About Simon Delakorda

Simon Delakorda (M.Sc.) is digital democracy and e-participation practitioner and researcher. He is an executive director at the Institute for Electronic Participation (https://www.inepa.si/) and head of advocacy at the National network of non-governmental organisations for an inclusive information society (https://www.informacijska-druzba.org/).

Since 2000, he participated in 40+ digital democracy projects within academic and NGO sector in Slovenia and at the EU level. He is an author and co-author of articles and case studies and conference speaker on democracy, political participation, active citizenship, non-governmental organizations and governments on-line.

His current projects and research focus combines digital democracy research & development, e-government, open source, information society and digital transformation policy. His memberships include the Digital cluster of Civil Society Europe and the Slovenian Political Science Association.

Simon Delakorda will present: Digital humanism: lost in translation?

This keynote explores the conceptualization of human beings within the context of digital transformation in the EU, where predominant narratives portray individuals as digital professionals, spontaneous adopters, or bureaucratic participants. It critiques these instrumentalized views by highlighting the lack of an emancipatory understanding of humanity in initiatives like the Digital Slovenia 2030 Action Plan. Advocating for a holistic approach rooted in digital humanism, the talk emphasizes the need for democratic participation, human rights, and deliberative public policy creation to ensure that digital transformation serves societal betterment rather than merely economic interests.