**Sorry for the cross posting!**
    
    Hello everyone, 
    
    We at 
mySociety think its important
    to conduct research into our services and activities to find out if
    and how we are really making a difference in the world. 
    
    We also want to know how other groups are doing, and how they are
    having an impact on the field of civic technology.
    
    In pursuing this goal, we are pleased to announce the launch of 
TICTeC2015
    which will take place in central London on 25th March 2015. 
    
    This is the first in an annual series of conferences, in which we’ll
    focus on the impact that civic technology and digital democracy are
    having upon citizens, decision makers and governments around the
    world.
    
    We're really pleased to be joined by keynote speakers 
Ethan
      Zuckerman and 
Dr. Shelley Boulianne. 
    
    We're calling for session proposals at the moment relating to the
    conference theme, you can find out more about applying to present a
    session here:  
www.mysociety.org/tictec
    
    There are also a small number of travel grants available for the
    trip to London, so do get in touch. 
    
    Hope to see some of you there!
    
    All the best,
    
    Gemma.