The Supervisory Board
The groundbreaking decisions regarding the content and organisation of the DBFZ development are taken by the Supervisory Board, which is chaired by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Other members are the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure and the Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture. The Supervisory Board meets twice a year at the DBFZ.
| Member | Function | Organisation |
| Olaf Schäfer (Chairman) | Head of Department 52 "Sustainability, regrowable resources" | Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture |
Berthold Goeke (Deputy Chairman) | Head of Department "KI I Climate Protection Policy" | Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety |
| Daniel Gellner | Head of Department "Agriculture and Forestry" | Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture |
| N.N. | Head of Department III B5, Renewable Energies in the Electricity Sector | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy |
| Andrea Heyn | Head of Division, Department 7 (Provision for the Future), Division 723 “Energy” | Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| Birgit Breitfuß-Renner | Head of Subdepartment G2, Environment and Noise Control | Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure |
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