Karsten Gerloff is the President of the Free Software Foundation
Europe. FSFE's mission as an independent not-for-profit
organisation is to promote freedom in the information society
through Free Software.

Karsten works together with developers, activists, business
leaders and high-level political decision makers in order to shape
policies and practices to fit the information society. He deals
with topics such as software patents, competition and government
procurement.

Karsten leads FSFE's participation in community and policy
processes at the European and global level, and is a frequent
speaker at a wide range of conferences and events. Prior to FSFE,
he worked as a researcher with the United Nations University.