Jury 2011

The jury consists of pyro professionals, artists, celebrities and other persons of prominence. The criteria for their evaluation are overall impression, originality and harmony of music and illumination. The audience will also select their favourite competitor. At the end of the second evening the winners will be announced and honoured.

Creative Jury

Patron: Thomas Härtel, State Secretary for Senate Department of Interior and Sport

Chairman: Rudolf Schenker, founder and guitarist of the band Scorpions

Eva Lind, Soprano

Jean-Marc Gales, Managing Director - PSA Peugeot Citroën

Peter Weis, General Manager - Citroën Deutschland GmbH

Daniel Wall, Chairman - Wall AG

Arno Müller, Director of Programme - 104.6 RTL
Carsten Erdmann, Chief Editor - Berliner Morgenpost

Peter Hauptvogel, Consultant of the Managing Committee - Air Berlin, Chief Editor - Air Berlin Magazin

Hans-Peter Wodarz, Event-Gastronome, "Enten-Tainer"

Ingo Naujoks, Actor

Joachim E. Thomas, General Manager - Olympiastadion Berlin GmbH

Jochen Trus, Director of Programme - 105´5 Spreeradio

Klaus Böger, President - Landessportbund Berlin

Mathias Adler, General Manager - TV.Berlin

Guido Herrmann, Director of Administration - FriedrichstadtPalast

Professional Jury

Chairman: Dr. Dietrich Eckhardt , Chief of Section II.3 Explosive Material - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin

Enrico Hadrich, Owner - ART of PYROTECH, Chief-Pyrotechnician - FriedrichstadtPalast
Georg Alef, Chief Science and Development - WECO Pyrotechnische Fabrik GmbH
Jörg Rennert, General Manager - Sprengschule Dresden
Jürg Schärer, Teamdirector Special Missions/Pyrotechnics - Wissenschaftlicher Forschungsdienst, Zürich
Markus Katterle, General Manager - Flash Art Show Production Company GmbH
Peter von Löbbecke, Co-Itinitiator of Pyronale
Rudolf Jost, General Manager - Feuerwerke Jost, Österreich