Chairman
Chairman of the Aachen Center for technology transfer in ophthalmology e.V. is
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Norbert Schrage
- Study of medicine in Cologne and Aachen (1982-1989)
- Doctor’s degree in Aachen
- From 1990-1992 scholar at the German Research Foundation
- Assistant doctor and medical specialist at the RWTH Aachen University eye clinic under the direction of Prof. em. Dr. med. Martin Reim
- 1996 Habilitation
- From 1995-2000 senior physician under the direction of Prof. em. Dr. med. Bernd Kirchhof
- From 2001-2003 acting director at the RWTH Aachen University eye clinic
- Since May 2004 head physician at the Cologne-Merheim eye clinic
- Since May 2014 honorary doctor at the Moscow Pirogov University

Head office manager
Ms. Beatrix Seeliger
- manages the ACTO e.V. head office since 2003,
- is certified executive for office management (IHK),
- is certified to train apprentices (IHK),
- coordinates all of ACTO e.V.’s activities,
- manages – in addition to laboratory, general meetings and various organizational matters – largely autonomously the SightCity Forum,
- is contact person at ACTO e.V. for all organizational issues,
- and coordinates contentual requests.

Members
(in alphabetical order)
- J. Blomet
- Dr. med. M. Dutescu
- Dr. med. T. Eusterholz
- Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. M. Fuest
- M. Georg
- Univ.-Prof. h. c. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. T. Gries
- T. Heiliger
- PD Dr. med. K. Huber-van der Velden
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. W. Jahnen-Dechent
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. S. Jockenhövel
- Univ.-Prof. em. Dr. B. Kirchhof
- apl. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. D. Klee
- Dr. med. S. Langefeld
- Prof. em. Dr. med. M. Reim
- Dr. med. P. Schmitz-Valkenberg
- Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h. c. N. Schrage
- Prof. Dr. E. Schütte
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. P. Walter
- Dr. H.-J. Zeissig
The Association would also like to thank the retired founding member Prof. Dr.-Ing. h. c. B. Müller for his good advice and his active support in building up ACTO e. V.
The Association would like to commemorate its founding members
- Dr. med. A. Raftopoulo
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. B. Wulfhorst