diff --git a/installation/build/build.xml b/installation/build/build.xml
index f3342c73c70e9ba59da2bed840fe88a02a7fa27c..63eb2f48f54e155f01b4bedbbe120e441f2d24e3 100644
--- a/installation/build/build.xml
+++ b/installation/build/build.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
       <param name="variant" value="" />
       <param name="database.kind" value="productive" />
       <param name="installation.customize.folder" value="../openbis/dist/installer" />
+      <param name="is-standard-technologies" value="false" />
     </antcall>
 	</target>
 	
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@
       <param name="variant" value="-standard-technologies" />
       <param name="database.kind" value="standard-technologies" />
       <param name="installation.customize.folder" value="../openbis_standard_technologies/dist/tarball/installer" />
+      <param name="is-standard-technologies" value="true" />
     </antcall>
 	</target>
 	
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@
       <param name="variant" value="-screening" />
       <param name="database.kind" value="screening" />
       <param name="installation.customize.folder" value="../screening/dist/tarball/installer" />
+      <param name="is-standard-technologies" value="false" />
     </antcall>
 	</target>
 	
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@
       <param name="variant" value="-proteomics" />
       <param name="database.kind" value="proteomics" />
       <param name="installation.customize.folder" value="../rtd_phosphonetx/dist/tarball/installer" />
+      <param name="is-standard-technologies" value="false" />
     </antcall>
 	</target>
 	
@@ -132,6 +136,8 @@
       5) installation.customize.folder
             declares a local folder for (e.g. screening/dist/installer), where the different
             installation can define customizations for their installers.
+      6) is-standard-technologies
+            if true wizard page for selecting/deselecting technologies will be shown
 	 -->
   <target name="create-installer">
 
@@ -170,8 +176,9 @@
 		
 		<!-- this suffix will be used by the installer to check if there are database connections -->
 	  <property name="installer.database.kind" value="${database.kind}" />
+  	<replace file="${installer.dist.dir}/install.xml" token="is-standard-technologies-value-created-by-ant-script" value="${is-standard-technologies}"/>
 				
-		<izpack input="${installer.dist.dir}/install.xml"
+		<izpack input="${installer.dist.dir}/install.xml" 
 		        output="${installer.jar.file}"
 			      inheritAll="true"
 		        installerType="standard"
diff --git a/installation/resource/installer/install.xml b/installation/resource/installer/install.xml
index 8fa7b96487a59fcb95281e269b2acab24215ff65..240141acd1f85b952f38bb8f50d896219ee37810 100644
--- a/installation/resource/installer/install.xml
+++ b/installation/resource/installer/install.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     <variable name="ShowCreateDirectoryMessage"  value="false" />
     <variable name="data.validation.error.title"  value="Error" />
     <variable name="VERSION_NUMBER"  value="@{version.number}" />
+    <variable name="IS_STANDARD_TECHNOLOGIES" value="is-standard-technologies-value-created-by-ant-script" />
   </variables>
 
   <dynamicvariables>
@@ -72,6 +73,10 @@
       </java>
       <returnvalue type="boolean">true</returnvalue>
     </condition>
+    <condition type="variable" id="isStandardTechnologies">
+      <name>IS_STANDARD_TECHNOLOGIES</name>
+      <value>true</value>
+    </condition>
   </conditions>
 
   <!-- The panels section. We indicate here which panels we want to use. The order will be respected. -->
@@ -90,6 +95,13 @@
     <panel classname="com.izforge.izpack.panels.userinput.UserInputPanel" id="UserInputPanel.PSQL_PATH" condition="noPsqlToolsOnPath">
         <validator classname="ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.installer.izpack.PostgresToolsPathValidator"/>
     </panel>
+    
+    <panel classname="com.izforge.izpack.panels.userinput.UserInputPanel" id="UserInputPanel.TECHNOLOGIES" condition="isStandardTechnologies">
+      <actions>
+        <action stage="preactivate" classname="ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.installer.izpack.SetTechnologyCheckBoxesAction" />
+        <action stage="postvalidate" classname="ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.installer.izpack.SetDisableTechnologiesVariableAction" />
+      </actions>
+    </panel>
 
     <panel classname="com.izforge.izpack.panels.userinput.UserInputPanel" id="UserInputPanel.MISC" condition="isFirstTimeInstallation">
       <actions>
diff --git a/installation/resource/installer/userInputSpec.xml b/installation/resource/installer/userInputSpec.xml
index 537b3c1d61e621271ff254efad5925b6b583848e..c0a926d789ba4b5eee61e12c3c14e37b53483402 100644
--- a/installation/resource/installer/userInputSpec.xml
+++ b/installation/resource/installer/userInputSpec.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@
     </field>
   </panel>
 
