A.	Company Profile

IMAC Information & Management Consulting

IMAC was founded in March 1995 as a Steinbeis Transfer Center - with the purpose to promote a direct knowledge transfer of science in organisations of the information economy. In 1998 the transformation in an independent partnership under the direction of Dr. Josef Herget took place (Trade Register n° 973, Amtsgericht Konstanz).

Today IMAC employs approximately 20 co-workers (employees, freelancers, trainees) at 2 locations in Germany: Constance and Berlin, whereas Constance is the head office, Berlin just a branch (since August 1999). For the Swiss activities around the take-over of the "Datenbank Schweizerischer Kulturgüter" (DSK) and the development and application of new media services for art and culture the subsidiary Art & Media Consulting (AMC) was founded in 1998. The location of this subsidiary is Kreuzlingen (Switzerland).

The following subjects characterise the main activity of the company: 

-	Internet Services
-	E-Commerce
-	Information Management
-	Knowledge Management
-	Knowledge Transfer (Training)

The primary object is to advise all kinds of enterprises on possibilities and potentials of new information and communication technologies and support them during the introduction / implementation process (project coaching, technical advise etc.). Only the effective application of new technologies will ensure the availability of information and knowledge and will decide on the future business success.

Global know-how in different application fields, which is constantly extended in numerous projects of national and international adjustment, was united in a broad service spectrum 
Consultation, conception, Web Design and training are part of the Internet-based services. Besides the conception and operation of several online communities (e.g. www.arte24.ch, www.arte24.net, www.senioren24.net, www.dika.net) and the participation in Internet-based e-commerce activities (e.g. SET) play an important role. 

The Consulting area is specialised on information and documentation topics (e. g. information systems for libraries, information and knowledge management). Economical, technological and methodical knowledge enables us to develop suitable strategies for the introduction of information and knowledge management, to support the evaluation and selection of new information systems (library systems, content management systems, knowledge management systems) and to handle technical problems.

The following are some examples for projects in which IMAC was involved in the past years:

NBE (1997-98) / NBE-BIS (1998 - 2000)	New Book Economy / Building of the Information Society (www.nbe.de)
Analysis of user demands according to electronic publishing products. Development of a market study for the online market. Development of a database for the central resources of the project (www.nbe.de/bookmarks). Execution of a Delphi study in order to forecast the development of the content industry. Conception of co-operation models between key players of the publishing industry and new players on the market (e. g. content providers and service providers).

	ETTN - European Technology Transfer Network (1999)
Execution of a market study for the planned ETTN in co-operation with the institute TNO-STB, Delft, Netherlands on behalf of the EU. In detail: Study on the State-of-the-Art of technology transfer systems, determination of requirements of potential users, development of a marketing plan for the introduction of the system. 

DeMes, Development of Media Services (1998)
E. g. Analysis of the demand for intelligent tools for the orientation of users in complex media markets.

A special project to be emphasised is Arte 24 (a project of the Swiss subsidiary Art & Media Consulting). In continuation of the ideas and objectives of the "Datenbank Schweizerischer Kulturgüter" new media are made an integrative part of a new approach in order to support the preservation and availability (search) of cultural properties. Museums of all kinds and size are merged into an Internet-based network, a central database of "Malerei und Skulptur in Schweizerischen Sammlungen", which covers today approximately 10000 collection objects, is available through the Internet. The communication and information platform, which are constantly developed in co-operation with different partners, is the online community Arte24 (www.arte24.ch). 

For further projects see the attached reference list.

B.	
Curriculum Vitae of co-workers to be involved in the project REGNET 

1. Curriculum Vitae Dr. Josef Herget

Born 16/11/1957 Languages: German, English, Czech

Education: Diploma in Business Administration, MSc in Administration Science, MSc in Information Science, PhD in Information Science in Small and Medium Sized Companies.

Professional Experience Record / Working Career

From 04/1995 to date: 	Transfer Center Information Markets & Management Consulting / since 1997: IMAC, Constance. Managing director. 

