Session 1: Renewing Trust through Digital Democracy

Lightning talks & panel discussion (12:00 - 1:40 PM EEST)

Confirmed speakers include:

• E. Glen Weyl on the urgent need for radical democratic innovation for a pluralistic, positive future.

• Oleksii Zhmerenetskyi, People’s Deputy of Ukraine, member of Parliament and founder of the Strategic Foresight parliamentary caucus, on exploring the future of digital democracy in Ukraine.

• Oleksandra Radchenko, Coordinator of the E-Democracy in E-Governance for Accountability and Participation Program (EGAP), East Europe Foundation, on how transparent online public services increase trust and reduce corruption in Ukraine.

• Shu Yang Lin and Paula Berman on how Taiwan’s Participation Officer Networks can fill in the missing half of open government.

• More speakers to be announced

Session 2: Making Democracy More Resilient in Crisis

Lightning talks & collaborative workshops (1:45 - 3:00 PM EEST)

• Learning from Taiwan

  • Audrey Tang on supporting communities to innovate during disruptive and transformative moments.

  • mashbean on moving from digital assembly to digital association.

  • Billion Lee, co-founder of co-facts, on managing the threats of mis- and dis-information with tools for decentralized sense-making.

• Jess Scully (RadicalxChange) on the Resilient Democracy Toolkit

• Participants will be invited to join one of three facilitated Breakout Sessions to discuss the key issues and considerations, and to crowdsource input on three parts of the toolkit:

  • Gather: Building trust and expanding reach while protecting participants in high-risk contexts

  • Decide: Moving from dialogue to decision through effective deliberation and consensus-building

  • Act: Resourcing and implementing change with transparency and accountability

• Audrey Tang

• E. Glen Weyl

• Oleksii Zhmerenetskyi

• Oleksandra Radchenko

• Billion Lee

• mashbean

• Shu Yang Lin

• Paula Berman

• More speakers to be announced, sign up and stay tuned!

This event is designed for:

• Democratic innovators and civic technology practitioners across the globe

• Government officials, participation officers and public servants interested in embedding innovative practices within government agencies and institutions

• Civil society leaders working in contexts of crisis, conflict, or democratic erosion

• Researchers and experts in identity and security, deliberation platforms, treasury management, and democratic resilience

• Anyone committed to bridging the gap between democratic ideals and democratic reality

Date: November 14, 2025

Time: This is a global event spanning multiple timezones:

• Sydney (AEDT): 9:00 PM - 12:00 AM

• Tokyo (JST): 7:00 - 10:00 PM

• Taipei (CST): 6:00 - 9:00 PM

• Kyiv (EET): 12:00 - 3:00 PM

• Berlin (CET): 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

• Edinburgh (GMT): 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

• Brasília/Buenos Aires (UTC-3): 7:00 - 10:00 AM

• NYC/D.C. (EST): 5:00 - 8:00 AM

• Bay Area (PST): 2:00 - 5:00 AM

Format: Virtual event with interactive breakout sessions

RadicalxChange Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to democratic innovation and institutional design through operational partnerships and experimental projects between academia, government, art, technology, and beyond.

Web3 Institute (Ukraine) is dedicated to advancing decentralized technologies and democratic innovation in Ukraine and beyond.