Jury
A jury of representatives from science and industry nominates three innovations per category.
The jury honours sustainable innovations with a high practical benefit that contribute to energy and resource efficiency and/or humane work design as well as new developments in the field of digital systems.
Specialist jury
Prof. Dr. Georgios Anagnostou
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering
Dirk Bennje
Member of the Board VDBUM, Hamburg Port Authority AöR
Univ.-Prof. Dr. techn. Sigrid Brell-Cokcan
RWTH Aachen, Chair of Individualised Building Production
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Elisabeth Clausen
RWTH Aachen, Chair and Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies
Lionel Clesly
EIC Policy Officer
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fottner
Technical University of Munich, Chair of Technical Logistics
Prof. Dr. Ludger Frerichs
Braunschweig University of Technology, Institute for Mobile Machines and Commercial Vehicles, IMN
Prof. Dr. Marcus Geimer
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Mobile Machinery Division MOBIMA
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Grabe
Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Institute for Geotechnics and Construction Management
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Jacobs
RWTH Aachen University, MSE - Institute for Machine Elements and System Development
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Katharina Klemt-Albert
Director, RWTH Aachen University, ICoM - Institute for Construction Management, Digital Engineering and Robotics in Construction
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Krahl
President, TH Ostwestfalen-Lippe
José Antonio Nieto
CECE President
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Konrad Nübel
Technical University of Munich, Chair of Construction Process Management and Property Development
Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Palzer
IAB - Institute for Applied Building Research Weimar non-profit organisation
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Katharina Schmitz
RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Fluid Power Drives and Systems (ifas)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Scholten
Ruhr University Bochum, Construction Machinery and Materials Handling Technology
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Sobczyk
Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Chair of Networked Mobile Machinery
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Thewes
Ruhr University Bochum, Chair of Tunnelling, Pipeline Construction and Construction Management
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Hossein Tudeshki
Clausthal University of Technology, Institute of Mining
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Weber
Dresden University of Technology, Institute of Mechatronic Mechanical Engineering, Chair of Fluid-Mechatronic Systems
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Will
Dresden University of Technology, Institute for Mechatronic Mechanical Engineering, Endowed Professorship for Construction Machinery
International specialist editors
Participants of the bauma Media Dialogue 2025
Representatives of the bauma Innovation Award 2025
Collin Davis
Division Manager Capital Goods Industry, Messe München GmbH
Rudolf Domscheid
Managing Director Committee for Construction Machinery and Equipment, German Construction Association
Dr. Christian Düsseldorf
Director Operations, Wirtgen Group
Simeon Eichmann
Head of Innovation, LEONHARD WEISS GmbH & Co. KG
Stephan Eirich
Managing Partner, Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich GmbH & Co. KG
Christian Engelke
Managing Director Economics, Bundesverband Baustoffe - Steine und Erden e.V.
Marcus Fink
Chief Technology Officer, Schwing GmbH
Friedrich Herdan
Partner and Chairman of the Management Board, LASCO Umformtechnik GmbH
Adolf Kugelmann
Chairman of the Committee for Construction Machinery and Equipment, German Construction Industry Association
Gregor Kuhl
Head of Protocol & Event, Messe München GmbH
Johann Sailer
Managing Partner, GEDA GmbH
Joachim Schmid
Managing Director VDMA Construction – Equipment and Plant Engineering, VDMA Mining
Werner Seifried
Managing Director, Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH
Dirk Siewert
Head of Civil Engineering and Construction Machinery Technology, Hauptverband der Deutschen Bauindustrie e.V.
Dr. Gerhard Wehrmeyer
Head of Product Management TT, Herrenknecht AG