TICTeC: Call for Papers and Keynote Speakers Announced

[Gemma Moulder]

**Apologies for cross-posting**

Hello all,

Further to my below email, we are thrilled to announce our TICTeC 2018 keynotes speakers: Baroness Martha Lane Fox CBE and Professor Jonathan Fox. You can read more about them in our announcement. 

Our Call for Papers is also still open, just for a couple of more weeks until 2nd February. So if you have interesting insights or research into the impacts of civic technologies to share, then please do submit a proposal. 

Early bird tickets are available until 9th March. 

As a reminder, TICTeC - or The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference - is mySociety's annual research conference that promotes and shares rigorous and meaningful research into online technologies and digital democracy around the world. It’s a safe place to examine what works, what doesn’t, and how best to measure that. 

Do consider joining us in Lisbon on 18 and 19 April!

All the best,

Gemma. 

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Date: 6 November 2017 at 17:34
Subject: Call for Papers: The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC 2018)
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**Apologies for cross-posting**

Dear all,

mySociety will be hosting the 4th edition of The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC) in Lisbon on 18th and 19th April 2018. 

TICTeC is the world’s only conference dedicated to exploring the impact that civic technologies and digital democracy are having upon citizens and governments around the globe.

The primary goal of the conference is to promote and share rigorous and meaningful research into online technologies and digital democracy around the world. It’s a safe place to examine what works, what doesn’t, and how best to measure that. 

Call for Papers now open

If you are carrying out, or have completed, research on this theme, and would like to present your work, then please do submit an abstract / proposal.

We also welcome proposals for individuals to lead workshops or give presentations relating to the conference theme.

We invite individuals to submit abstracts or workshop / presentation proposals of no more than 300 words by 16th February 2017.

Register

For the last two years TICTeC has sold out – so make sure you get tickets early. Early bird tickets provide a 50% discount, so it’s well worth registering before they run out!

Sponsor

If you’d like to support TICTeC to bring together the world’s best Civic Technology researchers and practitioners, there are many different sponsorship opportunities available. Please visit our sponsorship page for more details, or contact me for more information.

We hope to see you in Lisbon for another fantastic TICTeC event. 

All the best,

Gemma.

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Gemma Moulder (née Humphrys)

Events Manager / Alaveteli Partnerships Manager 

mySociety | mysociety.org

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Gemma Moulder (née Humphrys)

Events Manager / Alaveteli Partnerships Manager 

mySociety | mysociety.org

[Blair Glencorse]

Thanks Gemma! How is everything?! Are you still accepting ideas for sessions for TICTeC? We're focusing on technology for accountability in Pakistan through our incubator this year and there are some really interesting ideas developing...that's one idea! The other is a kind of "Post MAVC: what's next?" type discussion- are we really learning the right lessons around civic tech on the ground...?

Some more ideas too!

Best,

Blair 

Blair Glencorse

Support the Accountability Lab!

@blairglencorse

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[Steven Clift]

You should definitely beg :-) Robert Bjarnason with Citizens.is to present his case study on their use of *paid* Facebook and Google advertising to reach just about *every* adult in Iceland.

Real comparative data on what worked at what price.

As Robert says, "There is a 100% chance people won't participate if they don't know about your opportunity."

Folks can request the case study from this form:

http://po.st/CFrequestinfo

FYI - Citizens.is and E-Democracy.org are collaborating to help our civic tech, government, and NGO friends with a mix of paid and grassroots outreach strategies under the working name "Civic Reach." 

At E-Democracy we've had some very local projects reach up to 40% of households with daily online engagement, while in Reykjavik they've crossed over the double digit mark with secure final voting turn-out percentages for participatory budgeting citywide. 

In a few months, E-Democracy will have data on Facebook advertising for our new Downtown Saint Paul Facebook Group (thank you Knight Foundation for supporting our pilot) - how can we recruit up to 10,000 members that reflect the racial, ethnic, age, and social economic diversity of those who work downtown Saint Paul rather than settle for those who easily show up??

Need help bringing new users to your civic tech or tech for good service? If you smartly budgeted for outreach - be that paid advertising or staff time dedicated to active outreach - but want to do it more effectively, Robert and I can help you with strategy and measurement. Contact us: civic...@e-democracy.org

Thanks,

Steven Clift

E-Democracy.org

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