+  <panel id="UserInputPanel.TECHNOLOGIES">
+    <field type="title" txt="Technologies" bold="true" size="2" />
+    <field type="staticText" align="left"
+      txt="Please, deselect those technologies which are not needed. Later, at the next upgrade, the selection can be changed:" />
+    <field type="check" variable="PROTEOMICS">
+      <spec txt="Proteomics" true="true" false="false"/>
+    </field>
+    <field type="check" variable="SCREENING">
+      <spec txt="Screening" true="true" false="false"/>
+    </field>
+  </panel>
+
   <panel id="UserInputPanel.MISC">
     <field type="title" txt="Misc" bold="true" size="2" />
     <field type="password" align="left" variable="ADMIN_PASSWORD">
diff --git a/installation/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/installer/izpack/GlobalInstallationContext.java b/installation/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/installer/izpack/GlobalInstallationContext.java
index b88c4db457b1bf3df8fad4efc5373ea51c9d94eb..76f0ab39b2695b63e00c09b35419013b8495902c 100644
--- a/installation/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/installer/izpack/GlobalInstallationContext.java
+++ b/installation/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/installer/izpack/GlobalInstallationContext.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ public class GlobalInstallationContext
     public static final String DATA_DIR_VARNAME = "DSS_ROOT_DIR";
 
     public static final String BACKUP_FOLDER_VARNAME = "BACKUP_FOLDER";
+    
+    public static final String[] TECHNOLOGIES = {"PROTEOMICS", "SCREENING"};
 
     /**
      * set to true if the installation process is trying to update an existing openBIS installation.
diff --git a/installation/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/installer/izpack/SetDisableTechnologiesVariableAction.java b/installation/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/installer/izpack/SetDisableTechnologiesVariableAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..468c018d665023eb7a903e1fae5663632333f3aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installation/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/installer/izpack/SetDisableTechnologiesVariableAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 ETH Zuerich, CISD
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.installer.izpack;
+
+import com.izforge.izpack.api.data.AutomatedInstallData;
+import com.izforge.izpack.api.data.PanelActionConfiguration;
+import com.izforge.izpack.api.handler.AbstractUIHandler;
+import com.izforge.izpack.data.PanelAction;
+
+/**
+ * Action which sets the variable <code>DISABLED_TECHNOLOGIES_VARNAME</code>.
+ *
+ * @author Franz-Josef Elmer
+ */
+public class SetDisableTechnologiesVariableAction implements PanelAction
+{
+    private static final String DISABLED_TECHNOLOGIES_VARNAME = "DISABLED_TECHNOLOGIES";
+
+    public void executeAction(AutomatedInstallData data, AbstractUIHandler handler)
+    {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        for (String technology : GlobalInstallationContext.TECHNOLOGIES)
+        {
+            String technologyFlag = data.getVariable(technology);
+            if (Boolean.FALSE.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(technologyFlag))
+            {
+                if (builder.length() > 0)
+                {
+                    builder.append(", ");
+                }
+                builder.append(technology.toLowerCase());
+            }
+        }
+        data.setVariable(DISABLED_TECHNOLOGIES_VARNAME, builder.toString());
+    }
+
+    public void initialize(PanelActionConfiguration configuration)
+    {
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/installation/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/installer/izpack/SetTechnologyCheckBoxesAction.java b/installation/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/installer/izpack/SetTechnologyCheckBoxesAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6279bfa0de3a0567ec108d2402de68f4ac5bd0a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installation/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/installer/izpack/SetTechnologyCheckBoxesAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 ETH Zuerich, CISD
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.installer.izpack;
+
+import com.izforge.izpack.api.data.AutomatedInstallData;
+import com.izforge.izpack.api.data.PanelActionConfiguration;
+import com.izforge.izpack.api.handler.AbstractUIHandler;
+import com.izforge.izpack.data.PanelAction;
+
+/**
+ * Action which sets the check boxes on the technology page.
+ *
+ * @author Franz-Josef Elmer
+ */
+public class SetTechnologyCheckBoxesAction implements PanelAction
+{
+
+    public void executeAction(AutomatedInstallData data, AbstractUIHandler handler)
+    {
+        for (String technology : GlobalInstallationContext.TECHNOLOGIES)
+        {
+            String variable = data.getVariable(technology);
+            if (variable == null)
+            {
+                data.setVariable(technology, "true");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void initialize(PanelActionConfiguration configuration)
+    {
+    }
+
+}