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
• Conferences

밋앤핵은 시빅해커들이 함께 모여 사회 문제를 '해킹'하는 모임입니다

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Civic hacking meetups

O maior evento de inovação em governo da América Latina

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Conferences

The International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC) is a worldwide annual forum that connects Information Commissioners, Ombudspersons and other bodies in charge of overseeing the implementation of Access to Public Information legislation.

• Meet the others
• Conferences
• In-person meetings

Aspen Digital and the Aspen Policy Academy are launching a new program for Rising Civic AI Leaders to educate newly hired state and local government employees in charge of managing the adoption and implementation of AI-driven tools.

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Awards and prizes

The Canadian Vote Summit provides a unique space for leaders, policymakers, and citizens to collaborate on ensuring elections drive responsive, inclusive governance.

• Meet the others
• Voting and elections
• Conferences

Come and join the Open Plans community on Thursday, May 1st for a festive celebration of the people behind our city’s defining public spaces.

• place-based
• city

• Awards and prizes
• Urban planning

Register for the Pilot Pitchfest in New York City on May 22nd—and apply for up to $80K to support high-impact projects.

• city

• Govtech
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

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

• city

• Meet the others
• Conferences
• In-person meetings

• Artificial Intelligence
• Journalism
• Nonprofit newsrooms

On May 1, 2025 (Law Day), lawyers across the country are encouraged to participate in #ReaffirmTheOath—a nonpartisan, nonpolitical national grassroots effort empowering lawyers in communities large and small to speak out, stand together, and publicly renew their commitment to the Constitution and the rule of law.

• Advocacy tech
• Specific campaigns

Public Service Recognition Week is celebrated the first week of May since 1985 (beginning on the first Sunday of the month) to honor the people who serve our nation as federal, state, county, local and tribal government employees.

• Holidays
• Celebrating public service and public servants

• Meet the others
• Conferences
• In-person meetings

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
• Meet the others

Join the next GETTING-Plurality Research Workshop with Glen Weyl, Luke Thorburn, and Emillie de Keulenaar as they discuss their recent paper “Prosocial Media.”

Mark your calendars—on 15-16 October 2025, 300 deliberative democracy professionals will gather in Brussels, Belgium, a country with a rich history of democratic innovation, from the G1000 movement to the Ostbelgien Permanent Citizens' Council.

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Conferences

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

• Meet the others
• Conferences
• In-person meetings

NHS Hack Day is a community-driven event that brings together healthcare professionals, developers, and designers to collaborate on innovative solutions for improving the NHS

We're building a community of technologists committed to leveraging AI to create real good. We run a series of events around London, and maintain an exciting online community.

• Newspeak House

• Artificial Intelligence
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

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

• census

• Civic data
• Meet the others
• Conferences

• Meet the others
• Journalism
• Conferences

• Govtech
• Meet the others
• Conferences

• Participatory democracy
• Meet the others
• Conferences

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

• Meet the others
• Conferences
• In-person meetings

• Meet the others
• Conferences
• In-person meetings

• Meet the others
• Funders & donors
• Conferences

• Meet the others
• Journalism
• Conferences

• Consul

• Engagement tech
• Meet the others
• Conferences

In the Democratic AI series, Simon and Yung-Hsuan guide the audience to explore how various AI tools can foster healthy democratic deliberation and collective decision-making.

• Newspeak House

• Artificial Intelligence
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

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
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

The goal of the hackathon: to create new ways to disseminate reliable information, communication and support between communities located both in Russia and abroad

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Civic hackathons

The OIDP Distinction is your opportunity to showcase your work for a more inclusive and diverse participatory democracy on an international level! Be part of it!

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

• Conferences
• Data governance

Warm Data Labs are group processes, which illustrate interdependency and generate understandings of systemic patterns for people with no previous exposure to systems theory.

• Civic data

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.

• Meet the others
• Conferences
• In-person meetings

"Friendbanks" for the US 2024 election

• partisan
• US Election 2024
• 2024 elections

• Organize campaigns
• Organize events
• Relational organizing

The Rural Infrastructure Challenge Summit is an in-person mentoring event and workshop to inspire the next-generation of solvers in rural communities.

• rural

• In-person meetings
• Challenges

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
• Conferences
• In-person meetings

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
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

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

Convening internet measurement groups with an established practice of working in the open to collaborate and converge on best practices, methodologies, and complementary approaches for the collecting of data around internet censorship.

• free speech

• Connectivity
• Circumvention tech
• Roundtables

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Conferences

• Participatory democracy
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

• Meet the others
• Fight disinformation
• Conferences

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

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Conferences

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

• Conferences
• Legal tech

This flagship event will gather people of all ages and backgrounds, including youth, journalists and EU institutions, for a vibrant debate on topics that matter to our everyday life and Europe's future.

• Holidays