Our goal is to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology, democracy and policy, with a particular focus on:
• Concentrations of power: the interaction of tech platforms, governments and the media and the future of the public sphere;
• Geopolitics of technology: how nation states approach technology in the pursuit of advantage;
• Technology and the economy: the relationship between markets, business, and labor;
• Racism, bigotry, violence & oppression: how tech exacerbates or solves such challenges;
• Ethics of Technology: how technology should be viewed alongside existing democratic ethos, especially with regard to privacy, surveillance and personal freedoms;
• Election integrity & participation: mechanisms of democracy, problems such as disinformation and how citizens come to consensus.