[DATAGOV Core] Save the Date - DATAGOV Project Kickoff Event in Amsterdam (March 26 - 27 2026)

[Giulia Campaioli]

Dear Meg and team,

Another channel for distribution is the Datagov Linkedin account, Sruthi 
is the manager :)

Meg, are you talking about the general invitation to the public event? I 
think keynotes have already been contacted (by Stefi), while I'm not 
sure we started inviting people for the workshop (probably next on the 
list).

Stefi and I started contacting the artists, Martin Tironi and 
Crosslucid. Still waiting for CL to answer, while Martin seems to 
suggest that moving his expo from the Venice Biennale is probably too 
complicated. Meg and Jonas, I'm going to forward you his email so you 
can maybe help me think this through, since Meg has been in contact with 
FF and Jonas is a second coordination eye on a bit of everything :)

Best,
Giulia


On 16/1/26 10:19, Meg Kitamura via Core wrote:
> Dear team,
>
> Can we discuss and finalize the invitation email during our next 
> meeting? I think the word needs to get out about our event asap😊
>
> Current distribution channel ideas:
>
> 1.
>     To our list of invitees
> 2.
>     UvA media studies (faculty + students)
> 3.
>     Research school website RMeS
>     <https://www.rmes.nl/> and
>     NICA
>     <https://www.nica-institute.com/>
> 4.
>     Academic mailing lists such as AoIR
>
>
> Let me know if there’s other channels you can think of! Specifically 
> channels where we can reach a more general public audience (i.e,, I’ve 
> used sites such as eventbrite before. I don’t know how effective it is 
> but I’ve gotten sign ups for academic events I’ve posted on there before).
>
> Best,
>
> Meg
>
>
> *From: *Meg Kitamura <m.kitamura at uva.nl>
> *Date: *Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 0:35
> *To: *core at lists.datagovlab.net <core at lists.datagovlab.net>
> *Subject: *Save the Date - DATAGOV Project Kickoff Event in Amsterdam 
> (March 26 - 27 2026)
>
> Dear DATAGOV team,
>
> Jonas, Giulia, and Stefania had already drafted a save the date email 
> last year so I’ve mostly borrowed from that draft and added a few more 
> details.
>
> Could you please provide feedback to the text below and the poster I 
> created to circulate? I will update the tentative programming once we 
> agree on the finalized version.
> In the meantime, I will email Voxpop and Framer Framed to confirm 
> availability.
>
> Perhaps this is a question to you @Federico Bonelli 
> <mailto:fredd at trasformatorio.net>: what is the best way for people to 
> sign up to our mailing list? Should we set up a form to collect emails 
> or is there a more direct (less labor intense) way?
>
>
> — SAVE THE DATE TEXT STARTS HERE —
>
> On *26 and 27 March 2026 *we invite you to the kickoff event of the 
> DATAGOV project in *Amsterdam*, hosted by the University of Amsterdam 
> (UvA) and partner venues.
>
> DATAGOV 
> <https://datagovlab.net/> investigates 
> regulatory data infrastructures: data-grabbing systems that actively 
> shape the polity, from monitoring and automated decision-making to 
> mediating access to public services, rights, and welfare. The project, 
> funded by the European Research Council (ERC), takes a comparative 
> approach investigating the European Union, Brazil, India, and South 
> Africa, to examine how these infrastructures transform governance and 
> what they mean for the future of democracy in an era of pervasive 
> datafication. To start with, our empirical focus is on four technology 
> families: biometrics, digital identity, and health and education 
> technologies, and how these reconfigure citizenship, sovereignty, and 
> inequality.
>
> Spread across two days, the kickoff will feature workshops, keynotes, 
> performances, and a borrel, bringing together a diverse group of 
> participants from academia, policymaking, industry, civil society, and 
> the arts. The event will also leave ample time for conversation, 
> (net)working, and enjoying each other’s company. All programming is 
> free of charge.
>
> While the program is still taking shape, please have a look at our 
> tentative programming below. We already welcome sign ups through the 
> linked form.
>
> If you would like to keep up to date with our work and activities, 
> please consider joining our mailing list: XXX
>
> (Tentative) Program and Locations
> *Day 1: **Thursday, 26 March 2026 (Central Amsterdam, **Location TBD**)*
> Sign up here to attend Day 1.
>
> 16:30 | Doors open
> 17:00 | Artistic Performance and Intervention
>
> *Day 2: Friday, 27 March 2026 (Central Amsterdam, **Framer Framed**)*
> Sign up here to attend Day 2.
>
> 09:30 - 10:00 | Arrival & Coffee
> 10:00 - 10:15 | Welcome and framing, Stefania Milan
> 10:15 - 11:00 | Introducing the Project: /Governance by Data 
> Infrastructure/, Mattéo Bard, Jonas Breuer, Federico Bonelli, Giulia 
> Campaioli, Meg Kitamura, Stefania Milan, Carina Nasser, and Sruthi Vanguri
> 11:00 - 12:15 | Keynote Speech Ⅰ (speakers will be announced soon)
> 12:15 - 13:15 | Networking lunch
> 13:15 - 14:15 | Keynote Speech Ⅱ (speakers will be announced soon)
> 14:15  - 14:45 | Lab Demo
> 14:45 - 15:00 | Closing & borrel
>
>
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