President of the TU Ilmenau new chairman of the TLPK

The Thuringian State Presidents' Conference sees itself as a platform on which the presidents of the ten Thuringian universities work together to represent their common interests in political decision-making processes and in public. The chairman has the task of managing the office and implementing the decisions of the members and representing them externally. In his new office, Prof. Kai-Uwe Sattler aims to work with the other university leaders to further enhance the attractiveness and competitiveness of Thuringia's universities and to push digitization at the universities.

In the office of Chairman of the Thuringian State Presidents' Conference, Prof. Sattler succeeds Prof. Walter Rosenthal, President of Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. The latter had made the office available prematurely, as he took over the office of Vice President for Research in the German Rectors' Conference. Prof. Sattler thanked Prof. Rosenthal for his work in the service of the universities: "This applies not only, but especially against the background of the increased challenges for studies, teaching and research in times of pandemic, as well as for his overall contribution to the strengthening and visibility of Thuringia's universities."

The Vice Chairman of the State Presidents' Conference continues to be Prof. Steffen Teichert, Rector of Ernst Abbe University Jena, who was re-elected for a second term.