[spectre] Invitation: Commons Technology and the right to a Democratic City

[francesca]

 <http://www.nesta.org.uk/>
Update: 19th May 2016



Democracy Lab: 23–27 May 2016, Medialab-Prado Madrid
D-CENT International Conference: 27-28 May 2016, Museo Reina Sofia Madrid

The Democratic Cities – Commons technology and the right to a democratic city event is fast approaching. The event will take place from the 23–28 May in Madrid, Spain. You still have time to register! <http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=1ab7314893&e=0b7a2c3b4a>

The event will be a unique opportunity to discuss network democracy, new forms of citizen participation, digital tools for democratic participation and urban commons for democratic cities. We expect +400 academic, activists, politicians and hackers to participate.

Read our updates, get inspired and  <http://nesta.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=13d7137599&e=0b7a2c3b4a>join us. The full programme and speakers introductions are available at Democratic-cities.cc <http://democratic-cities.cc/>

The event is organised by D-CENT, Nesta, Medialab-Prado, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, City of Madrid, City of Barcelona, and supported by Labodemo and redecentralize.

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>> Register <http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=58d2be4ef0&e=0b7a2c3b4a>     <http://nesta.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=897a7b08ba&e=0b7a2c3b4a>>> Our Blog  <http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=60fb0e7e08&e=0b7a2c3b4a>   >> Meet the speakers <http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=235e6df5df&e=0b7a2c3b4a>    >> En Español <http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=28c5199334&e=0b7a2c3b4a>

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Democracy Lab 23–27 May
Explore tools, processes and strategies for democratic participation
Full Programme <http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=9888515070&e=0b7a2c3b4a> | Read More <http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=e4013973b1&e=0b7a2c3b4a> | Register Now <http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=ae155ab82b&e=0b7a2c3b4a>

The Democratic Cities – Commons technology and the right to a democratic city event begins with a five-day Democracy Lab  <http://nesta.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=ea724de87b&e=0b7a2c3b4a>offering a wide range of hands-on trainings, workshops, hackathons and a two-day unconference with presentations selected via Open Call.

D-CENT project <http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=7ce249237d&e=0b7a2c3b4a> will host several sessions showcasing open source and privacy-aware Digital Democracy tools <http://nesta.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=8864bca557&e=0b7a2c3b4a> that have been piloted and tested across Europe with political parties. The two-day unconference will provide an open space for initiatives developing privacy-aware, open source, and distributed technologies to showcase their work, share demos, debate and plan future development.

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International Conference 27–28 May
Technologies of the Democratic City
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D-CENT <http://nesta.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=01ef601fa6&e=0b7a2c3b4a> is the biggest European project on direct democracy and citizen engagement. The International Conference <http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=3308bf46de&e=0b7a2c3b4a> in Madrid, organised as part of the Democratic Cities – Commons technology and the right to a democratic city event taking place from the 23–28 May, will conclude the week’s activities, and showcase the results of the D-CENT project.

The conference <http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=66b194573d&e=0b7a2c3b4a> is a unique chance to hear a wide range of thought leaders, policy-makers, urban planners, philosophers, activists and academics discussing the future of citizen led movements and democratic technology. View the full programme <http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=abc60de100&e=0b7a2c3b4a> and register <http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=01fb806c66&e=0b7a2c3b4a>!

Speakers include:
Julian Assange, Wikileaks  |  Francesca Bria, D-CENT | Fabrizio Sestini, European Commission |  Raquel Rolnik, University of São Paulo  |  Manuela Carmena, Mayor of Madrid  |  Paul Mason, The Guardian  |  Evgeny Morozov, author and editorialist  | Francesco “Bifo” Berardi, writer and philosopher  |  Carlos Prieto del Campo, Museo Reina Sofia  |  Renata Avila, Web We Want Foundation  |  Pablo Soto, Madrid City Council  |  Sergio Amadeu de Silveira, Professor, Federal University of ABC  I   Adam Greenfield, writer and urbanist I  and many more...

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