Abijuru
Jephte Abijuru
is in charge of the development of the web service interface at Minervis GmbH and has designed and implemented various system connections with ILIAS, such as course management and identity management software. He has been developing ILIAS code and plugins for 6 years.
Adam
Dr. Nicole Adam
works at the CompetenceCenter E-Learning (CCE) at the University of Cologne. Since 2016, she has been advising lecturers on all questions relating to ILIAS and e-learning. One of her projects is the transformation of the old support area into a barrier-free OER support area at EduLabs.
Baur
Hannah Baur
is an academic assistant in the e-learning department of the Computer Center of the University of Freiburg as well as a freelance education consultant and trainer. The main focus is on digital collaboration and interaction.
Becker
Matthias Becker
works as a research assistant at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences in the ILIAS.nrw project in the sub-project Technology and Development and is responsible for promoting the development of ILIAS in the interests of the ILIAS universities in NRW.
Bernards
Ann-Kathrin Bernards
is a research associate at Fraunhofer FIT and her research focuses on the efficient design of chatbots for learners.
Bleß
Stefan Bleß
has a doctorate in mathematics. Since 2021, he has been working at BAköV on digitalization topics, in particular AI, information security and data literacy, including the possibilities and limitations of the federal learning platform, the central ILIAS instance for the entire federal administration.
Braun
Himanshi Braun
is an e-learning expert and works at the CompetenceCenter E-Learning at the University of Cologne.
Breuer
Dr. Jens Breuer
is Head of Digital Learning Systems at Qualitus GmbH. He has been an ILIAS expert for many years and has already introduced ILIAS to many customers and supervised its further development.
Bromberger
Dr. Norbert Bromberger
is co-founder and managing partner of Qualitus GmbH. As a founding member, he was the first chairman of the ILIAS association for 12 years and has introduced ILIAS to numerous organizations over the past 25 years.
Brümmer-Schoon
Kolja Brümmer-Schoon
is a consultant in the field of e-learning at the German Social Accident Insurance Association for Health Services and Welfare (BGW). He develops online learning offers for BGW policyholders and works as a technical administrator for the BGW learning portal.
Cazalla
Daniel Cazalla
is Co-founder at SURLABS, the southernmost ILIAS services provider, having dozens of years of experience in web development, specifically in ILIAS, where they maintain several plugins and some core components like LTI.
Decottignies
Isabelle Decottignies
is working for NOLEJ, an innovative French EdTech startup, specializing in the application of generative AI to the education sector.
Decottignies
Philippe Decottignies
is the founder and CTO of NOLEJ. NOLEJ is positioned as an innovative French EdTech startup, specializing in the application of generative AI to the education sector.
Deininger
Natalie Deininger
heads the Media and IT Competence for Training Personnel project (MIKA) at the Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).
DelMastro
Roberto DelMastro
is the founder of the OC Group, which has been developing digital solutions and learning platforms for its international corporate and public sector clients for over 20 years.
Dobosz
Nicole Dobosz
from SURLABS has extensive experience in the management and administration of ILIAS platforms. SURLABS has been supervising the LTI module since the end of 2024.
Drozella
Dr. Kathrin Drozella
is developing ILIAS-based self-learning environments for biology and forest sciences in the 4D project of the Foundation Innovation in Higher Education Teaching. She was awarded the University Teaching Award in 2022.
Ehlers
Prof. Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers
is Professor of Educational Management and Lifelong Learning at the DHBW (Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University) in Karlsruhe.
Eick
Constanze Eick
works at the Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training) as a research assistant in the Media and IT Competence for Training Personnel (MIKA) project.
Falkenstein
Rob Falkenstein
is in charge of ILIAS and other open source systems at the University of Freiburg. One focus of his work is the provision of different AI models and services at the university. Rob is a member of the ILIAS Technical Board.
Figuière
Hubert Figuière
has been working with Open Source software and Linux for over 25 years. He contributed to a few of the office suites on the market, including Open Office (later Libre Office). He is part of the presales engineering team at Collabora Productivity.
Geißler
Julia Geißler
works in the team of the Department of Didactics and Digital Teaching at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences. Her focus is on media didactics and further development of the technical infrastructure, ILIAS, learning analytics and gamification.
Gerl
Stefanie Gerl
is a research assistant at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), where she is responsible, among other things, for coordinating the QuiS project on the digitalisation of teaching at FAU.
Glander
Claudia Glander
is Managing Director of CaT Concepts and Training GmbH in Cologne.
