Sandra Mamitzsch is a Berlin based political consultant and activist. She is programme director at re:publica, Europes’s largest conference on Internet and Society. Prior to that she was a project manager and consultant at newthinking communications, advising on digital media and communication strategies, media and internet policy and creative industries. In her free time, she is an active member of the non-profit organizations “European Digital Rights” (EDRi) and “Digitale Gesellschaft”.