Markus Beckedahl

He is co-founder of newthinking communications, an Internet communication agency with a focus on open source strategies in Berlin. Markus Beckedahl advises organizations and private enterprises on various societal, political and technological issues of the digital world. He develops concepts for social software solutions, particularly in the context of political communication and online communities. His weblog netzpolitik.org received several national and international awards over the past years. He initiated and organized the re:publica, the first German conference for bloggers and internet activists.