[DATAGOV Core] kick-off agenda - long version

[Stefania Milan]

From: Meg Kitamura <m.kitamura at uva.nl>
Date: Friday, 6 February 2026 at 10:03
To: Stefania Milan <S.Milan at uva.nl>
Subject: Agenda

Hi Stefania,

Here’s a cleaned up version of the agenda for the kick-off event (for both days).
I deleted any internal notes (e.g., catering needs).
I’ve also attached it as a word doc too.

🗓️ 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 to be considered

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
• Informal networking

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