Award ceremony 2018
Program
February 24, 2018, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m., Brenner's Park Hotel & Spa, Baden-Baden
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Prof. Hans-Peter Mengele
Chairman of the German Leadership Award e. V.
LEADERSHIP TALK
Frank Marrenbach
Managing Director, Oetker Hotel Management
Prof. Dr.-lng. Kai Furmans
Academic Director, HECTOR School of Engineering &
Management at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Joseph Press
Global lnnovator & Strategy Advisor to the CEO,
Center for Creative Leadership
Maximilian Hillmann
Chairman 2018 Junior Chamber Karlsruhe
MODERATION
Sebastian Maciejewski, Chairman CDI Alumni e.V. Germany
GERMAN LEADERSHIP AWARD 2018
Dr.-Ing. E. h. Manfred Wittenstein
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of WITTENSTEIN SE, Igersheim
Chairman Allianz Industrie 4.0 Baden-Württemberg
LAUDATIO
Lars Wagner
Chairman Jury German Leadership Award e.V.
Chief Technology Officer, MTU Aero Engines AG
WORDS OF THANKS TO AWARD WINNERS
CDI ALUMNI TALK WITH AWARD WINNER
Ulrich Hollerbach
CEO, Lufthansa Technik Maintenance International GmbH
Dominic Benning
Head of Dopaminergic Therapy, EVER Neuro Pharma
Dr. Alexandra Schneider
Associate Director Strategic Portfolio Development, Merck Group
MODERATION
Knut Stannowski, Managing Director CDI Germany
DINNER-BUFFET & NETWORKING
Background to the award
The German Leadership Award was created on the initiative of the German alumni of the Collège des Ingénieurs (CDI) in 2013 and is being presented for the third time this year. The award recognizes managers, companies or institutions that introduce and implement leadership in their working environment in an innovative and successful way and that bring the topic to the public in a particularly value-adding way.
The award reflects the views of young, successful Generation Y managers (born after 1980) on leadership in German-speaking companies or institutions. Excellent young engineers, alumni of the renowned Collège des Ingenieurs, look for outstanding examples of exemplary corporate leadership and submit nominations based on their own experiences.
Award winner 2018
Leadership always includes the unconditional responsibility to be a role model. Irresponsibility at the very top is quickly recognized and is contagious in the company, like a virus. Responsibility extends far beyond the boundaries of one's own company and must be assessed in the context of society as a whole. And it doesn't end where it might hurt you.
They realized early on that the fourth industrial revolution was a great opportunity for the economy. However, it can only be successful if suitable leadership qualities are developed. Or to put it in your own words: "No matter how many great ideas are in circulation - whether the transformation succeeds depends on leadership.
Lars Wagner, chairman of the jury, awards Dr. Ing. E.h. Manfred Wittenstein the 2018 prize.
Dr. Ing. E.h. Manfred Wittenstein - Vita
Dr.-Ing. E.h. Manfred Wittenstein, born 02.09.1942 in Berlin, married, 4 children.
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of WITTENSTEIN SE
WITTENSTEIN SE develops customer-specific products, systems and solutions for highly dynamic positioning and intelligent networking in mechatronic drive technology.
Dr.-Ing. E.h. Wittenstein has also been active in various functions for many years, including:
- President (10/2007 - 10/2010 and Past-President (10/2010 - 10/2013) of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) e.V.
- Vice President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) (11/2008 - 11/2011)
- Member of the Research Union Economy - Science (since 06/2006)
- Spokesman and Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Baden-Württemberg Industry 4.0 Alliance (since 03/2015)
- Member of the board of the Industry 4.0 platform (04/2013 - 04/2015)
- Member of the steering committee of the Industry 4.0 platform (since 05/2015)
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Society for the Promotion of Economic Research (Friends of the ifo Institute) e.V. (since 06/2011)
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (since 10/2013)
- Member of the Board of Trustees acatech German Academy of Science and Engineering
Impressions of the GLA 2018
The Leadership Talk, moderated by Sebastian Maciejewski, Chairman of the CDI Alumni Association, was characterized by personal experiences and inspired the numerous guests at Brenners Park Hotel & Spa
from left: Ingar and Angelika Skaug (Center for Creative Leadership), Lars Wagner and Maria Millán-Millan, Dr. Ing. E.h. Manfred Wittenstein, Prof. Hans-Peter Mengele and Ilona Helmholz-Mengele.
Intensive leadership networking, involving the Board of Trustees and jury, is part of every award ceremony in Baden-Baden
From left: Prof. Dr. Marion Weissenberger-Eibl and Johann Weissenberger (Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI), Lars Wagner, Dr. Ing. E.h. Wittenstein, Maria Millán-Millan and alumni of the Collège des Ingénieurs from Germany, France and Italy.