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).

• Govtech
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• In-person meetings

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

• Conferences
• 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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• Conferences

The aim of the UN World Data Forum is to spur data innovation, nurture partnerships, mobilize high-level political and financial support for data, and build a pathway to better data for sustainable development.

• United Nations

• Civic data
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The Global DPI Summit, hosted in Cairo, Egypt, stands as a premier convening of stakeholders in the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) ecosystem, bringing together representatives from across the globe.

• Govtech
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• Conferences

Set in the beautiful redwoods near the Mendocino coast of California, DWeb Camp is a five-day retreat for builders and dreamers to connect, learn, share and have fun as we work towards building a better, decentralized web.

• Conferences
• Decentralization

• Participatory democracy
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• Fight disinformation
• Conferences

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• In-person meetings
• Conferences

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Conferences

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

The Africa Law Tech Festival is the largest Law and Tech conference in Africa, convening over 2000 delegates from 40+ countries.

• Conferences
• Legal tech

The Commonwealth community of Legislatures is a diverse group of institutions that at the same time hold many institutional similarities, enabling further opportunities for institutional cooperation, in the field of legislative modernisation and digital transformation.

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• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Conferences

Unlocking Digital Success

• Govtech
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Take Back Tech is a gathering for organizers, advocates, academics, and workers who are looking for a space to deepen the connections and strategies we'll need to combat technology's worst harms.

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Join a small, curated group of researchers, builders, entrepreneurs, politicians, and artists for a 7-day unconference focused on the political economy of AI. We will build new infrastructure, business models, and institutions for AI.

• Artificial Intelligence
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Festival Latinoamericano de Instalacion de Software Libre (FLISOL) sede Venezuela

• The People
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FedGeoDay is THE event devoted to "open geospatial ecosystems" (open source software, open/collaborative mapping, open science challenges, and open engagements) that are used to initiate and grow capabilities across the U.S. federal government. 

• Govtech
• Civic data
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We’re focused on the future: forms with function.

• Govtech
• Conferences
• Forms

Public Sector Network’s second Government Innovation California in-person event will bring together public sector leaders across all levels of government from across the State and region to share their innovative ideas and cutting-edge initiatives and projects.

• state

• Govtech
• Conferences

The Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy is the largest gathering devoted to direct democracy worldwide. It favours a multidisciplinary approach, welcoming participants from academic, political and civil society perspectives.

• Participatory democracy
• Conferences
• Democratic Innovations

BARI is an inter-university research partnership for Northeastern University and Harvard University in conjunction with the City of Boston.

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• Conferences

Democracy Festivals are the platforms for constructive political dialogue across opinions, age, gender, and hierarchy, where people come together each summer to discuss how to improve their countries.

• Participatory democracy
• Conferences

The Brussels Urban Summit (BUS) brings together three international city conferences: the 14th Metropolis World Congress, the Eurocities Annual Conference and the sixth OECD Champion Mayors Summit for Inclusive Growth Initiative. It gathers over 300 cities worldwide and more than 1000 politicians, experts and representatives of civil society to exchange ideas and set the priorities for sustainable, affordable, and liveable cities going forward.

• cities

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The Copenhagen Democracy Summit is an annual conference bringing together political and business leaders, including current and former heads of government, from the world’s democracies.

• Conferences

Workshop at CHI'23 on April 28th, 2023 in Hamburg, Germany

• Conferences

BARI is an inter-university research partnership for Northeastern University and Harvard University in conjunction with the City of Boston.

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• Conferences

Data Justice Lab conference at Cardiff University and online

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The World Ethical Data Forum is the only event in the world that embraces the full range of interrelated issues around the use and future of data.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
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Using AI to make journalism better. Together.

• Media
• Artificial Intelligence
• Journalism

by the Alliance for Innovation

• Govtech
• Conferences

A conference for people who work in the intersection of design and the public sector.

• Conferences
• Design

2022 Nonprofit Software Development Summit

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Doing Better Work Together is an online learning and collaboration event for organisational innovators.

• Conferences
• Group decision making

The Closing The Gap Conference is an annual assistive technology conference that presents an opportunity to deepen your assistive technology (AT) knowledge and strengthen your implementation strategies.

• Conferences
• Assistive and Accessible Tech
• Predecessors

Event: A critical look at the future of emerging tech

• Conferences
• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D

Initiators of successful political projects in a specific area of politics provide their know-how, experience and dos-and-don’ts in a highly motivating dialogue

• Conferences
• Peer networks

A dynamic in-person conference on the people, technologies, policies, and cultures that make up the govtech ecosystem — brought to you by CivStart and e.Republic

• Govtech
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Join us for the 2022 Public Interest Tech University Network (PIT-UN) Convening, hosted by City University of New York, on Oct. 28-29.

• Conferences
• Public Interest Tech

The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) brings together the technology industry, government, civil society, and academia to foster collaboration and information-sharing to counter terrorist and violent extremist activity online.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Conferences

The Creative Bureaucracy Festival celebrates outstanding innovation in the public sector and its contribution to a better, more sustainable, and more just world.

• Govtech
• Conferences
• Bureaucracy tech

the largest gathering of black women data leaders and professionals

• racial equity

• Conferences
• Peer networks

A 2-week virtual conference for early and mid-career faculty who seek to accelerate their work in public interest technology

• Conferences
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

A participant-led conference from OpenNews for journalists who want to transform their work, their organizations, and their communities.

• Media
• Conferences

We are a network of people and projects, rooted in Detroit and connected to hundreds of other places across the globe. Together, we grow and exchange ways of using media to create the world we need.

• The People
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AbreLatam es una desconferencia en la que actores de diferentes sectores participan en su calidad personal construyendo debates clave sobre temáticas vinculadas a los datos abiertos en diversos campos tales como gobierno abierto, servicios públicos, privacidad, derechos humanos, participación ciudadana, aspectos técnicos y muchos más.

• The People
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Driven by the rapid progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, intelligent machines are gaining the ability to learn, improve and make calculated decisions in ways that will enable them to perform tasks previously thought to rely solely on human experience, creativity, and ingenuit​y

• The People
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A Freedom of Information conference hosted by mySociety

• Alaveteli

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

This year's Summit will focus on Open vs. Closed Tech in Government, Democracy & Elections, Disinformation & Fake News and Power Dynamics in Tech. We'll have different session formats: Panels, Lighting Talks and Workshops!

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The Metagovernance Seminar invites individuals working in online governance to present their work to a community of other researchers and practitioners.

• Conferences
• Decentralization