Election Tech Meetup March 2024
It's (probably) an election year!
Last time we had a general election in the UK, GPT-2 had only just been fully launched. So much has happened since! This is set to be the most technologically complex election ever and the Election Tech Meetup will help us all keep track of it.
Come along if you're interested in working on technology for the upcoming election, and to hear about key election tech projects people have planned for ge2024. Network 🕸️, find volunteers for your project 🧑💻, find a project to get stuck into 💡, or simply find out what's going on in the election technology space!
There will be lightning talks will be followed by an unconference.
If you want to present your project, email electiontechhandbook@gmail.com (you can present remotely if necessary).
Already confirmed speakers are:
Hannah O'Rourke of Campaign Lab
Matt Chocqueel-Mangan of Vote for Policies
Jeremy Evans of Embeddables
Sam Jeffers of WhoTargetsMe
Sym Roe of Democracy Club
PS you won't regret bringing your laptop 💻
Brought to you by and the Election Tech Handbook, Newspeak House, and The Civic AI Observatory:
The Election Tech Handbook is a collectively-made and maintained resource for technologists, designers and campaigners working on projects around the upcoming UK General Election 2024: electiontechhandbook2024.substack.com
Newspeak House, The London College of Political Technology, is an independent residential college founded in 2015 to study, nurture and inspire emerging communities of practice across civil society and the public sector in the UK: newspeak.house
The Civic AI Observatory is a new initiative from Nesta and Newspeak House to support civic organisations as they plan and adapt to the rapidly evolving field of generative artificial intelligence: civicai.uk