Join us September 18-22 for the annual gathering of leaders and organizations working to strengthen deliberative democracy around the world. The annual Democracy R&D conference is the leading international event for people who fund, run, commission, study and advocate for Citizens’ Assemblies.
Two jam-packed days of talks, panels and workshops begin on Vancouver’s historic and vibrant Granville Island. Meet leaders in the field and celebrate the achievements of the past year while looking ahead to the future of Citizens’ Assemblies and a more deliberative democracy.
Learn and explore more than 20 different plenary sessions and workshops and visit many more openspace sessions
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A global round-up of assemblies from the past year and for the year ahead
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Deliberative democracy and inequality
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Deliberation in schools and universities
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Convincing policy-makers and politicians to commission deliberative processes
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Multilingual Citizens’ Assemblies
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Regulating technologies with Citizens’ Assemblies
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New approaches to civic lotteries
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Learning from traditional approaches to Indigenous governance
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Delivering quality: Standards and evaluation Citizens’ Assemblies
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Developing effective communication strategies
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Staging successful national assemblies
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Municipal assemblies and urban planning
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Integrating Multi-Species Perspectives in Democracies
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Assembly Basics
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Climate Deliberation in the Global South
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Citizens’ Assemblies on hate speech, freedom of speech and disinformation
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Institutionalizing Citizens’ Assemblies
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Sortition Beyond Assemblies
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How to build a robust learning agenda for Citizens’ Assemblies
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Connecting the mini-public to the maxi-public
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Public Budgeting and Strategic Deliberation
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Governance Unveiled: Exploring the Mechanics of Citizens’ Assemblies
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Sequential Deliberation: Innovating Citizens’ Assemblies
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Balancing Autonomy with Impact – the Role of the facilitator
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And more!