diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/course/nodes/members/MembersCourseNodeRunController.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/course/nodes/members/MembersCourseNodeRunController.java
index df6f37bfb2cb1a9b4fc7f9e9afe6d092b4d1bb81..35db3d19f86cba77e3d3c64a497465905e07f4e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/course/nodes/members/MembersCourseNodeRunController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/course/nodes/members/MembersCourseNodeRunController.java
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public class MembersCourseNodeRunController extends FormBasicController {
 	}
 	
 	protected void openHomePage(Identity member, UserRequest ureq) {
-		String url = "[Identity:" + member.getKey() + "]";
+		String url = "[HomePage:" + member.getKey() + "]";
 		BusinessControl bc = BusinessControlFactory.getInstance().createFromString(url);
 	  WindowControl bwControl = BusinessControlFactory.getInstance().createBusinessWindowControl(bc, getWindowControl());
 	  NewControllerFactory.getInstance().launch(ureq, bwControl);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/user/HomePageContextEntryControllerCreator.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/user/HomePageContextEntryControllerCreator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1859daae45ac75cca5dac1fe07f9ecb589be3ede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/user/HomePageContextEntryControllerCreator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+/**
+ * <a href="http://www.openolat.org">
+ * OpenOLAT - Online Learning and Training</a><br>
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); <br>
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.<br>
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at the
+ * <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache homepage</a>
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,<br>
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, <br>
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. <br>
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and <br>
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * <p>
+ * Initial code contributed and copyrighted by<br>
+ * frentix GmbH, http://www.frentix.com
+ * <p>
+ */
+package org.olat.user;
+
+import org.olat.basesecurity.BaseSecurityManager;
+import org.olat.core.gui.UserRequest;
+import org.olat.core.gui.control.Controller;
+import org.olat.core.gui.control.WindowControl;
+import org.olat.core.id.Identity;
+import org.olat.core.id.OLATResourceable;
+import org.olat.core.id.context.ContextEntry;
+import org.olat.core.id.context.DefaultContextEntryControllerCreator;
+import org.olat.core.id.context.StateEntry;
+import org.olat.core.logging.OLog;
+import org.olat.core.logging.Tracing;
+
+/**
+ * <h3>Description:</h3>
+ * <p>
+ * This class offers a way to launch the users homepage (alias visiting card)
+ * controller in a new tab
+ * <p>
+ * Initial Date: 21.08.2009 <br>
+ * 
+ * @author gnaegi, gnaegi@frentix.com, www.frentix.com
+ */
+public class HomePageContextEntryControllerCreator extends DefaultContextEntryControllerCreator {
+	private static final OLog log = Tracing.createLoggerFor(HomePageContextEntryControllerCreator.class);
+
+	/**
+	 * @see org.olat.core.id.context.ContextEntryControllerCreator#createController(org.olat.core.id.context.ContextEntry,
+	 *      org.olat.core.gui.UserRequest,
+	 *      org.olat.core.gui.control.WindowControl)
+	 */
+	public Controller createController(ContextEntry ce, UserRequest ureq, WindowControl wControl) {
+		Identity identity = extractIdentity(ce);
+		if (identity == null) return null;
+		UserInfoMainController uimc = new UserInfoMainController(ureq, wControl, identity);
+		return uimc;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getSiteClassName(ContextEntry ce, UserRequest ureq) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see org.olat.core.id.context.ContextEntryControllerCreator#getTabName(org.olat.core.id.context.ContextEntry)
+	 */
+	public String getTabName(ContextEntry ce, UserRequest ureq) {
+		Identity identity = extractIdentity(ce);
+		if (identity == null) return null;
+		return UserManagerImpl.getInstance().getUserDisplayName(identity.getUser());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Helper to get the identity that is encoded into the context entry
+	 * 
+	 * @param ce
+	 * @return the identity or NULL if not found
+	 */
+	private Identity extractIdentity(ContextEntry ce) {
+		OLATResourceable resource = ce.getOLATResourceable();
+		Long key = resource.getResourceableId();
+		if (key == null || key.equals(0)) {
+			log.error("Can not load identity with key::" + key);
+			return null;
+		}
+		StateEntry state = ce.getTransientState();
+		if(state instanceof HomePageStateEntry) {
+			HomePageStateEntry homeState = (HomePageStateEntry)state;
+			if(homeState.same(key)) {
+				return homeState.getIdentity();
+			}
+		}
+		
+		Identity identity = BaseSecurityManager.getInstance().loadIdentityByKey(key);
+		if (identity == null) {
+			log.error("Can not load identity with key::" + key);
+		}
+		ce.setTransientState(new HomePageStateEntry(identity));
+		return identity;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean validateContextEntryAndShowError(ContextEntry ce, UserRequest ureq, WindowControl wControl) {
+		Identity identity = extractIdentity(ce);
+		return identity != null;
+	}
+	
+	private class HomePageStateEntry implements StateEntry {
+		private final Identity identity;
+		
+		public HomePageStateEntry(Identity identity) {
+			this.identity = identity;
+		}
+		
+		public boolean same(Long key) {
+			return identity != null && identity.getKey().equals(key);
+		}
+		
+		public Identity getIdentity() {
+			return identity;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public HomePageStateEntry clone()  {
+			return new HomePageStateEntry(identity);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/user/IdentityContextEntryControllerCreator.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/user/IdentityContextEntryControllerCreator.java
index eac01605c6e919ddb178907cd2c535690629eb25..7c3130762d72ec502677399afa2a6a5f804fa8c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/user/IdentityContextEntryControllerCreator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/user/IdentityContextEntryControllerCreator.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class IdentityContextEntryControllerCreator extends DefaultContextEntryCo
 	public String getTabName(ContextEntry ce, UserRequest ureq) {
 		Identity identity = extractIdentity(ce);
 		if (identity == null) return null;
-		return identity.getName();
+		return UserManagerImpl.getInstance().getUserDisplayName(identity.getUser());
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/user/UserDisplayNameCreator.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/user/UserDisplayNameCreator.java
index 4de5cc167dff2fb3236d488211447495338afaf2..1d864f34f677ae4962507f26d8b6f8adbbe78032 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/user/UserDisplayNameCreator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/user/UserDisplayNameCreator.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 **/
 package org.olat.user;
 
