On August 29th at 15:00 CET, WSA hosted a significant online event titled "iX3 - Voting for Democracy," addressing the global challenges facing democracy today. Amid growing divisions from Venezuela to the USA, the event highlighted the resilience of key democratic values, including free elections, freedom of speech, and the rule of law, especially in a year where nearly half the world's population was set to vote across 97 countries.

The event featured WSA-awarded technology pioneers who are using digital tools to empower citizens, protect democracy, and bridge societal divides. The session included three individual talks, followed by a joint conversation moderated by WSA juror Odeta Iseviciute.

Live Stream

You can watch iX3 - Voting for Democracy via the link below

Speakers

 

Fauzuddeen Mahmud

Zamtracka - Founder

Fauzuddeen Mahmud is the founder and team lead, of ZamTracka, a civic-tech platform that leverages data and technology to intersect citizens and government so that together, institutions are strengthened and more responsive, efficient, and resilient in service delivery to the people.

Gabriella Razzano

OpenUp - Executive Director

Gabriella Razzano is the co-founder and Executive Director of OpenUp, a social impact technology organisation based in Cape Town. She is a human rights activist, lawyer, and researcher, specialising in themes of data and AI governance, digital rights and inequalities. Gabriella co-founded the OpenUp Citizen Engagement Programme, empowering citizens to become active agents for positive social change through data, technology, and innovative thinking. OpenUp addresses inequality by supporting an active citizenry and helps communities and governments work better, together.

Ieva Dunčikaitė

Transparency International Lithuania - Project Leader

Ieva is a Project Leader at Transparency International Lithuania, where she oversees initiatives focused on political integrity, AI transparency, and public finance transparency. She has played a key role in the development of a WSA award-winning platform that enhances lobby transparency and parliamentary accountability in Lithuania. Ieva is currently pursuing a PhD focusing on ethical leadership in the age of AI.

 

Please note that the workshop times are CET (Central European Time), please make sure to add them to your calendar to transfer it to your time zone.