09:00

Welcome Desk and Morning Coffee

10:00

Opening Ceremony - Plenary Room

11:00

Opening Discussion - Plenary Room

Democratic Resilience and Renewal: Reimagining Participation from Local Communities to Global Governance 

12:30

Conference Photo and Lunch Break – Foyer

13:30

Panel 1 - Plenary Room

Turning Rights into Action: Local Pathways to Democratic Renewal

Panel 2 - Session Room A

From Participation to Influence: Community Empowerment, Democratic Innovation, and Resilient Governance

Panel 3 - Session Room B

Participatory Budgeting in Practice: Achievements, Challenges, and Innovations

Project Showcase 1 – Workshop Room

A Little Deliberative Hope in Governance

14:00

Workshop 1 – Workshop Room

Roots of Renewal. Democratic Fabrics as Everyday Infrastructures for Systemic Transitions

15:00

Coffee Break – Foyer

15:30

Panel 4 (in Polish) - Session Room A 

Czego świat może nauczyć się od polskich miast? Budżet obywatelski - 15 lat doświadczeń angażowania mieszkańców

Panel 5 - Session Room A

Are deliberative tools still really innovations in democracy? A reflection on the trajectories of democratic mechanisms

Panel 6 - Session Room B

From Constitutional Promises to Democratic Practice

Project Showcase 2 (in Spanish) – Workshop Room

Gestión Cívica En Barcelona: Colaboración Público-Comunitaria Para Fortalecer La Participación Ciudadana Local

16:00

Workshop 2 – Workshop Room

Inclusive by Design: Addressing Unmet Needs and Unheard Emotions in Participatory Democracy

17:00

Social event – networking

“Dialogue in a Frame” Student Photography Contest Gala

09:00

Morning Refreshment Coffee

09:30

Plenary Discussion - Plenary Room

Local Governments in The Spotlight of Citizen Participation

11:00

Coffee Break – Foyer

11:30

Panel 7 – Plenary Room

Investing Heavily in New Generations and their Civism. A Mapping Exercise of Courageous Experiences Worldwide

Panel 8 – Session Room A

Transforming Civic Engagement: Tailoring Digital Tools for Diverse Contexts

Panel 9 – Session Room B

Democratic Innovation and Civic Participation in Contexts of Crisis, Conflict, and Historical Exclusion

Project Showcase 3 – Workshop Room

Strengthening Democracy Through Citizen Participation: The European Capital of Democracy (TBA)

12:00

Workshop 3 – Workshop Room

Co-creating Youth-Inclusive and Gender-Equal Participation in Local Democracy

13:00

Lunch Break – Foyer

14:00

Panel 10 – Plenary Room

Making Democracy Irresistible: Creative Approaches to Combating Democratic Backsliding

Panel 11 – Session Room A

Public Participation in the Digital Age: From Enabler to Intruder?

Panel 12 – Session Room B

Local Participatory Democracy Under Occupation, Exile, and Shrinking Civic Space in the Eastern Neighbourhood

Project Showcase 4 – Workshop Room

Co-designing Westminster’s Community Hubs: Deepening Democracy through Inclusive Local Governance

14:30

Workshop 4 – Workshop Room

Defining a Well-Informed and Effective Participation Agenda

15:30

Foyer – Coffee break

16:00

Panel 13 – Plenary Room

This panel is organised by the National Freedom Institute – Centre for Civil Society Development (TBA)

Panel 14 – Session Room A

Local AI for Local Authorities

Panel 15 – Session Room B

Monitoring Rights, Building Trust: Co-Creating a Standardised Human Rights Monitoring System with EU Cities

Project Showcase 5 – Workshop Room

Reversing The Gaze on Scaling Democratic Innovations: What Can We Learn from Beyond Europe?

16:30

Workshop 5 – Workshop Room

From Protest to Participation: Simulating Citizen-Based Monitoring for Democratic Accountability

17:30

Ceremony of OIDP “Best Practice in Citizen Participation” Award

09:00

Morning Refreshment Coffee

09:30

Panel 16 - Plenary Room

Schools for Democracy: Participatory Democracy and Civic Education in School Settings

Panel 17 (in Polish) - Session Room A

Obserwatorium Dialogu Obywatelskiego jako laboratorium demokracji partycypacyjnej w Krakowie - dekada badań i wdrożeń

Panel 18 – Session Room B

(TBA)

Project Showcase 6 – Workshop Room

Co-designing a Digital Platform for Youth Inclusive Urban Governance in Indonesia and Lebanon

Workshop 6 – Workshop Room

Legislative Theatre Workshop

10:00

11:00

Coffee Break – Foyer

11:30

Panel 19 (in Polish) - Plenary Room

Miasto relacji: miejsca wspólne jako sposób na włączanie niezaangażowanych mieszkańców

Panel 20 - Session Room A

(TBA)

Panel 21 - Session Room B

(TBA)

Project Showcase 7 – Workshop Room

Press Play on Participation: Scaling People-Powered Change Across Greater Manchester

12:00

Workshop 7 – Workshop Room

Planning Participatory Processes: the Case of the Multi-Level Co-Creation of the City Of São Paulo’s 4th Open Government Action Plan

13:00

Lunch Break – Foyer

14:00

OIDP General Assembly - Plenary Room

Workshop 8 (in Polish) – Workshop Room

Kogo losujemy do panelu obywatelskiego? Projektowanie kryteriów doboru uczestników w procesach deliberatywnych

15:00

Workshop 9 – Workshop Room

Fostering Skills in Democratic Deliberation Through Live-Action Role-Playing Games (Larp)

16:00

Coffee Break – Foyer

16:30

Closing Ceremony - Plenary Room