Dear Colleagues, IFDaD is an international forum on Digital and Democracy (ifdad.org) that will be held at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice + Fondazione Giorgio Cini on December 10-11, 2020, Venice. The forum aims to be a meeting place between politics and academics being aware that laws, institutions and organizations with secular foundations, with their times and human scale are not compatible with the scale and speed of the immaterial world exploited for political purposes. Submissions will undergo a single blind peer review and the selected proceedings will be published by CEUR in the CEUR-WS.org: AI*IA Series. CEUR is a free open-access publication service of Sun SITE Central Europe. BioLaw Journal may consider conference papers in the area of law, artificial intelligence, life sciences and bioethics for publication but selected papers need to be extended and adapted according to the journal’s requirements. Jeffrey Sachs, Gianluca Misuraca, Romano Prodi and Dave Eggers are among the key speakers. Registration to the conference is free of charge until sold out. Travel grants with limited funding are available applying at info@ifdad.org with a cv and a motivation letter In the case of restrictions on mass gatherings and large events or on travels, e.g. due to Covid-19, IFDaD 2020 will be held online. Below you will find the important dates and the titles of the tracks. IMPORTANT DATES July 31st 2020 Submission deadline October 10th 2020 Communication of the Accepted Paper November 10th 2020 Camera-ready deadline The call for paper and further information at this link https://www.ifdad.org /---------------------------------------------------------------/ CONFERENCE TRACKS TRACK 1 | Democracy and political decision Analysis from an individual standpoint: develop effective, accountable and transparent Institutions. The role of technology in pursuing such aims. Computer aided policy making, civic artificial intelligence. How artificial intelligence could assist citizens in activating their rights, including information and participation rights. The changing role of institutions based on inclusive voting. How e-voting can help the formulation of parliamentary and assembly proceedings (e.g. critical situation like COVID-19). Balance between representative system and direct or deliberative participation. TRACK 2 Social involvement and participation Analysis from a society standpoint: ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels. How people are engaged and eventually become part of the organization. How people are educated and informed; how the public opinion is formed and can be oriented; how media and platforms should work to promote democracy and human rights (top down flows). Citizen inclusion and digital divide: gender, age, education. TRACK 3 Participation and functioning of parties Analysis from a body standpoint: broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance. How people opinion is collected, structured and analyzed; how people self-organize to form political entities; the role of participatory budgeting, e-Consultation, e-Polling, and e-Legislation [citizen assemblies, popular initiatives, petitions (bottom up flows)]. Parties’ internal operation: frameworks for a political ERP system. TRACK 4 Information access and integrity Analysis from a institution standpoint: ensure public access to sound information and protect fundamental freedoms in accordance with national legislation and international agreements. How people are informed about the work of organizations (including PA). Methods to finance political parties and campaigns; methods for countering corruption; how to address the self-propagation issue in the political class (i.e. people getting in power and then doing whatever it takes to stay there and/or get a private financial gain). Big data, fake news and democracy manipulation: after Cambridge Analytica. The scientific committee and the organizing committee are looking forward to meeting you in Venice! https://ifdad.org