The Open Call is here! Would you like to propose a session for the Community Day at the next edition of Decidim Fest 2025?
Get involved :)
In this next edition of Decidim FEST 2025, we will be organizing, one year more, the Community Day, a day dedicated to our beloved Metadecidim community. During the day, sessions proposed by participants submitted to the Open Call will be organized. These can be workshops or lighting talks on topics of interest related to design, development, or new proposals to consider for improving the platform.
✨ We invite the community to propose workshops and lightning talks for Thursday, 6th November. This year, we will feature two formats:
Workshop: Practical and participatory sessions aimed at sharing practices and knowledge (90 minutes).
Lightning talk: Focused presentations on specific topics, with various speakers in a single session (10 minutes).
This year, we want to give more prominence to lightning talks and reduce the number of workshops. The aim is to enable more people to participate. Submit your proposals here, and a curator committee will select around 8 to 10 to fill the schedule.
Categories:
Devs & design: Developments or customizations of Decidim, including integration with AI or other technologies, usability issues, and participant experience in Decidim.
Research & data: Studies of citizen participation, the use of free libre open source technologies for democracy.
Participation & methodology: Present how your city or organization is using Decidim and any innovative practices using Decidim.
DPGs & Digital Public Infrastructures: This can be research on the adoption of DPGs by governments, how a DPG is managing their governance or any topic related to the DPG ecosystem.
Other
How will this process work?
Proposals submission (10/06 - 11/07)
Review process (14/07 - 18/07)
Publication of results (24/07)
Management and finalization with workshop participants (september-october)
Criteria for selection:
Proposals will be selected by a curator committee.
Follow the template provided when creating a new proposal.
Proposals must fall within the defined categories and revolve around Decidim or be related to the project.
Proposals must be feasible with the available infrastructure and materials at the venue.
The Decidim Fest team reserves the right to discard any workshop due to logistical difficulties. The organization will provide spaces equipped for the workshops (wi-fi, chairs, tables, and screen/projector). Sorry we can not pay for flights and accommodation.
If you have any questions, email fest@decidim.org