<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><br class=""><u class=""></u><div marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); width: 100% !important;" class=""><center class=""><font color="#888888" class=""></font><font color="#888888" class=""></font><font color="#888888" class=""></font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: 100% !important; width: 100% !important;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="padding: 13px 0px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; line-height: 22px;" class=""><a href="http://www.nesta.org.uk" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);" class=""><img src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/653153ae841fd11de66ad181a/images/transparent.gif" alt="" border="0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 10px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" class=""></a></div></td><td valign="top" width="300" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" class="">Update: 19th May 2016</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d/images/ad3e61ba-b663-4182-a75e-81ef472d40d5.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; max-width: 800px; border: 0px; line-height: 12px; outline: none;" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table><font color="#888888" class=""></font><font color="#888888" class=""></font><font color="#888888" class=""></font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="30" style="line-height: 30px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.5px;" class=""></h3><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="10" style="line-height: 10px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="width: 460px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class=""><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class="">Democracy Lab: </strong>23–27 May 2016, Medialab-Prado Madrid <br class=""><strong class="">D-CENT International Conference: </strong>27-28 May 2016, Museo Reina Sofia Madrid</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""></div></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="10" style="line-height: 10px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="width: 460px; margin-top: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 20px;" class=""><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><em class="">The Democratic Cities – Commons technology and the right to a democratic city</em> event is fast approaching. The event will take place from the <strong class="">23–28 May in Madrid, Spain</strong>. You still have time to <a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=1ab7314893&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">register!</a><br class=""><br class="">The event will be a unique opportunity to discuss <strong class="">network democracy</strong>, <strong class="">new forms of citizen participation</strong>,<strong class=""> digital tools for democratic participation</strong> and <strong class="">urban commons</strong> for democratic cities. We expect +400 academic, activists, politicians and hackers to participate.<br class=""><br class="">Read our updates, get inspired and<a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=13d7137599&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class=""> </a>join us. The full programme and speakers introductions are available at <a href="http://Democratic-cities.cc" class="">Democratic-cities.cc</a></span><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">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.<br class=""><br class="">Follow us: <a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=5773526d74&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class=""><strong class="">#DCENTMadrid</strong></a> <a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=c7d6b8f6b0&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class=""><strong class="">#DemocraticCities</strong></a><br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=58d2be4ef0&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">>> Register</a> <a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=897a7b08ba&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class=""> </a><a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=60fb0e7e08&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">>> Our Blog </a> <a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=235e6df5df&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">>> Meet the speakers</a> </span><a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=28c5199334&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">>> En Español</span></a><br class=""><br class="">*****<br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class="">Democracy Lab 23–27 May</strong><br class="">Explore tools, processes and strategies for democratic participation<br class=""><a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=9888515070&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">Full Programme</a> | <a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=e4013973b1&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">Read More</a> | <a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=ae155ab82b&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">Register Now</a><br class=""><br class="">The <em class="">Democratic Cities – Commons technology and the right to a democratic city</em> event begins with a five-day <a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=ea724de87b&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">Democracy Lab </a>offering a wide range of <strong class="">hands-on trainings</strong>,<strong class=""> workshops</strong>,<strong class=""> hackathons</strong> and a <strong class="">two-day unconference</strong> with presentations selected via Open Call. <br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=7ce249237d&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">D-CENT project</a> will host several sessions showcasing open source and privacy-aware <a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=8864bca557&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">Digital Democracy tools</a> 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.<br class=""><br class="">*****<br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">International Conference 27–28 May</strong><br class="">Technologies of the Democratic City <br class=""><a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=f0841624db&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">Full Programme</a> | <a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=63ce3d0202&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">Read More</a> | <a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=a381fb4d43&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">Register Now</a><br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=01ef601fa6&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class=""><strong class="">D-CENT</strong></a> is the biggest European project on direct democracy and citizen engagement. The <a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=3308bf46de&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">International Conference</a> 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. <br class=""><br class="">The <a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=66b194573d&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">conference</a> is a unique chance to hear a wide range of thought <strong class="">leaders</strong>,<strong class=""> policy-makers</strong>, <strong class="">urban planners</strong>,<strong class=""> philosophers</strong>, <strong class="">activists and academics</strong> discussing the future of citizen led movements and democratic technology. View the <a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=abc60de100&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">full programme</a> and <a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=01fb806c66&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(1, 126, 132);" class="">register</a>!<br class=""><br class="">Speakers include:<br class=""><strong class="">Julian Assange</strong>, Wikileaks | <strong class="">Francesca Bria</strong>, D-CENT | <strong class="">Fabrizio Sestini</strong>, European Commission | <strong class="">Raquel Rolnik</strong>, University of São Paulo | <strong class=""> Manuela Carmena</strong>, Mayor of Madrid | <strong class="">Paul Mason</strong>, The Guardian | <strong class="">Evgeny Morozov</strong>, author and editorialist | <strong class="">Francesco “Bifo” Berardi</strong>, writer and philosopher | <strong class="">Carlos Prieto del Campo</strong>, Museo Reina Sofia | <strong class=""> Renata Avila</strong>, Web We Want Foundation | <strong class=""> Pablo Soto</strong>, Madrid City Council | <strong class=""> Sergio Amadeu de Silveira</strong>, Professor, Federal University of ABC I <strong class="">Adam Greenfield</strong>, writer and urbanist I and many more...<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://nesta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=110e8d2ab290d69703e25782d&id=728219ced1&e=0b7a2c3b4a" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; 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