+import org.olat.basesecurity.IdentityShort;
 import org.olat.core.id.User;
 import org.olat.core.id.UserConstants;
 
@@ -50,11 +51,18 @@ public class UserDisplayNameCreator {
 		// use first and lastname for display purpose
 		String first = user.getProperty(UserConstants.FIRSTNAME, null);
 		String last = user.getProperty(UserConstants.LASTNAME, null);
+		return getDisplayName(first, last);
+	}
+
+	public String getUserDisplayName(IdentityShort identity) {
+		return getDisplayName(identity.getFirstName(), identity.getLastName());
+	}
+	
+	protected String getDisplayName(String firstName, String lastName) {
 		// expect null values to make it robust agains NPE and remove whitespace
-		String combined = (first == null? "" : first) + " " + (last == null? "" : last);
+		String combined = (firstName == null? "" : firstName) + " " + (lastName == null? "" : lastName);
 		combined = combined.trim();
 		if (combined.length() == 0) combined = "unknown user";
 		return combined;
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/user/UserDisplayNameCreatorLastnameFirst.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/user/UserDisplayNameCreatorLastnameFirst.java
index 9c040b49884a65d2eda70988404da011af607e4b..01f79a58f05a34c3a280423eae6dfb21412f4b47 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/user/UserDisplayNameCreatorLastnameFirst.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/user/UserDisplayNameCreatorLastnameFirst.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 **/
 package org.olat.user;
 
-import org.olat.core.id.User;
-import org.olat.core.id.UserConstants;
 
 /**
  * <h3>Description:</h3> This bean implements an alternative method to display
@@ -43,14 +41,11 @@ public class UserDisplayNameCreatorLastnameFirst extends UserDisplayNameCreator{
 	/**
 	 * Returns the users displayable name, e.g. "Firstname Lastname"
 	 * 
-	 * @param user
+	 * @param first The first name
+	 * @param last The last name
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	public String getUserDisplayName(User user) {
-		if (user == null) return "unknown user";
-		// use first and lastname for display purpose
-		String first = user.getProperty(UserConstants.FIRSTNAME, null);
-		String last = user.getProperty(UserConstants.LASTNAME, null);
+	protected String getDisplayName(String first, String last) {
 		// expect null values to make it robust against NPE and remove whitespace
 		String combined = "";
 		if (last != null) {
@@ -66,5 +61,4 @@ public class UserDisplayNameCreatorLastnameFirst extends UserDisplayNameCreator{
 		if (combined.length() == 0) combined = "unknown user";
 		return combined;
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/user/UserModule.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/user/UserModule.java
index 4a041715c6012846722ef1664510a2a77bde855a..020a37422ea26bdeabaa02400f9694f52ebffbdd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/user/UserModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/user/UserModule.java
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ public class UserModule extends AbstractOLATModule {
 		// Add controller factory extension point to launch user profile controller
 		NewControllerFactory.getInstance().addContextEntryControllerCreator(Identity.class.getSimpleName(),
 				new IdentityContextEntryControllerCreator());
+		NewControllerFactory.getInstance().addContextEntryControllerCreator("HomePage",
+				new HomePageContextEntryControllerCreator());
 		NewControllerFactory.getInstance().addContextEntryControllerCreator(User.class.getSimpleName(),
 				new UserAdminContextEntryControllerCreator());
 		NewControllerFactory.getInstance().addContextEntryControllerCreator(UserAdminSite.class.getSimpleName(),