(May 14-15) Call for Participation: g0v Summit 2016 in Taipei

[Chia-liang Kao]

(Apologies for cross posting)

Fellow civic hackers,

TLDR: May 14-15, Taipei. 50 Speakers from 16 Countries.  Conf + Unconf. Keynote Speakers: Felipe Heusser, Clay Shirky.

Registration is open until April 15: http://summit.g0v.tw/2016/

Fork and Merge

"Openness", "Transparency" and "Participation" have become popular keywords.  The global civic tech communities are experimenting with mass participation, new media forms and making better use of data, which is essentially "forking" the government like an open source movement.  We would like to see how these processes and practices can be sustainably "merged" into daily governance, as well as having interdisciplinary conversation about these changes and impacts.

You are invited to join one of the most vibrant civic hacking community for a 2-day conference + unconference May 14-15 in Taipei, Taiwan.  Please find the full program in the link above.

Best,
clkao

About g0v summit 2016

Returning for a second year after 2014, the g0v Summit 2016 will again invite the global civic tech community to share their experiences for collaboration between public servants, technologists, and NGO workers. 

g0v summit 2016 is set to be held on May 14-15, 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan. 750 participants are expected to attend the conference. Open Government, Open Data, and civic tech engagement in civil movements are expected to be covered in the programmes.

About g0v.tw

g0v.tw is a civic tech community in Taiwan since 2012 with deep open-source roots. With 1,000+ contributors through 40+ hackathons, it is recognized as one of the largest group in the global civic tech community. The community focuses on building tools for better information disclosure, engagement, and online democracy, advocating government transparency through the power of information technology.

Through the years, the g0v community stimulated the progress of open government, open data, civic participation, and new media in Taiwan. Today the open community is still one of the main driving force for grass root civic movements, through interdisciplinary collaboration.