Glaubitz
Marko Glaubitz
has been working in the e-learning department at the University of Freiburg's computer center since 2011. He supervises the various ILIAS installations there and is involved in various development projects related to ILIAS.
Gribchenko
Kseniia Gribchenko
is an e-learning consultant at Leifos GmbH and a member of the online help editorial team of ILIAS.
Grotz
Kendra Grotz
has been working at the ILIAS Competence Center at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences since 2021. She is working on the ILIAS.nrw project to make ILIAS even more inclusive. She is a UI/UX/accessibility expert and advises the ILIAS community on these topics, including at the UI Clinic.
Günther
André Günther
heads Minervis GmbH and develops projects in the field of education. ILIAS and BigBlueButton are core components of many projects.
Haugwitz
Diana Haugwitz
has been working in the field of digital learning systems at Qualitus GmbH since 2022. She was jointly responsible for the restructuring of Platform NABU-Wissen.de of the Naturschutzbund Deutschland e. V.
Hittmeyer
Annina Hittmeyer
works at the Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training) as a research assistant in the Media and IT Competence for Training Personnel (MIKA) project.
Hoeser
Marcel Hoeser
is a media educator at the Academy for Medical Professions at the University Medical Center Freiburg. With over 1200 trainees and students, this is one of the largest educational institutions for healthcare professions.
Hoffmann
Julia Hoffmann
is an e-learning project manager at Kröpelin Projekt GmbH and an internal accessibility expert. She has been working with ILIAS for 7 years.
Hoyer
Philip Hoyer
heads the Department of Information Systems for Studies and Teaching at the Scientific Computing Center (SCC) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
Hutz-Nierhoff
Dorthe Hutz-Nierhoff
has been a long-standing member of staff in the E-learning department at the IT Services of the University of Freiburg. She is co-head of the EPICUR Centre for International Teaching and Learning (EPiC TLC).
Ilves
Monika Ilves
is an assessor on the board of D64 - Center for Digital Progress e.V. She is concerned with various futures and the social effects of digitalization. She is deputy director of the Berlin Institute for Electronic Business.
Jackisch
Ingo Jackisch
is working on the ILIAS-based online study preparation at the DHBW (Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University), a location- and time-independent preparation program with a focus on self-management, mathematics and physics.
Karstendiek
Martin Karstendiek
is a speaker at the MEDIAN Academy. Having been with MEDIAN for four and a half years, his main focus is on the development of the learning management system ILIAS.
Kater
Cornelis Kater
is head of the ZQS/E-Learning Service team at Leibniz Universität Hannover, board member of Stud.IP e. V. and representative of the Open Source Educational Infrastructure Alliance. He co-founded the software Stud.IP.
Killing
Alexander Killing
is a long-time ILIAS developer and managing director of Leifos GmbH.
Klein
Andrea Klein
is a consultant for digital teaching and examinations at the University of Cologne. The focus of her work includes e-assessment scenarios in ILIAS and the development of IT support concepts for digital teaching and examinations.
Kleinn
Karin Kleinn
is a sociologist and has been involved in surveys on studies and teaching for 30 years. She has been working in the e-learning department at the University of Freiburg's computer center since 2021 and evaluates various projects in the field of digital teaching.
Koch
Tobias Koch
is responsible for the operation of the teaching and learning platforms at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and has been using the ILIAS web services in this context for over 10 years. In the ILIAS.nrw project, he heads the Information & Support sub-project.
Kohnle
Uwe Kohnle
is the managing director of internetlehrer GmbH in Bruchsal near Karlsruhe. He has been an ILIAS core developer for many years and has brought the SCORM and LTI standards into the ILIAS world. Today, he is particularly concerned with cmi5/xAPI.
Krämer
Robert Krämer
is Managing Director of BLX GmbH and a proven expert in digital learning technologies. His professional focus is on learning content management systems (LCMS), learning analytics and the e-learning standards cmi5 and xAPI.
Krauß
Dr. Christopher Krauß
works at the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS) as Media & Data Science Lead and leads a group of educational technology experts specializing in the use of AI and interoperability standards in education.
Kröpelin
Philipp Kröpelin
was one of the founders of the ILIAS project at the University of Cologne in 1998. Today he heads Kröpelin Projekt GmbH in Berlin. He is co-organizer of the Berlin ILIAS conference and a member of the 2025 program committee.
