Copernicus Gesellschaft mbH

Copernicus was founded as the non-profit society Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V. by directors and scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy in February 1988 (today MPI for Solar System Research). According to the club rules the Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V. aims to promote the international collaboration in the geo and space sciences. When the business part of Copernicus, the Copernicus GmbH (similar to Ltd.), was founded in 2001 to carry on the conference and publishing business the Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V. became the exclusive partner. This construct guarantees that the surpluses of Copernicus` projects will be used to further promote the sciences.