Council & Foundation
Council and Foundation
preserve the idea of the founders and the tradition of
the meetings.
The Council
The Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings was founded in 1954, three years after the first Lindau Meeting, to secure their existence and shape their future development. Count Lennart Bernadotte, one of the three founders of the meetings, became the first president of the Council.
The purpose of the Council is to organise the annual meetings on the basis of an elaborate scientific programme. This includes the establishment and maintenance of close relations with scientific partners worldwide.
The Council will ensure that eligible and qualified young scientists get the chance to participate in the Lindau Meetings. In this regard, the Council is also responsible for the acquisition of financial means for organising the meetings – in close collaboration with the Foundation. The Council maintains an executive secretariat in Lindau.
Council Members
Honorary President
Count Lennart Bernadotte af Wisborg (†)
President
Countess Bettina Bernadotte af Wisborg
Vice Presidents
Treasurer
Members
Corresponding Members
Thomas Perlmann
Christoph Philipp
Permanent Guests
Claudia Alfons,
Mayor of the town of Lindau
Christof Widmer,
Chairman of the Education, Science and Research Commission of the International Lake Constance Conference (IBK)
The Foundation
The Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings was established in the year 2000 upon the initiative of fifty Nobel Laureates.
In general, the Foundation’s objective is to promote science, research, and related societal activities. In particular, its main purpose is to ensure the continuance and further development of the Lindau Meetings. This includes the support of outreach projects and initiatives.
The members of the most prestigious committee of the Foundation, the Honorary Senate, are valued advisors to the board of directors and distinguished ambassadors for the cause of the Lindau Meetings.
The Foundation is registered on Mainau Island. In the interest of a close collaboration with the Council, the office of the Foundation is also based in Lindau.
Foundation Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Countess Bettina Bernadotte af Wisborg
Christoph Philipp
Nikolaus Turner, Managing Director
Honorary Chairman
Founders’ Assembly
Through their membership in the Founders’ Assembly, Nobel Laureates demonstrate their strong support of the Lindau Meetings and entrust the Foundation with the consistent further development of Lindau’s intergenerational dialogue. To date, more than 370 Nobel Laureates constitute the assembly.
Honorary Senate
The most prestigious committee of the Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings is the Honorary Senate. Its members function as advisors to the board and distinguished ambassadors for the cause of the Lindau Meetings:
Josef Ackermann, Former CEO of Deutsche Bank AG
Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish, Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development
José Manuel Barroso, Former President of the European Commission
Ernesto Bertarelli, Former CEO Serono S.A. and Two-time winner of America’s Cup
Christof Bosch, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Robert Bosch Stiftung
Volkmar Denner, Former Chairman of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH
Martin T:son Engstroem, Founder and Managing Director of the Verbier Festival and Academy
William H. Gates III, Co-chair and Trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Ulrich Grete, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Ecoscientia Foundation
Bertrand Gros, Chairman of the Board of Rolex SA
Roman Herzog (†), Former Federal President of Germany
Klaus J. Jacobs (†), Founder of the Jacobs Foundation
Henning Kagermann, President of the acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering
Walter B. Kielholz, Chairman of the supervisory board and former CEO of Swiss Re
Klaus Kleinfeld, Former Chairman & CEO, Siemens AG, Germany and Alcoa Inc./Arconic Inc., United States
Malcolm D. Knight, Former Vice Chairman of Deutsche Bank AG
Pamela Mars, Member of the Board of Directors of Mars, Inc.
Angela Merkel, Former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Joachim Milberg, Former CEO of BMW AG / Former President of acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering
Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German singer and songwriter
Ferdinand K. Piëch (†), Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG
Johannes Rau (†), Former Federal President of Germany
Annette Schavan, Former German Federal Minister of Education and Research
Thomas Schmidheiny, Member of the Board of Directors of LafargeHolcim Ltd
Shri Kapil Sibal, Indian Minister for Law and Justice
HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Member of the Thai Royal Family
Gunnar Stålsett, Bishop emeritus of Oslo and member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
Edmund Stoiber, Former Minister-President of Bavaria
Marcus Storch, Former Chairman of the Nobel Foundation
Tony Tan, President of the Republic of Singapore
Erwin Teufel, Former Minister-President of Baden-Wuerttemberg
Klaus Tschira (†), Co-founder of SAP AG and founder and Executive Director of the Klaus Tschira Foundation
Daniel Vasella, Former CEO of Novartis AG
Ulrich Wilhelm, Former Director General of Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting)
Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, Secretary General of the Human Frontier Science Program
Martin Winterkorn, Former Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG
Hansjörg Wyss, Swiss entrepreneur and philantropist