CO-LOCATED EVENTS

Speaker

Thomas Bunk

IT-Project manager & IT-Administrator Vintra, The Federation of German Consumer Organisations

Thomas Bunk studied information science at the FH Potsdam with focus on document management and web technologies. Since 2010 he works at the Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband and since 2013 as member of the IT team who is responsible for the administration, technical and strategic development of the extanet based on SharePoint of the costumer advice centre.

Company

The Federation of German Consumer Organisations

The Federation of German Consumer Organisations - vzbv - is a non-governmental organisation acting as an umbrella for 41 German consumer associations. We represent the interests of consumers in public and vis-à-vis legislators, the private sector and civil society. Our goal is to protect and empower consumers. We do this by lobbying and campaigning at national and European levels, by taking collective legal action on behalf of consumers and by ensuring that our message receives broad media coverage. We also provide professional training for the staff of consumer organisations. Consumer advice is provided at a regional level by the 16 consumer centres of the German federal states (Verbraucherzentralen), while product testing is undertaken by our supporting member Stiftung Warentest. "Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer." Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776.