Dr.-Ing. Judith Elsner is the Managing Director of the International Department gGmbH at KIT, as well as the Managing Director of several Schools: Karlsruhe School of Optics and Photonics, HECTOR School of Engineering and Management, Helmholtz International Research School of Teratronics, Carl Benz School of Engineering, and Hector Fellow Academy. Her expertise lies in science management, optics & photonics, energy engineering & management, production engineering, industry 4.0, quality management, TQM, project management, and micro systems technology.