Kunkel
Matthias Kunkel
Matthias Kunkel is the managing director of the ILIAS association. As a product manager, he has been coordinating the software development of the open source LMS ILIAS since 2000. He is co-organizer of the ILIAS conference and a member of numerous user groups in the ILIAS environment.
Lehmann
Matthias Lehmann
is an employee in Department V - Studies and Teaching at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences. There he is primarily responsible for data evaluations, new and further development of evaluation concepts as well as for the conception and development of expectation checks.
Mahnke
Milva Mahnke
is a research assistant in the MIau.nrw (Moodle & ILIAS adaptive usable) project at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences. Her focus is on the analysis and evaluation of implementation options for adaptive learning units with ILIAS functions.
Martinez
Javier Ortega Martinez
is a web designer at Kröpelin Projekt GmbH and has been working with the ILIAS platform since 2021.
Mejías
Jesús Copado Mejías
is co-founder of SURLABS, the southernmost ILIAS service provider, and has many years of experience in web development, especially in ILIAS. SURLABS has developed several plugins and maintains some core components such as LTI.
Merten
Christian Merten
works at the Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training) as a research assistant in the project Media and IT Competence for Training Personnel (MIKA).
Milkert
Dr. rer nat Doris Milkert
has been with the Bundeswehr since 1999, initially in marine research, and has been the elected main representative of severely disabled people at the BMVg since July 2019.
Nguyen
Thao Nguyen
has been working at the training academy of the NRW Ministry of the Interior in Herne since 2020 and is further developing digital learning in the academy in the E-Learning Lab (ell@ for short).
Niewelt
Jakub Niewelt
is a Senior IT Developer at NATO DEEP eAcademy. He manages the ILIAS platform and supports cooperating organisations. In addition, he is the lead developer for IACUBUS, a mobile application built on top of ILIAS Pegasus.
Nishino
Kenij-T. Nishino
has been responsible for e-examinations created and carried out with ILIAS at the CompetenceCenter E-Learning at the University of Cologne since 2013. He studied Japanese Studies, English Studies and Oriental Art History in Bonn.
Peters
Anke Peters
is head of the MEDIAN Academy and is responsible for the overarching training and continuing education offerings, among other things.
Pippow
Dr. Andreas Pippow
is one of the three Global Admins for the ILIAS instance of Fraunhofer and leads the development and operation of training courses in the field of data science at the Fraunhofer Institute FIT.
Popp
Melanie Popp
is a Bachelor of Law with a focus on administrative informatics, a member of the German Armed Forces, IT coordinator and mother of two children (7 and 4 years old).
Reuter-Heinrich
Peggy Reuter-Heinrich
is an IT entrepreneur, UX designer, author, keynote speaker, and a nationally recognized top expert on digital accessibility in Germany.
Röttger
Dr. Raimond Röttger
is a judge at the Regional Court and is currently seconded to the Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia, where he played a key role in the introduction of the ILIAS platform.
Rumphorst
Bernd Rumphorst
is a team leader in the external organization training department of LVM Insurance and coordinator of the LVM-AkadeMe.
Sayed
Karim Sayed
is Head of the Digital Services Department at the Training Academy of the Ministry of the Interior of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. He is a co-founder of ell@ with several years of experience in the field of learning platforms.
Schmitz
Tim Schmitz
is a software developer at leifos GmbH and primarily does developments for the ILIAS core. Among other things, he is responsible for the metadata component.
Schroeder
Thomas Schroeder
is head of the e-learning department at the University of Police and Public Administration North Rhine-Westphalia (HSPV) and has been a member of the ILIAS board since 2018.
Schubert
Melanie Schubert
is an educational assistant at the German Employers' Liability Insurance Association for the Raw Materials and Chemical Industry (BG RCI). Her focus is on the BG learning portal and content creation.
Schütt
Melanie Schütt
is a research assistant at the Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training) in the team of the Leando project, an online portal for training and examination staff.
Seidel
Dr. Elyesa Seidel
works at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in the ILIAS.NRW project “Information and Support” and deals with the establishment and further development of support structures in ILIAS. A central component is the provision and further development of the GDPR toolkit for ILIAS. She is a founding member of the Privacy Experts Group and coordinates the online help for plugins in ILIAS.
Seiler
Yvonne Seiler
is a research assistant at the Support Centre for ICT-Supported Teaching and Research at the University of Bern (iLUB for short) in Switzerland.
Senarslan
Özden Senarslan
is an IT expert with many years of experience in the development and implementation of digital teaching formats. Since March 2025, she has been working as an IT architect at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.
