Award - HPI Fellow Gerd Oswald
Ex-SAP executive Gerd Oswald served on the HPI Board of Trustees for eight years and continued to expand the research relationship between HPI and SAP.
In May, he is to be elected to the SAP Supervisory Board. HPI Director Prof. Christoph Meinel presented the medal during the symposium in Potsdam and thanked Oswald for his many years of commitment.
He has followed and accompanied the development of HPI, Meinel said. Before Oswald, twelve other personalities received the award, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, EU Commissioner Günther Oettinger, former EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes, the two "fathers" of the Internet, Bob Kahn and Vinton Cerf, and the state premiers Manfred Stolpe and Matthias Platzeck.