Groups/projects/initiatives I am (or was) personally affiliated with.
Ongoing (last updated October 2023):
Retired/discontinued/on hold:
- ThingsCon e.V.
Board of Directors, Chairman. Co-founder (since 2017) - Mozilla Foundation
Fellow (2018-19) - Prototype Fund
Jury member (since 2016) - Edgeryders
Fellow (2019) - International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS)
Executive Academy member and jury member for Lovie Awards and Webby Awards (since 2011) - Ignite Berlin
A night of quickfire talks, Ignite Berlin is part of the global Ignite talk series (I co-organized these since 2010) - Open Data Incubator Europe (ODINE)
Independent member of the ODINE evaluation committee. (2015-2017) - D64 – Zentrum für digitalen Fortschritt
Member (passive; 2013-2017) - Highway1
Ambassador and Mentor. Highway1 was a hardware accelerator out of San Francisco (2014-16) - O’Reilly Solid
Program committee member for Solid Europe. (2015) - Hardware.co
Mentor at the hardware startup accelerator program. (2015) - Betapitch
Jury member (regularly since 2012-2015) - Likemind Berlin
Good coffee & conversations with likeminded people, every 3rd Friday of the month (non-commercial, with Thomas Praus). (Twitter: @likemind_bln) - TEDx Kreuzberg
An independent TEDx event. Berlin, 10 December 2009 (as co-organizer and official licensee, with Christoph Fahle of Betahaus). - Atoms&Bits Camp & Festival
A Festival of Thinking, Making and Doing. Berlin, 18-27 September 2009. (My roles: co-initiator, a&b Camp organizer.) - Internet & Gesellschaft Collaboratory
Member (passive).
An ongoing multi-stakeholder expert group initiated by Google Germany - Kleos Group
Co-Founder, Consultant
A loose network of consultants and entrepreneurial researchers delivering original analysis, innovative technology services and strategic management consulting - Social Media Week Berlin 2011
Advisory board member (2011) - Berlinblase
Founding member.
Disclosure policy
I will do my best at all times to fully disclose any relevant affiliations or possible conflicts of interests. Small once-off gigs might not be included in this list. If it is even in the least relevant (endorsements, blog posts etc), I will of course fully disclose any client relationships.