WHY2025

Fraxinas

Andreas, known as "Fraxinas" in the FOSS community, holds a degree in electrical engineering and information technology from the University of Applied Sciences in Aschaffenburg. He specializes in Rust, GStreamer and Embedded Linux. A regular speaker at conferences worldwide, he has also contributed to fostering a culture of repair and sustainability as the founder of multiple Repair Cafés. For eight years, he was a familiar face on German television as the "Repairfox" in ARD Buffet.
Passionately tinkering in the Schaffenburg Hacker/Makerspace. LGBT Youth activist, furry, musician, mountain biker and Japanese learner.


Session

08-10
19:00
25min
Repair for Future
Fraxinas

A brief retrospective over the past 16 years of organized voluntary repair initiatives and a look at the breakthroughs for the right to repair movement

Yearn for a better future
Cassiopeia