PublicSpaces is een netwerk van publieke organisaties die samen strijden voor een internet gebaseerd op publieke waarden.

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Take Back Tech is a gathering for organizers, artists, tech workers, academics, lawyers, and more to rally together and strategize our next power-building moves.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
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• Digital rights

With its 3rd edition in 2026, this high-level forum gathers international government leaders who are actively driving transformation within their institutions.

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the global AT Protocol community conference

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The Global Gathering brings together groups from around the world that are working on the most urgent technology-related challenges affecting human rights, social justice, civil society, and journalism at the local, regional and global levels.

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• Digital security and privacy
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OpenForum Europe is a not-for-profit, Brussels-based independent think tank which explains the merits of openness in computing across Europe.

• Research and policy centers
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• Open source

The European Digital DemocracY network (EDDY) aims to bring together academics and practitioners actively working on or with digital democracy, to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange.

• Participatory democracy
• Academia
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FOSS4G is the world's largest conference dedicated to open-source geospatial software, organized by the OSGeo Foundation.

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• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

A day dedicated to bold thinking, shared learning, and re-imagining the role of evaluation.

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• Evaluate impact
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Arena for Journalism in Europe supports collaborative journalism – journalists working with other journalists across geographical borders, and journalists working across professional borders with scholars or scientists as well as with civil society.

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• Journalism
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As a world-leading multidisciplinary conference CPDP offers the cutting edge in legal, regulatory, academic and technological development in privacy and data protection.

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• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy

Zukunft D is an initiative aimed at strengthening democracy in a digitalized, interconnected society.

• Participatory democracy
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• Partner networks and coalitions

Movements Conference against Big Tech

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The Political Communication Summit is where Europe’s leading voices in political messaging, public affairs, and institutional communications come together.

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無作為に選ばれた市民が公共的な課題について熟議し、その成果を政策形成や更なる議論につなげるミニ・パブリックス（無作為選出型の市民会議）は、近年、世界各地で大きな広がりを見せています。日本でも、自治体や市民団体、研究機関を始めとして多様な主体が、この仕組みを活用して地域や社会の課題に取り組む実践を重ねてきました。

日本ミニ・パブリックス研究フォーラムでは、2015年の発足以来、諸外国での動向を紹介しつつ、国内の関係者が経験や知見が交流する場として、毎年12月にフォーラムを開催しています。11回目となる今回は、無作為選出された住民による「自分ごと化会議」を各地で行ってきた構想日本の加藤秀樹代表をお招きし、市民会議を通じた民主主義の再生の可能性についてご講演いただきます。後半では、具体的な事例を取り上げ、コメンテーターのコメントも交えて、無作為選出による市民の熟議の意義と課題を、多角的に議論します。

国内外で民主主義が揺らぐ今、本フォーラムを通じて多様な実践と研究の知見を交わしながら、「民主主義が直面する課題に対してミニ・パブリックスは何ができるのか」を共に考える機会としたいと思います。ミニ・パブリックスの実践や研究に各方面で関わる方々はもちろんのこと、このテーマに関心を持つ幅広い市民の皆様の参加をお待ちしています。

参加ご希望の方は、交流会の参加の有無も含めて、12月8日（月）までに下記のフォームからお申し込みください。

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Each regional forum will bring diverse perspectives to the global conversation on democracy, ensuring that local insights inform international efforts. The discussions will contribute to policy recommendations, advocacy strategies, and cross-regional partnerships, feeding into the GDC’s broader global initiatives.

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Conference and work sprint for the CiviCRM community

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Join civil society leaders, public officials, researchers, and funders from around the world to share insights, build skills, and co-create solutions that make democracy work for everyone.

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UKGovCamp is a free, annual unconference for people who want to make the public sector better.

• Govtech
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The Summit will offer practical insights and examples of how researchers, companies, governments, and communities can continue to drive innovation amid these headwinds—and how urban tech can help cities do more with less as they prepare for the future.

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O futuro que queremos agora: profissionais, pesquisadores e tomadores de decisão construindo conexões relevantes e criando caminhos para um ecossistema informacional justo.

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Two days of intensive collaboration, knowledge sharing, and strategic planning for the future of digital public infrastructure.

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• Identity
• Digital Public Infrastructure

Numérique en Commun[s] propose de travailler collectivement les conditions de l’émancipation des citoyens et des citoyennes en contexte numérique, à l’échelle locale et européenne.

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Parliaments in Africa: Opportunities and Prospects for Sustainable Development

• Parliamentary and legislative tech
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The HOPE conferences are known for their creativity and diversity, not to mention a whole lot of hacker fun.

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The Political Party Peer Network was established in 2010 to serve as a network of like minded organizations in the field of political party support. Its members include almost all of the world’s most experienced practitioners in international political party development.

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• Peer networks

First ever tech policy summit in Brussels led entirely by non-profit organisations

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Annual symposium celebrating Open Source Programme Offices (OSPOs)

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DRIF is an important platform where conversations on digital policy in the Global South are shaped, policy directions debated and partnerships forged for action.

• Global South Alliance

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A 3-day interdisciplinary workshop bringing together researchers in algorithmic fairness.

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• Ethical tech and responsible tech
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Come and engage with us in discussions and debates on what comes next with over 200 participants from European institutions, European governments, civil society, media and academia.

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Since 2010, the Open Source Hardware Association, a 501(c)(3) not for profit charity, has hosted the Open Hardware Summit- a comprehensive conference for the open hardware community and the ever changing open source hardware movement.

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• Emerging tech
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• Govtech
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Participation is by invitation only, based on submission of a statement of interest or proposed talk/poster abstract.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
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O maior evento de inovação em governo da América Latina

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CityCamp is an unconference with a focus on democracy, civil society, neighbors, government operations, and the intersection between them all.

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The first edition of PAIRS took place as an independent side-event of the Paris AI Action Summit (10th - 11th Feb 2025) providing a space to present research and case studies on the state of the art in participatory development and governance of AI, and to build stronger connections across the field.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
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Annual meeting of the African machine learning and AI community.

• Artificial Intelligence
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Europe’s first Political Tech Summit—where politics meets technology.

• Advocacy tech
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The conference will bring together ACS data users and U.S. Census Bureau staff to share information about key ACS data issues and applications

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• Civic data
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• Funders & donors
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• Journalism
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• Participatory democracy
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• Consul

• Engagement tech
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FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.

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• Govtech
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• Government transparency

It was conceived in 2007 as an annual gathering to bring together academia, governments, international organisations, civil society, and industry to share the latest insights and experiences in the theory and practice of Electronic Governance (now more commonly referred to as Digital Governance).

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The Data Governance Conference is a pioneering event focused on advancing data governance across the East African Community (EAC).

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• Data governance

Every two years, the World Movement for Democracy’s Global Assembly brings together hundreds of democracy advocates from around the world to foster new networks for mutual solidarity and support across borders.

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