Gerd Schwandner

General Manager, ZKM - Center for Art and Media

1971 - 1976 Student of Medicine along with Art History, German, and Educational Science at the universities of Düsseldorf and Heidelberg

1976 State examination in Medicine

1977 Awarded Dr. med.

1976 - 1984 Clinical posts at the Chirurgische Universität Heidelberg and Städtisches Krankenhaus Pforzheim

1983 Registered as specialist in surgical medicine

1984 - 1992 Elected State Legislator in state parliament of Baden-Württemberg

1984 to 1988 deputy member of Committee for Science and Art

1988 to 1992 member of Committee for Science and Art

1988 to 1992 cultural spokesman for parliamentary Green Party

1985 - 1991 Teaching assignment at Osnabrück University

1992 - 1995 Undersecretary of state to Senator for Culture in the state of Bremen (Free Hanseatic City of Bremen)

1992 - 1994 Chairman of German/Dutch working group on Culture in the New Hanseatic Interregio

1992 - 1995 Foundation board member of Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin

Since Nov. 1995 General Manager at the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

Gerd will present ZKM I Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe: The Museum of the Future.