A political scientist who lives in Berlin, Geraldine de Bastion provides advice to public institutions, NGOs and business enterprises about the use of digital technologies. Her expertise is valued by Internet activists and bloggers around the world. She is a member of Digitale Gesellschaft e.V., which fights for basic rights and consumer protection in the digital domain, and director of communications service provider konnektiv. Each year she is highly in demand as a curator and presenter at the international Internet conference re:publica.