DECODE is hosting a Symposium next week in Barcelona – 16th and 17th October. The event will address the problem of surveillance capitalism and ask how we can reclaim digital sovereignty for citizens. The DECODE Symposium will seek to articulate a strategic vision of how digital technologies can facilitate the transition from today’s digital economy of surveillance capitalism and data[...]

A festival of DIY community WiFi networking events is being planned to take place in Edinburgh, UK this autumn. Key events, including a symposium and hands-on workshops will take place around the 16th to 18th October. Further events, organised with the unMonastery partners will also take place around the city. More details will be produced when they are available, so[...]

Do we breathe toxic air? Will we see one day car-free streets? What do scientists say: are there solutions? What has changed after three years of dieselgate? What steps are been taken the Governments of Madrid and Valencia and Barcelona? What are the demands of the social movements? Why it is so difficult to take-off the bike?. On these and[...]

We will be at the Social Innovation Village at the Web Summit 2018, representing the whole CAPS community. We are delighted to share our projects’ achievements and the DSI Manifesto with the Web Summit participants. It is an exciting opportunity to share ideas, experiences and fall-backs with other digital social innovators from Europe and beyond. We believe the Social Good[...]

ChiC will be represented at the RTO Innovation Summit, taking place in Brussels, next 6-7 of November. The RTO Innovation Summit is organised by Fraunhofer together with nine other European Research and Technology Organisations (RTO). The summit will explore different thematic areas and will provide suggestions for the next European Research Framewrok programme. A ChiC representative will participate and facilitate[...]

CHIC will be presented at the IGF Forum in Paris during the workshop on Community Networks. CHIC will focus to the on-going work at the results of CAPS/DSI activities and how they contribute to Community Networks sustainability. The presentation will focus on future steps, actions and policy recommendations needed to be addressed within the coming years towards the scaling up[...]

You will be joined by more than 200 leading cross sector thinkers and practitioners in the CaixaForum, Seville. Together, we will celebrate the achievements of the past decade, imagine the way a new future for a socially innovative Europe, and develop practical ways to achieve this new future together. Addressing key questions for the future including: What does it take[...]

ICT 2018 will take place in Vienna on 4-6 December 2018. This research and innovation event will focus on the European Union’s priorities in the digital transformation of society and industry. It will present an opportunity for the people involved in this transformation to share their experience and vision of Europe in the digital age. Join us at ICT 2018[...]