Wednesday – 18th July 2018

16:30 Arrival
– &
18:30 Registration

Opening Keynote – “Why We Are Here”

18:30
Dr. Roslyn Fuller
Solonian Democracy Institute

Opening Panel – “Democracy in 2030”

19:00 Eleonora Evi, 5-Star-Movement, Italy

Scott Santens, Universal Basic Income, United States
Richard Barbrook, UK Labour Party

20:00
– Networking – Cash Bar
21:00

Martello Suite Hamilton Room Dillon Room

Keynotes & Workshops & Workshops &

Panels Snapshots Snapshots
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“The End of Democracy (and why it’s a good thing)”
Lionel Ploum Dricot
“From Zero to Hero: How to get from zero to 14 Million Votes with Direct
09:30

Democracy and no Money”

Eleonora Evi, 5-Star-Movement, Italy

Coffee Break Film: EcoDemocracy in Colombia

Snapshots – Digital Democracy Snapshots – Citizen Assemblies

Costa Vayenas – “Blockchain and the Paul Braithwaite - “Aye, but it won’t
11:00

11:00
Changing Nature of the State” work here: Citizens Assemblies and
Northern Ireland”
Sholi Loewenthal – TBA
Roslyn Fuller – “Introduction to George Naskaris – “Democracy Beyond
Ethelo Decisions” Political Party Cliques”

Lunch Break

Panel – Digital Democracy

13:00

Mairin Murray, Tech for Good

Ivan Cătălin, MEP, Romania
Costa Vayenas, Procivis AG
14:00

Interactive Workshop – The Road to Democracy

Coffee Break Film: Voting with Flux in Australia

Workshop Workshop
“Exploring Digital Democracy with
15:30
15:30

ECAS: Taking Decisions WITH citizens

“Making online decisions with MiVote”
and not FOR them!”
Elisa Lironi, European Citizen Action
Jon Barnes, MiVote
Service
16:30

“Labour UK Does Digital Democracy”

Richard Barbrook, UK Labour
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Friday – 20th July 2018
TBA
David Graeber, London School of Economics
09:30

“Universal Basic Income and Democracy”

Scott Santens

Coffee Break Film: Voting with Flux in Australia

Workshop Workshop

11:00
11:00

“Public Participation Networks in

Ireland” “OpIn and Online Decision Making”
Jamie Moore, Fingal Public Kerstin Franzl, Nexus Institute
Participation Network (PPN)

Lunch Break

Snapshots – Snapshots – Community

Participatory Budgeting Senan Cooke – “Building Social and Economic
13:00

13:00

Cohesion in the Community”

Denise Magill – “PB at Triangle Klina Jordan – “Proportional Representation:
Housing Association” The Keystone for Real Democracy”
Una Murphy – “Promoting Quality Journalism
Guss O’Connell – “PB in South on Social Affairs and Helping to Address the
Dublin: One Year On” Democratic Deficit”
14:00

Interactive Workshop – Accelerating Democracy

Coffee Break Film: EcoDemocracy in Colombia

15:30

“The Spanish Electoral System as a Lock on Constitutional Reforms”

Txema Guijarro García, Podemos

Panel & Film Screening – “When Citizens Assemble”

16:30

Intro: Patrick Chalmers, AllHandsOnDoc

Louise Caldwell, Participant, Citizen Assembly on the 8th Amendment
Ailbhe Smyth, Co-Director, Together for Yes Campaign
Paul Stokes, Lecturer, University College Dublin