Information Society and Media Directorate-General

Horst Forster

Horst Forster
Director
Born in 1944
German
Career
Since 2002

Director "Digital Content and Cognitive Systems"
Directorate-General Information Society, Luxembourg

1997-2002

Head of Unit "Computing and Communication Technologies"
Directorate-General Information Society, Brussels

1993-1997

Head of Unit "Microelectronics and Microsystems"
Directorate-General Industry, Brussels

1984-1992

Head of Unit "Strategy and Workprogramme"
Directorate-General Telecommunications and Information Market, Brussels

1978-1984

Deputy Head of Unit "Microelectronics"
Federal Ministry for Research and Technology, Bonn (Germany)

1975-1978

Administrator "Information Processing Technologies"
Federal Ministry for Research and Technology, Bonn (Germany)

1973-1975

Scientific Officer
Federal Institute for Mathematics and Data Processing, St. Augustin (Germany)

1971-1973

Group Leader "Operating Systems"
Telefunken Computer, Konstanz (Germany)

1969-1971

Software Engineer
AEG - Telefunken, Konstanz (Germany)

Studies
1964-1969Universities of Frankfurt and Darmstadt (Germany), Diplomphysiker (1969)
1962-1964Gymnasium in Langen (Germany), Abitur (1964)
1961-1962High School in Hastings, Michigan (USA), Graduation (1962)

 

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