W3C Office in Germany and Austria

The W3C Office in Germany and Austria is situated at the Fraunhofer Institut für Medienkommunikation (Fraunhofer IMK) near Bonn. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is the leading organization for institutes of applied research in Europe, undertaking contract research on behalf of industry, the service sector and the government. Commissioned by customers in industry, it provides rapid, economical and immediately applicable solutions to technical and organizational problems. Within the framework of the European Union's technology programs, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is actively involved in industrial consortiums which seek technical solutions to improve the competitiveness of European industry. At present, the organization maintains 57 research establishments at locations throughout Germany.

 Klaus Birkenbihl is the Manager of the German Office and Head of the "Technology and Society" group at Fraunhofer Institute for Media Communication.

 Klaus is ably supported by Henning Fischer