Internet und Demokratie
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
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German and English language
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Pieter CLEPPE
Head of Office, Open Europe, Brussels
| Academic Degree in law and economics | |
| 2005-2006 | Speechwriter, Belgian Secretary for Administrative Reform Vincent Van Quickenborne, Brussels |
| 2006-2007 | Co-founder and fellow, Itinera Institute, Brussels |
| 2007-2008 | Lawyer, CMS, Antwerp |
Daniel DOMSCHEIT-BERG
Informatiker und Buchautor; Mitbegründer, OpenLeaks, Berlin
| Daniel Domscheit-Berg, born in 1978, helped build the WikiLeaks platform from late 2007 to September 2010, and acted as its spokesperson under the pseudonym Daniel Schmitt. He quit WikiLeaks when the project's focus shifted away too much from its initial goals. Domscheit-Berg published a book about his experiences "Inside WikiLeaks", that was published in early 2011 and is translated into 23 languages. He is currently working on the next generation leaking platform called OpenLeaks, building on lessons learned and aiming at a sustainable, long-term solution for more transparency. | |
| Before WikiLeaks, Domscheit-Berg worked for various fortune 500 companies, mainly building enterprise-scale wireless and wired networks for the automotive and transport industries. A network security expert by trade, Domscheit-Berg is an advocate for transparency and freedom of speech by heart, deeply caring for equal access to knowledge and information in a globalized world. |
Dr. August HANNING
State Secretary ret.; Former President, BND - German Federal Intelligence Service, Berlin
| 1966 | Law studies in Münster (Westphalia) and Freiburg (Breisgau) |
| 1971 | Judicial clerkship and research assistant |
| 1975 | Conferral of the doctorate Dr. jur.; assistant lecturer at Münster University |
| 1976 | Fiscal authority of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 1977 | Desk officer at Federal Ministry of the Interior |
| 1981 | Desk officer at Federal Chancellery |
| 1986 | Head of Division at Permanent Mission of the FRG to the then GDR in East Berlin |
| 1994 | Team leader at Federal Chancellery |
| 1996 | Director-General at Federal Chancellery (Federal Intelligence Service/BND and coordinator of the intelligence services of the federation) |
| 1998 | President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, BND (German Foreign Intelligence Service) |
| 2005 | State secretary at Federal Ministry of the Interior until 2009 |
| 2010 | Legal Attorney, Consultant |
John KAMPFNER
Chief Executive, Index on Censorship, London
| John Kampfner is Chief Executive of Index on Censorship, one of the world's leading free expression organisations. In late 2009 Index launched a successful campaign to change UK libel laws. | |
| John is also Chair of the board of Turner Contemporary in Margate, Kent. The Turner Contemporary gallery is scheduled to open in spring 2011, making it one of the most important visual arts and regeneration projects in the south east of England. | |
| John's latest book, Freedom For Sale, was launched in the UK in September 2009 and in the US in March 2010. It is also being published in Italian, Spanish and Russian. Promotion events have taken place around the UK and the rest of the world, from Oslo to Brussels, from Singapore to India. The book was shortlisted for the prestigious Orwell Prize in May 2010. His previous books include the critically acclaimed and best selling Blair's Wars, an account of the former prime minister's militaristic hubris. | |
| John has presented several documentaries for BBC television and radio. In 2002 he won the Foreign Press Association award for Film of the Year and Journalist of the Year for his two-parter on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, called 'The Ugly War'. His film 'War Spin', exposing the propaganda behind the rescue of Jessica Lynch, received considerable publicity in the US and UK. | |
| John is a regular pundit for all channels on politics and foreign affairs. He began his career as a foreign correspondent with the Daily Telegraph, first in East Berlin where he reported on the fall of the Wall and the unification of Germany, and then in Moscow at the time of the coup and the collapse of Soviet Communism. On returning to the UK in the mid-1990s, he became Chief Political Correspondent at the FT and political commentator for the BBC's Today programme. Between 2002 and 2005, John was Political Editor of the New Statesman. | |
| John Kampfner was Editor of the New Statesman from 2005-2008. He was the British Society of Magazine Editors Current Affairs Editor of the Year in 2006. |
Dr. Michael STÜRMER
Chief Correspondent, Die Welt, Berlin
| Studium der Geschichte und Philosophie in Marburg, Berlin, London (LSE) | |
| 1965 | Promotion Dr. phil |
| 1966-1970 | Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Wirtschaftshochschule Mannheim |
| 1970-1971 | Vortragender, University of Sussex |
| 1971 | Habilitation, Technischen Universität Darmstadt |
| 1973-2003 | Ord. Lehrstuhl für Mittelalterliche und Neuere Geschichte, Friedrich Alexander-Universität Erlangen |
| 1976-1977 | Universität Harvard |
| 1977-1978 | Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton New Jersey |
| 1979 | /1980 Rufe nach Kiel und Berlin, abgelehnt |
| 1980-1986 | Aussenpolitischer Berater, Bundeskanzler Kohl, Berlin |
| 1984-1994 | Leitartikler der FAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |
| 1988-1998 | Direktor, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (Thinktank der Bundesregierung), Ebenhausen |
| 1994-1998 | Autor der NZZ - Neue Zürcher Zeitung |
| seit 1998 | Chefkorrespondent der Tageszeitung Die Welt und der Welt am Sonntag |
