For the past ten years, re:publica has taken place in Berlin and become an institution for internet activists. Now the event series ventures overseas.
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On Thursday October 20th 2016, the first international re:publica will take place in Dublin, the european base\u00a0of both Facebook and Google. Around 50 events will be on offer to visitors, including a workshop hosted by POLYAS.<\/p>\n
POLYAS is a partner of re:publica and will be an enthusiastic participant in Dublin. We’ll be setting up a booth\u00a0and welcome visitors to stop by for\u00a0some interesting conversations.<\/p>\n
But we want to do more than simply answer all your questions about POLYAS – we want to bring up new discussions. That’s of our team members are offering a workshop\u00a0titled “Online-Democracy: A dream for a world in migration\u201c.\u00a0From 3pm – 3:45pm we would like to debate the issue of online elections in politics with activists and any other interested parties.<\/p>\n
Online elections\u00a0do<\/em>\u00a0take place and not just in corporations and other non-political institutions. Political elections have also\u00a0taken place online and are the norm\u00a0in several countries. One example is Estonia, where citizens can elect their parliament online and have already done so for more than ten years. This development has lead to more and more people across the world raising their voices to demand online elections in the political sphere.<\/p>\n It’s therefore time to have a serious debate about the topic. Our workshop at re:publica will\u00a0be a launching pad\u00a0for discussion of online voting in political elections.<\/p>\n We would like to talk with you about the advantages and risks associated with online elections. We will primarily\u00a0deal with the influence of globalization and internationalization on the individual. Many people live in foreign countries for at least a period of\u00a0time. This means they tend to have difficulties exercising their right to vote in their home country. Voting may be possible at embassies and consulates, but they simply don’t exist in every town or city. Furthermore, postal voting is often time-consuming and complicated. How about letting people living abroad cast their vote in an easier way?<\/p>\n Re:publica has united visionaries and activists for ten years now and offers the opportunity to talk about digitalization. POLYAS won’t miss opportunities like this. Therefore, we’re happy to be part of the first international steps made by re:publica.<\/p>\n We are looking forward to fruitful debates and new talking points to take home with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the past ten years, re:publica has taken place in Berlin and become an institution for internet activists. Now the event series ventures overseas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":268,"featured_media":3501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","ub_ctt_via":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[39],"tags":[871,756,248,79,873],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fotolia_66848146_L.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Jaqueline Bargmann","author_link":"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/blog\/author\/j-bargmann"},"yoast_head":"\nWhat are the risks and advantages of online voting?<\/h3>\n
Re:publica: invigorating\u00a0Germany for ten years<\/h3>\n