09:00

Welcome Desk and Morning Coffee

10:00

Opening Ceremony - Plenary Room

The official opening, speeches by Conference’s Patrons and Partners.

11:00

Opening Discussion - Plenary Room

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

• Claudia Chwalisz (Democracy Next)
• Diana Dajer (Fundación Corona, OIDP)
• Dorothée Allain-Dupré (OECD)
• Jan Jakub Wygnański (Shipyard Foundation)
• Oleksandra Keudel (Kiev School of Economics)
• moderated by Paulina Pospieszna (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań)

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 - Room 4.A

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

Panel 3 - Room 4.B

Participatory Budgeting in Practice: Achievements, Challenges, and Innovations

Project Showcase 1 – Room 4.C

A Little Deliberative Hope in Governance

14:00

Workshop 1 – Room 4.C

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

15:00

Coffee Break – Foyer

15:30

Panel 4 - Plenary Room

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

Panel 5 (in Polish) - Room 4.A

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

Panel 6 - Room 4.B

From Constitutional Promises to Democratic Practice

Project Showcase 2 (in Spanish) – Room 4.C

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

16:00

Workshop 2 – Room 4.C

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 (in Polish) – Room 4.A

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

Panel 9 – Room 4.B

Transforming Civic Engagement: Tailoring Digital Tools for Diverse Contexts

Project Showcase 3 – Room 4.C

Strengthening Local Democracy: The European Capital of Democracy and the Congress of the Council of Europe

12:00

Workshop 3 – Room 4.C

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 – Room 4.A

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

Panel 12 – Room 4.B

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

Project Showcase 4 – Room 4.C

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

14:30

Workshop 4 – Room 4.C

Defining a Well-Informed and Effective Participation Agenda

15:30

Foyer – Coffee break

16:00

Panel 13 – Plenary Room

A panel organised by the National Freedom Institute – Centre for Civil Society Development

Panel 14 – Room 4.A

Local AI for Local Authorities

Panel 15 – Room 4.B

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

Project Showcase 5 – Room 4.C

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

16:30

Workshop 5 – Room 4.C

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) - Room 4.A

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

Project Showcase 6 - Room 4.B

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

Project Showcase 7 – Room 4.C

Participatory Democracy in Cities: Inclusion, Engagement, and Trust on both sides of the Atlantic

10:00

Workshop 6 – Room 4.B

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

Workshop 6 - Room 4.C

Legislative Theatre Workshop

11:00

Coffee Break – Foyer

11:30

Panel 18 (in Polish) - Plenary Room

Miasto relacji: miejsca wspólne jako sposób na włączanie niezaangażowanych mieszkańców

Panel 19 - Room 4.A

OIDP Best Practice in Citizen Participation Award Winners' Session

*The panelists will be announced during the OIDP “Best Practice in Citizen Participation” Award Ceremony

Panel 20 - Room 4.B

TBA

Project Showcase 8 – Room 4.C

TBA

12:00

Workshop 8 – Room 4.C

13:00

Lunch Break – Foyer

14:00

OIDP General Assembly - Plenary Room

Workshop 9 (in Polish) – Room 4.C

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

15:00

Workshop 10 – Room 4.C

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

16:00

Coffee Break – Foyer

16:30

Closing Ceremony - Plenary Room