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.

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The Heart of Civic Tech in Central and Eastern Europe

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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.

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Accelerating new, clean and safe infrastructure models

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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. As a result, we will in the near future see large parts of our lives influenced by AI.

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Start using Engage today and be part of the discussion! Vote and comment on proposals from your local government.

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The IOPD's annual conference has run for over twenty years

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Join us as the 2022 Civic Design Fellow. In a 4-month program, from January to April, you’ll take your interest in democracy as a design problem to the next level, working with the Center for Civic Design team and completing an independent project exploring the intersection of language access and voting participation.

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OpenGov's tool to supplement public hearings with surveys, forums, and online meetings.

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The ultimate real-time discussion platform for all-inclusive events and meetings

• web app

• Group decision making
• Meeting tech

@Stake is a digital multiplayer roleplaying game that fosters creativity and empathy in small group deliberation

• Games and gamification
• Group decision making

Brings together thinkers and doers in the fields of transportation & technology

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La Comunidad de Tecnología Cívica en América Latina

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The biggest annual media event in Europe.

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IEEE GHTC focuses on advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

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Gathering leaders in journalism, technology and philanthropy to explore the ways to strengthen local news and our democracy.

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An un-conference, one of the leading gatherings in the space, that brought together close to 1,000 attendees from 132 countries in 2018.

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The event is a 5-day design sprint where multidisciplinary teams consisting of the best local, regional and international talent in data, design, journalism and technology are teamed up with NGOs that collect data.

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To raise a new set of civic tech leaders that transform governance

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Forward is a web app that tracks civic engagement opportunities ranging from town hall meetings, to rallies, to civic art projects throughout the state of Wisconsin.

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Code for All Global Summit

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To have been major transformations in global media infrastructure, the platformization of the Internet, and the ubiquity of the mobile phone.

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CryptoHarlem is a Digital Surveillance Clinic that has been meeting on a monthly basis since 2013 in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. It is always open to the public and completely free of charge.

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The Cities, Government & Politics track focuses on innovative city planning and development, privacy and policy issues, and how politics plays a role in shaping policy in government.

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Data for Policy is a premier global forum for interdisciplinary and cross-sector discussions around the impact and potential of the digital revolution in the government sector.

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Citizens creating solutions to improve cities and communities in Belgium

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Deze tool brengt alle onderwijs- en onderzoeksprojecten van de HvA in kaart en is een startpunt voor onderlinge samenwerking. Kijk, ontdek, deel en doe mee met HvA in de Stad!

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The Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) is the can’t-miss technology event for the nonprofit sector.

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This year at PDF, we’re going to focus on meaningful action and collaboration. This year, PDF will be about plugging you into the process of change-making.

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We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

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• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy

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DecidimFest is an intense 3-day program of activities devoted to the Decidim project, participatory democracy and open source tools for collective intelligence in the era of Global Democracy.

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The 2016 ONA Conference & Awards Banquet, Sept. 15-17

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User-friendly interactive databse that provides an ovierview of the lobby meetings, EU Lobbyists, MEP incomes, and Revolving Doors at the EU Institutions level.

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• Watchdogging and transparency

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Every year, mayors from around the country gather at the Civic I/O Mayors Summit at SXSW. The summit is a time to bring together city leaders, entrepreneurs, and provocative thinkers in order to learn from one another and engage in the premier destination for discovery.

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We are a Tech & Innovation Hub located in Tunis and operating all over the world. Our aim is to create, and co-found ventures in E-Health, Gaming, Blockchain & Digital Transformation.

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NICAR, the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting, is a program of IRE, founded in 1989 and supported by the Missouri School of Journalism.

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The conference will connect leaders and practitioners to explore how non-profits are adapting and excelling in an increasingly data-driven world.

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The Integrated Technology Platform for Local Government

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It deals with central issues such as location factors and potential of urban production, future-oriented ideas for logistics in urban areas and the opportunities of additive manufacturing in urban areas.

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The CityLAB is an experimental laboratory for the city of the future.

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urbAIn is a series of unique, one-day events gathering 100-150 city leaders and innovators to explore the many ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) is changing city life.

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New urban visions, the final event of the EU-funded DSI4EU project, will see the launch of our experimental index and ideas bank, a pioneering piece of work exploring how city ecosystems and governments can support and work with DSI, and of our new collection of positive visions for the future of DSI.

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The premiere national event on building better places

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For more than a decade, Netroots Nation has hosted the largest annual conference for progressives, drawing 3,000+ attendees from around the country and beyond.

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• Organize campaigns

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The NewCities Summit gathered top entrepreneurs, policymakers, corporate leaders, designers and thinkers to work together to improve life in cities. The sixth edition of the Summit took place in Incheon Songdo, South Korea from June 7-9, 2017 on the theme Thriving Cities: The Building Blocks of Urban Wellbeing. The new city of Incheon Songdo has been […]

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