[DATAGOV Core] [DATAGOV kick-off] preliminary programme

[Stefania Milan]

Dear colleagues,
we can’t wait to welcome you in Amsterdam for the kick-off event of the DATAGOV project, scheduled for March 26-27, 2026.
We are immensely grateful for your enthusiastic reply to our invitation, and we anticipate we will learn so much from each of you. In return we can promise—beyond the stimulating conversations in an awesome city—excellent company,  food and drinks, and

We have amassed a powerhouse of amazing colleagues, as follows (alphabetical order, per first name. Apologies for the potentially partial affiliations):

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Bidisha Chaudhuri (Amsterdam)
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Cecilia Passanti (Paris Cité)
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Fernando Filgueiras (Brazilian Ministry of Education)
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Jo Pierson (Hasselt)
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Louise Amoore (Durham)
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Marjolein Lanzig (Amsterdam)
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Mirca Madianou (Goldsmiths)
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Niels ten Oever (Amsterdam)
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Rob van Kranenburg (IEEE)
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Rocco Bellanova (VUB)

Unfortunately Mansi Kedia (World Bank) and Martin Tironi (Pontificia de Chile) had to cancel after initially confirming their participation due to competing institutional duties. This means that the arts programme initially planned for the evening of March 26 (also with the participation of our own Fieke Jansen) will be postponed to the spring. But we won’t get bored!

We have prepared this preliminary programme for our time together—still subject to tweaking. We expect some flexibility on your side, and hope to minimize your preparation time. Day 1 targets a smaller group, and is based your informal inputs and joint conversation. We will be joined by MaryJet, a live illustrator, which means you will probably become a cartoon character 😉

Closer to the date we will get back to you with some material to read (optional), and some more fine-tuned notes to prepare your interventions. In the meantime, thank you again and have a great weekend. Stefania for the DATAGOV team

🗓️ 26 March — DATAGOV Kick-off: Invite-only Workshop
📍 Location: IAS

👥 Max. 25 participants

🎯 Goal: idea generation and collective agenda-setting for the DATAGOV project

🎨 Live visual facilitation throughout the day

10:30–11:00 | Arrival & coffee
• Informal arrival (coffee & nibbles)

11:00–11:30 | Welcome & framing
• Welcome + brief team presentation
• Project vision + Sharing goals + Introduction of Live illustrator

11:30–12:30 | Session 1 — Mapping the terrain/1
• Format: 2 sprints (20’ each, 5 speakers each, 4’ per speaker) of short provocative presentations.
• Speakers: Mirca, Jo, Cecilia, Niels, Marjolein
• Guiding questions (no need to answer them all):

  *   Where do you see the deepest unresolved tension in how data infrastructures are used to govern today?
  *   Where do current debates fall short?
  *   Which actors, infrastructures, or norms are most under-examined?
• Discussion follows

12:30–13:30 | Networking

13:30–14:30 | Session 2 — Mapping the terrain/2
• Format: 2 sprints (20’ each, 5 speakers each, 4’ per speaker) of short provocative presentations.
• Speakers: Louise, Rob,  Fernando, Rocco, Bidisha
• Guiding questions (no need to answer them all):

  *   Where do you see the deepest unresolved tension in how data infrastructures are used to govern today?
  *   Where do current debates fall short?
  *   Which actors, infrastructures, or norms are most under-examined?
• Discussion follows

14:30–16:00 | Session 3: From tensions to directions
• Format: groupwork
• Discuss 4 thematic tables based on tech families

16:00–16:15 | Closing
• Key takeaways for the project’s next steps

🗓️ 26 March — evening programme
📍 Location: Terre Lente 

🎯 Goal: invitee-only networking dinner + fun activity over drinks

18:00 - | Activity — A look back at today: Collective synthesis
• Guided walk-through of the visual summary; participants are invited to intervene, contest, or add to the visuals.
• Discussion prompts:

  *   What resonates?
  *   What is missing or misrepresented?
  *   Which tensions should remain open?

🗓️ 27 March — DATAGOV Kick-off: Public launch
📍 Location: Framer Framed 

👥  50-70 (open to the public)
🎯 Goal: present DATAGOV to the public

09:30–10:00 | Registration & breakfast

10:00–10:45 | Welcome & introduction
• Opening remarks + team introduction
• Why data governance needs rethinking today

10:45–12:15 | Panel 1 — Governing by data infrastructure: tensions and fault lines
• Keynote panel:

  *   Louise Amoore (15’)
  *   Roundtable with Louise Amoore, Mirca Madianou, Rocco Bellanova, Niels ten Oever (45'; provocative statement or Qs)
  *   Q&A (30')

12:15–13:15 | Networking lunch

13:15–14:45 | Panel 2 — Global perspectives on governance by data infrastructure
• Keynote panel:

  *   Fernando Filgueiras (15’)
  *   Roundtable with Fernando Filgueiras, Cecilia Passanti, Bidisha Chaudhuri, Rob van Kranenburg (45'; provocative statement or Qs)
  *   Q&A (30')

14:45–15:15 | Closing reflections

15:15 onwards | Drinks (borrel)
• Informal networking

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