Senze
Franziska Senze
is an e-learning expert and project manager at Kröpelin Projekt GmbH. She develops, manages and supervises ILIAS customer projects.
Solzbacher
Bettina Solzbacher
is Technical Director of the E-Learning Coordination Office at Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (HSU/UniBw H).
Spirou
Ilias Spirou
is an e-learning consultant for Leifos GmbH.
Sprondel
Dr. Johanna Sprondel
is a proven specialist in marketing, digitalization and digital transformation. Since 2023, she has been director of the Urania Berlin e.V. association, which pursues the goal of making scientific findings accessible to a lay audience.
Stake
Sebastian Stake
from TH OWL is working in the ILIAS.nrw project in the Technology and Development sub-project, with the aim of improving collaboration between teachers and students and mobile use, among other things.
Staszak
Nadimo Staszak
is an employee of the CompetenceCenter E-Learning at the University of Cologne (CCE) and is responsible for development and administration, among other things.
Strassner
Denis Strassner
is an e-learning specialist at KIM, the Communication, Information and Media Center of the University of Hohenheim. He takes care of the ILIAS systems, 2nd level support and is the link to the ILIAS community.
Swietlik
Bernd Swietlik
is Head of ESG (Environmental Social Governance) and Quality Management at Elisabeth Vinzenz Verbund GmbH.
Szmais
Ingmar Szmais
is a developer at Databay AG. He supervises the technical development of the notification as a long-standing authority. In cooperation with ILIAS.nrw, a WebPushNotification concept was implemented for ILIAS.
Thiel
Anja Thiel
is a research assistant at the Support Centre for ICT-supported teaching and research at the University of Bern (iLUB for short) in Switzerland.
Truppa
Ilario Truppa
is the CTO of OC Group, the Italian ILIAS Service Provider, with more than 10 years experience in large elearning projects such as Ferrari, Baxter, SACMI, IMA and the United Nations.
Taner Tunc
Prof. Lütfi Taner Tunc
currently works at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences - Manufacturing Engineering, Sabancı University Istanbul (Turkey).
Ulzheimer
Lisa Ulzheimer
works in the team of the Department of Didactics and Digital Teaching at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences. Her focus is on media didactics and further development of the technical infrastructure, ILIAS, artificial intelligence and learning videos.
van Loo
Dr. Sebastian van Loo
works as a project manager at Databay AG and supervises various ILIAS development projects.
Waag
Dr. Anne-Sophie Waag
is an educational psychologist. At Wikimedia Deutschland – Association for the Promotion of Free Knowledge, she is an education policy officer who advocates equal opportunities in access to knowledge and education.
Wagner
Michael Wagner
is an education officer at the German Employers' Liability Insurance Association for the Raw Materials and Chemical Industry (BG RCI). His work focuses on digital learning, he heads the BG RCI Learning Portal project.
Wandelmaier
Franziska Wandelmaier
is an ILIAS administrator at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). She manages and administers the ILIAS learning platforms and is a member of the ILIAS Technical Board.
Weichler
Jeanette Kristin Weichler
is Head of Personnel Development and the Service Center for Continuing Education and Knowledge Transfer SWW at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg. She is also the initiator and system manager of Fraunhofer ILIAS.
Widmaier
Leon Widmaier
holds a master's degree in e-learning and media education, has been working in the e-learning department at the University of Freiburg's computer center for more than 4 years and deals with the topic of Open Educational Resources. He is a project team member at bwOER-Connect.
Will
Corinna Will
is responsible for the development of the learning platform NABU-Wissen.de and its content at NABU (Naturschutzbund Deutschland e. V.).
Wischniak
Stanislav Wischniak
has been the project manager of Qualitus GmbH since 2010. Since 2021, he has taken over responsibility for the newly founded area of software development and, together with several developers and testers, is driving forward the tasks for Qualitus and the ILIAS association.
Wolf
Fabian Wolf
is responsible for the IT infrastructure of ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V. and ensures its smooth operation. He is also part of the EDUTIEK development team and also maintains the Etherpad plugin.
Wünsche
Prof. Dr. Kai E. Wünsche
is Professor of Private Law at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and Justice Saxony. He publishes on the topics of business law and e-learning, among other things, and deals with ILIAS as a platform for asynchronous online courses.
Zimmermann
Kai Zimmermann (M.A.)
is a consultant for digital education at the University Medical Center Freiburg (Academy for Medical Professions).