Society of Friends The Society of Friends of OFFIS e.V. was founded on July 5th 1993. Its members are well-known companies, institutions and individuals - especially from the region north-west Germany.

Main Goals

• supporting OFFIS
• foster science, especially computer science
• enhance the relationship between science and practical implementation
• improve the economic structure of the Northwest-Region 

Board

Chairman: Wolfgang Mücher, Member of the Board EWE Aktiengesellschaft

Gerhard Fiand, Chairman of the Board LzO
Dr. Rolf Hollander, Chairman of the Board CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA
Karin Katerbau, Member of the Board OLB AG
Dr. Stephan-Andreas Kaulvers, Chairman of the Board Bremer Landesbank
Gert Stuke, Director Oldenburg Chamber of Commerce

Members

• Becker, Dr. Bernhard, comes Untern.beratung GmbH, Partner
• Behnen, Marlene, Commerzial Treuhand GmbH, WP/StB, GGF
• Behr, Nikolaus
• Beyer, Dr. Rolf, KDO Service GmbH, GF
• Brandt, Torsten, NORD/LB, Leiter Firmenkunden
• Brinker, Dr. Werner, EWE AG, V-Vors. i.R.
• Bruns, Jan-Dieter, Bruns-Pflanzen-Export GmbH & Co. KG, GF 
• Christeleit, Thomas, FRISIA-TREUHAND GmbH, Ges./Partner
• Daun, Claas, Daun & Cie AG, V-Vors.
• Deters, Jürgen, Pöppelmann GmbH & Co. KG, Kfm. Leiter
• Duwe, Kersten, Treuhand Weser-Ems GmbH, GF
• Elm, Peter von, Leffers & Co. GmbH & Co. KG, GF
• Fageth, Dr. Reiner, CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA, V-Mitglied
• Grönke, Harold, Nordwest-Zeitung Verlagsges. mbH & Co. KG, GF
• Harms, Hans-Joachim, Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen, Kammerdirektor
• Hemken, Dr. Norbert, Kurbetriebsges. Bad Zwischenahn mbH, Kurdirektor
• Hemker, Olaf, Landessparkasse zu Oldenburg, Mitglied des Vorstands
• Henke, Heiko, Handwerkskammer Oldenburg, HGF
• Hildebrandt, Dr. Thomas, Oldenburgische Industrie- und Handelskammer, HGF
• Hoepp, Joachim, Nanu Nana Einkaufs- und Verwaltungsges. mbH, GF
• Hollander, Dr. Rolf, CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA, Kuratoriumsvorsitzender
• Janßen, Thorsten, bfe Oldenburg, Direktor
• Jungblut, Dr. Ralf, Heinrich Gräper GmbH & Co. KG, GF
• Katerbau, Karin, OLB AG, V-Mitglied
• Knemeyer, Dr. Ulrich, Öffentliche Versicherung Oldenburg, V-Vors.
• Könner, Stefan, GSG Bau- und Wohngesellschaft mbH, GF
• Kruse, Dieter, Kommunale Datenverarbeitung Oldenburg, VGF i. R.
• Lehmann, Jürgen, Arbeitgeberverband Oldenburg e. V., HGF
• Loger, Karsten, Carl Wilh. Meyer GmbH & Co., IT-Leitung
• Lucke, Horst-Günter, Bremer Landesbank, V-Mitglied i. R.
• Lüke, Klemens, WP/StB.
• Mann, Ulrich, Leffers & Co. GmbH & Co. KG, GF
• Mehrtens, Uwe, August Brötje GmbH, Bereichsl. Finanzen u. Controlling
• Müller, Dr. Volker, Unternehmerverbände Niedersachsen e.V., HGF
• Mücher, Wolfgang, EWE AG, V-Mitglied
• Oltmann, Dr. Ewald, BÄKO Weser-Ems eG, Geschf. V
• Otremba, Dr. med. Burkhard, Onkologische Praxis Oldenburg/Delmenhorst, Partner
• Pagnia, Peter G., Georg Pagnia GmbH & Co. KG, GF
• Redeker, Prof. Heinz-G., eQ-3 AG, V-Vors.
• Reiners, Frank, BDO Arbicon GmbH & Co. KG, WP/StB Ges.
• Ripke, Dr. Torsten, TARGIS GmbH, GF
• Ritter, Dr. Jörg, BTC AG, V-Mitglied
• Schmädeke, Eberhard, FRISIA-TREUHAND GmbH, Ges./Partner
• Schmädeke, Michael, FRISIA-TREUHAND GmbH, Ges./Partner
• Schröder, Torsten, CONXPERT GmbH & Co. KG, Geschäftsführer
• Senger, Jörg, Autohaus Egon Senger GmbH, GF
• Siekmann, Gunnar, Jabbusch Siekmann & Wasiljeff, Patentanwalt
• Stegmann, Carl Ulfert, AG Reederei Norden-Frisia, V
• Sülberg, Armin, Ev. Krankenhaus Oldenburg, Kaufm. V
• Thalmann, Felix, BÜFA GmbH & Co. KG, GF
• Viertelhaus, Jürgen R., VIEROL AG
• Völke, Carsten, DZ Bank AG, Leiter Firmenkundenabteilung
• Waskönig, Jörg, Waskönig+Walter Kabel-Werk GmbH & Co. KG, Geschäftsführer

Statement of the founding chairman

"Commitment to the region"
(by Dr. Reinhard Berger, deceased founding chairman of the society)

We live in the age of information and information technology. Therefore, the thesis that economic regions have special future prospects if they offer a favourable climate for research institutions and companies in the field of computer science can hardly be contradicted. But what can individual companies or institutions do to promote this idea?

In Weser-Ems there is already an answer: The support of OFFIS! Originating from the University of Oldenburg and still connected to it, however, it is legally, organisationally and financially independent.

The state of Lower Saxony has given OFFIS a clear regional mandate: Preliminary research in the field of computer science with practical relevance and know-how transfer into practice, preferably with partners from the region. To this end, the state provides the institute with long-term basic funding that enables it to work freely. As a number of joint projects with domestic companies and institutions have shown, this idea has already found a positive acceptance.

The Society of Friends of OFFIS e.V. has made it its' business to promote the concept and the claim of the institute in economy and administration of the Weser-Ems-Region and to encourage cooperation between the institute and cooperation partners for the benefit of both.