Frank Karlitschek

CEO / Founder, Nextcloud

Frank Karlitschek is listed as CEO / Founder, Nextcloud. Frank is scheduled to speak at Open Source Experience on 9 December 2026.

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About

Frank Karlitschek is a long time open source contributor and former board member of the KDE e.V. He founded Nextcloud in 2016 to create a fully open source and decentralized alternative to big centralized cloud companies. Frank was an invited expert at the W3C to help to create the ActivityPub standard. Frank has spoken at MIT, CERN, Harvard and ETH and keynoted LinuxCon, Latinoware, FOSSASIA, Campus Party and many other conferences. Frank is the founder and CEO of Nextcloud GmbH. He is also a fellow of Open Forum Europe and an advisor to the United Nations regarding Open Source. Frank won the European SFS Free Software Award 2023 and the Acteurs du Libre European Award 2023.

Upcoming

Open Source Experience 9 December 2026 – 10 December 2026

Open Source in the Age of AI: Navigating Challenges and Seizing New Opportunities [EN] Speaker · 9 December 2026