As a strategic member of the Eclipse Foundation, items AG promotes the development and expansion of the open development platform Eclipse. Click here for more information on the Eclipse partnership.

BITKOM is a large, efficient network unifying the best experts and companies in the digital world. BITKOM organizes a permanent exchange of skilled personnell and executives and provides its members with cooperation and communication plattforms to facilitate the contact with important customers.

The ARTEMIS Industrial Association (ARTEMISIA) was founded in January 2007 as a trading association and supports the buildup of the Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) within the scope of the European technology platform ARTEMIS. The focus of its content is the design, the development and the use of ubiquitary, cost-efficient, interoperable and secure embedded systems.

The University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund was founded in 1971 and educates about 8,500 students in 7 faculties and offers more than 30 courses. Studies, teachings and research are oriented towards solving practical problems and tasks.

The University of Paderborn was founded in 1972 and follows the principle of being a "University of the Information Society". The goal is to promote the information society’s development in natural sciences and technologies and to critically analyse this development. At the same time, the University intends to throw light upon our culture and use the chances given by the information and knowledge society.

The Research Center for Information Technology (FZI) helps companies and public utilities to implement the latest methods and expertise gained through scientific research in the fields of Information Technology, Engineering and Business Administration for their business success.

The MDA Working Group of the German IT Association, Gesellschaft für Informatik, reinforces the exchange between practitioners and researchers in the area of model-driven software architecture. Its goals are to identify the acute need for research and the transfer of research results back into the industrial practice.

The Special Interest Group "Model-Driven Software Engineering" (SIG-MDSE) is dedicated to model-based and architecture-centered software development. Experts and other interested parties meet at SIG-MDSE to share their experiences.

With JBoss in its portfolio, the software manufacturer  Red Hat has a leading provider of Open Source Middleware at its disposal. As a JBoss SI Advanced Partner, itemis promotes Open Source ideas. The exchange of know-how on everything concerning Open Source, SOA and service models will additionally aid in problem solving and the implementation of model-driven aspects through the use of JBoss solutions.