9 & 10 oktober 2025
The Hague - NL
9 & 10 oktober 2025
The Hague - NL
Digital Democracy The Hague will bring together 350 practitioners and experts for two days to expand knowledge, build bridges, and create connections. We explore how digital tools can contribute to inclusive and meaningful participation from both government and citizens.
RegisterProvincial Executive, provincie Zuid-Holland
Voorzitter Nationaal Burgerberaad Klimaat
Waag Futurelab
CEO & Founder, Pol.is
Universitair hoofddocent Universiteit Antwerpen, oprichter van “De Oorzaak”
Participatie expert Provincie Zuid-Holland
Community organizer
Chief Data Officer Scottish Government
Oprichter Post X Society
Cluster Lead ‘Innovation in Public Service’ OECD
Oprichter Draad
Smart Citizens Lab Lead, Waag Futurelab
Expert on Democracy Innovations & Civic Tech, Sitra
Co-Founder en CEO Agora Citizen Network
directeur GovTechNL
Digital Child Rights
DEMDIS foundation
Populytics
Shared Future
Gemeente Assen
Université Paris-1
London School of Economics
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Université Toulouse Capitole
University of Toulouse
University of Turku
Haagse Hogeschool
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
The programme for the two conference days is currently being developed. There will be multiple tracks in both English and Dutch. The programme will consist of keynotes, panels, academic talks, workshops and case studies. Come back soon for more updates.
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Welcome by Provincial Executive Mariette van Leeuwen
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Dutch Knowledge Hub Participation, “limits to digital democracy”
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European Digital Democracy Network: Contemporary Research (1)
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Citizen Science by Waag Futurelab
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Celine Sutorius - Citizen Assembly in South Holland
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Opening keynote Nienke Meijer "National Citizen Assembly Climate"
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Dutch Knowledge Hub Participation, “Innovating the participation landscape”
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ERC Project ADDI: Advancing Digital Democracy Innovation
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Implementing Open Stad by Draad
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Anne de Zeeuw - Drents Parliament
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Cedric Vuye "Citizen Science De Oorzaak"
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Association of Dutch municipalities
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AI4Deliberation: Artificial Intelligence for Democratic Deliberations
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Data and legitimacy by Motivaction
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Andy Paice - New Citizen Project UK
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Marleen Stikker "Taking back control of the internet"
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OECD, “Growing Emerging Technologies”
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European Digital Democracy Network: Contemporary Research (part 2)
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Designing participation by Dutch Knowledge Hub Participation
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Gert Stam - Municipality of Assen district approach
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Pieter van Boheemen "Democracy Monitor”
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BETTI consortium "Responsible AI"
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Horizon Europe Project PERYCLES: Participatory Democracy that Scales
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Reinout Meeuwissen - Praatmeemetdeoverheid.nl
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Tom Wilkinson "The role of data in democracy"
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Commons Network “Citizen initiatives”
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Innovade Project: Innovative Democracy Through Digitalization
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Sanna Kaisa Saloranta - Finnish Polis experiments
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Colin Megil “Computational Democracy Project / Pol.is”
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Michal Horsky - DEMDIS Slovakia
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Shannon Spruit “Combining on- and offline democratic methods”
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Yuting Jiang - Agora Citizen France
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Hendrik Nahr “European perspective on digital democracy”
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Peter Joziasse - Digital Child Rights
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Lilian de Jong “Making contact in the digital space”
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Sanna-Kaisa Saloranta, Finnish case studies
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Bo Aarsbergen, managing waiting times in social medical evaluations
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Edgar Bon, Child Center in Vught residential area – no shine without friction
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Bert Tielemans, Capelle is building the city
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Linda Westerkamp, Govey, your new AI participation colleague
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Rigt Kalsbeek, the mienskip speaks: digital participation for the Frisian language and culture
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Simone Jansen, Cell Tower Value: Resident participation in mobile accessibility
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Throughout the conference, there will be an academic track organized by Frederik Van De Putte (Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Davide Grossi (University of Groningen, University of Amsterdam) in the framework of the European Digital DemocracY network (EDDY). EDDY brings together academics with practitioners to collaborate on the topic of digital democracy.
Digital Democracy The Hague thus offers space for academic contributions (e.g. in computer science, political science, philosophy, communication science) on the topic of digital democracy. The academic track will feature talks by individual researchers and project leaders of large (European) research projects. More info about the sessions will be provided soon on this page.
For more information, please contact the organization via digitaalzuidholland@pzh.nl.
The conference will take place at the Provincial hall, The Hague.
Provinciehuis Zuid-Holland
Zuid-Hollandplein 1
2596 AW The Hague
The Netherlands
MADE POSSIBLE BY
This conference is part of the Polis NL project of the provinces of South Holland and Groningen, funded by the Innovation Budget of the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.