- Gunnar Barghorn – Managing Director Barghorn GmbH & Co. KG
- Professor Dr. rer. nat. habil. Helmut Faasch – Leuphana University Lüneburg – Department for Computer Networks, Databases and Fundamentals of Computer Science
- apl. Professor Dr. rer. nat. habil. Helmut Lessing – University of Hildesheim – Department of business administration and Operations Research
- Professor Dr. Katharina Manderscheid – University of Hamburg – Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences – Soziology, especially Lifestyle and Sustainability