Tasks: Managing a research based consultancy in the field of new media and information systems, services and markets. Project leader in several EU and national projects (New Book Economy, Electronic Mall Bodensee, Developing of electronic Media Assistents). Consulting on information management is provided to all kinds of companies. Member of the international task force on Telematics in the EUREGIO Bodensee. the main fields of activities are: 1) consulting on information management, 2) consulting on information markets, 3) consulting on multimedia systems, 4) providing of information services to sme´s, 5) provision on training in the field of new media. Other tasks: Evaluator for the EU in GD XIII in the field of Telematics and GD XVI in the field of regional information society. Member of the EU research panel on information engineering (1994-1996). Project Head in several European Union Projects.

From 1998 to date: Marmara University of Istanbul. Teacher
From 04/1989 to 10/1994: University of Constance. Scientist and Project Leader 
From 08/1986 to 03/1989, Free Lance Consultant
From 09/1985 to 07/1986, Bizerba GmbH & Co. KG. Project Leader in Further Education
From 06/1984 to 05/1985, East Bavarian Technology Transfer Institute. 	Scientific Consultant
From 07/1977 to 06/1983, German Army. Officer

2. Curriculum Vitae Silke Grossmann

Born 5/7/1969 Languages: German, English, French

Education: Diploma in Librarianship, Graduated in Information Science.

Professional Experience Record / Working Career

From 01/1998 to date:	IMAC, Constance. Project Manager / Consultant
Tasks: 1) Project manager, responsible for the field of electronic markets 2) Consultant in the field of information and knowledge management 3) Training: Themes: Information delivery in online services, Internet-Information systems, Intranets and in the use of new media. She participates in the following projects: building of an online community in Switzerland (Arte 24), Consultation of museums on the application of new media, development of a software system for museums (Museums Access), creating a variety of projects in the area of Online-Services (information needs analyses, conception of information services and systems, evaluation of information services and systems). Realization of an empirical study in the field of regional and specialized electronic markets, conception and realization of different types of electronic markets (needs analysis, definition of a portfolio for an offer, creation of a business plan, project management in the realization and application of a marketing strategy). Participation in EU-Projects: NBE-BIS, ETTN, DeMes.

From 09/1996 to 02/1997, University of Constance. Lector in Information mediation
From 02/1996 to 12/1997, University of Constance. Scientific assistant for Prof. Rainer Kuhlen, Creation and updating of web sites about the online and information market
From 10/1992 to 09/1995, Koch, Neff & Oettinger, Stuttgart. Librarian: Information structure and classification, formal and technical cataloging
From 10/1989 to 09/1990, Württemberg National Library, Stuttgart. Trainee in documentation installations and libraries

3. Curriculum Vitae Dr. Petra Weckel 

Born 9/9/1965 Languages: German, English, French

Education: Graduate in Administrative Sciences, M. A. in  Political Science, Social and Economy History and History of Art, Scientific Documentalist (IID Potsdam), PhD in History (Institute of History, University of Potsdam)

Professional Experience Record / Working Career

From 2000 to date: 	IMAC, Constance. Project Manager. 

Tasks: 1) Product Manager "Museums Access" 2) Product Manager Arte 24 3) Consultation of museums in the field of new media and collection management. Development of information services for museums professionals 
She has several years of experience in the area of art and culture as well as documentation. Projects: kARTell, Hamburg, Developpement of an eventmanagement with Fachhochschule Potsdam, Fachbereich KulturArbeit.

Past activities:
Wilhelm-Fraenger-Archiv, Provisional Direction, Collection Management (Allegro C, Faust)
Softwareentwicklungsgesellschaft Michel Software GmbH, Hamburg. Various Tasks
Institut für Berufliche Bildung GmbH, Schönebeck. Trainer
Südwestfunk Baden-Baden. Volontariat
Landkreis Harburg, Officer

4. Curriculum Vitae Diana Betzler

Born 22/9/1970 Languages: German, English, French

Education:. Graduate in Administrative Sciences

Professional Experience Record / Working Career

From 2000 to date: 	IMAC, Constance. Project Manager. 

Tasks: 1) Project Manager Internet Services 2) Training: Internet and information services, e-commerce in sme's. She has experience in the consultation on new information and communication technologies, especially on network solutions.

Past activities:
Experteam Management Consultants, Rümlang/Zürich. Trainee Market Research and Internet Search.
Seitenbau Online-Agentur, Constance. Trainee Web Design
ALSTOM, Assistent of the Sales & Marketing Director