Hi,
there will be a symposium in the german federal foreign office: http://www.vodafone-stiftung.de/bin/php/frontend/index.php3?ACTION=SHOWCONTE... (text is in german). Both Mr. Gates and Mrs. Merkel will take part and have a discussion. Does the FSF have any plans to write an official letter to Mrs. Merkel? Open document formats could be a good topic.
Cheers, Torsten