secretary: Dr. Bernd Rentmeister
  Director Competence Center Industry, Frankfurt Economic Development GmbH

The members of the advisory board bring expertise from academia, business, politics and society. The advisory board members advise the board and network in sectors, regions, and organizations that have development potential for BioBall.

Advisory board members are:

• Dr. Simone Kimpeler
  Fraunhofer Systems and Innovation Research ISI
• Dr. Burghard König
  Koenig & Funk Biotech GmbH, Berlin
• Prof. Dr. Georg Oenbrink
  Creago Solutions UG
• Dr. Elisabeth Saken-Braunstein
  Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector Baden-Württemberg
• Prof. Dr. Volker Sieber
  TU Munich – Campus Straubing, Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources