General Assembly
The General Assembly is the highest governing body of ATB. The members meet at least once a year. The General Assembly makes decisions on the
- admission of new proposed members,
- appointment and recall of the Scientific Director and other members of the Executive Board,
- appointment and recall of the members of the Scientific Advisory Board,
- acceptance of the middle-term research program, which is submitted by the Executive Board in consultation with the Scientific Advisory Board,
- approval of the draft of the budget,
- approval of the annual report and the budget account and the discharge of the Executive Board,
- amendments of the statutes,
- dissolution of the association.
Members
- State of Brandenburg - Ministry for Science, Research and Culture (MWFK) - Chair
Representative (acting): Harald Topel, Deputy Head of Department Science and Research - Federation - Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) - Vice Chair
Representative: Dieter Goertz, Division Head 725 – Animals and Technics, Digitalisation in Department 7 - Federation - Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Representative: Dr. Dietmar Walter, Division 725 - Sustainable Management; Bioeconomy - State of Brandenburg - Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry, Environment and Consumer Protection (MLEUV) of the State of Brandenburg
Representative: Inge Sauerbier, Division 34 - Agricultural education and research, agricultural market, animal breeding - Technical University Berlin
Representative: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Henning Jürgen Meyer, Dept of Machinery System Design - Humboldt University Berlin
Representative: Prof. Dr. Peter H. Feindt, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer Institute for Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences - University of Potsdam
Representative: Prof. Dr. Barbara Höhle, Vice President for Research, Junior Academics and Equal Opportunities - VDI
Representative: Dr. Markus Demmel, Chair VDI-MEG and Head Dept. Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture (LfL) - Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board (permanent guest)
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zentek, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Animal Nutrition