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The CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation in collaboration with the Landeshauptstadt München organises the next ConsulCon on 15-17 September 2026 in München, Germany.
After a succesful 2025 edition in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, this time the CONSULCON will be hosted by the city of Munchen, who is also an Ambassador-level sponsor or the CONSUL DEMOCRACY project.
The CONSULCON2026 will be a moment to dive deep issues relating to digital democracy, open source technology and democratic empowerment, but most of all to a moment to connect an ever-developing community and invite new members to join, exchange views and knowledge, and take a collective look forward into the near future.
This conference is for everyone having an interest in direct and participatory democratic models, digital platforms, open source technology, and all related topics. We especially welcome new faces into the community.
Save the date for an awesome three-day event on CONSUL DEMOCRACY, participatory democracy, open source technology and more! Expect demo runs, workshops on devising participation processes and empowering citizens in cities and regions in Europe, Latin America and Africa, sessions about open source technology and digital public goods, and keynotes about the democratic potential of it all.
When: 15 September – 17 September 2026
Where: Landeshauptstad Munich (Municipality of Munich), Agnes-Pockels-Bogen 33, 80992 München.
Programme: Check out the full program here.
Tickets: Tickets are donation-based and open for sale now.
Call for session proposals: Open until 30 April 2026. Interested? Fill out the form below.
Travel and accommodation: Due to limited resource we are only able to cover the travel and accommodation expenses of the keynote speakers, not those of the session hosts.
The conference precedes the annual Oktoberfest in Munich by a couple of days. It is therefore highly recommended to book your stay as soon as possible.
Three recommended hotels:
– Wyndham Vienna House (organization committee and partner hotel)
– Olympiapark Living Hotel
– Ruby Lilly Hotel
Sponsors
Keynote speakers
Roman Huber is a social entrepreneur and author; originally working in the IT sector, he has been the Executive Federal Director of Mehr Demokratie since 2001. He co-initiated and organised the first national citizens’ assemblies in Germany. He lives at the Zukunftswerkstatt Schloss Tempelhof, which he co-founded and helped to establish.
Sophie is a political economist and co-founder and director of Commons Network, a collaboratory for a new economy based in Amsterdam. She works at the intersection of democratic economy, digital commons, post-growth, and the role of governments. Her focus includes democratic and resilient digital ecosystems, and in this context, she collaborates with policymakers, academics, and institutions at the local, national, and European levels.
Joe Mathews, journalist and Californian, is founder-publisher of Democracy Local, columnist for Zócalo Public Square, and democracy fellow at the Berggruen Institute. He’s a convener of public events (e.g. Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy), and a practitioner, advising the design of Engaged California’s digital tool and organizing the first-ever citizens assembly in Southern California.
Programme
Call for session proposals (closed!)
For the CONSULCON26 we are calling on our community, our networks and partners to cocreate the conference programme. We cordially invite government officials, civil society organizations, open source developer teams, tech companies and research teams and other related stakeholders to propose a session in one of the following categories:
- Dem talk (1 hour)
- Tech talk (1 hour)
- Panel exchange (1,5 hour)
- Workshop (1,5 hour)
The deadline for submitting proposals was 30 April 2026.
Examples of topics and themes we are interested in:
- A Workshop on how to devise a process of citizen participation
- A Panel exchange about participatory democracy case studies
- A Dem talk about (recent) histories of direct/participatory democracy
- A Tech talk about (the importance of) open source technology, especially for marginalized communities
- A Panel Exchange on the challenges and successes of open source ecosystems
- A Workshop on how to install and/or modify the CONSUL DEMOCRACY software yourself
- A Dem talk about the challenge of citizen participation inclusiveness
- A Panel exchange on the relation between participatory democracy, public trust and the rise of authoritarianism and extremism
- A Tech talk about new relevant advances in technology for citizen participation platforms such as AI
- A Dem Talk about political leadership and bureaucratic activism