Franz Baader received his PhD in Computer Science in 1989 from the University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, where he was a teaching and research assistant for 4 years. In 1989, he went to the German Research Institute of Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) as a senior researcher and project leader. From 1993 to 2001 he was associate professor for Theoretical Computer Science at the RWTH Aachen, Germany.

Carl Theodor Albrecht was a German astronomer. He studied mathematics and natural sciences at the TU Dresden and the Universität Berlin. He specialized in geodesy, to which he devoted much of his career. He also worked on the problem of variation of latitude, building upon the work of Seth Carlo Chandler who discovered the Chandler wobble.

Holger Bach, Director of Mobility Cluster Programme , Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation (WRS) has a university degree in business administration and management, focus on automotive industry and sound experience in the field of mobility services, logistics, traffic management, telematics and intelligent transport systems. Since 2003 he is a member in Polis Management Committee in Brussels. Since 2009 he is also Managing Director of KLOK Logistics Competence Center.