g0v Summit 2026
Invite Yourself into a Braided Nexus
It’s often said that once bitten, twice shy. In times where democracy backsliding and social polarization are tearing the very fabric of civic space apart, activists may as well feel bitten by the venomous state of public dialogue.
Yet if we are tired of infuriating quarrels and political apathy, we shall move out from the comfort of armchairs and to braid back the society we desire ourselves. The decade-old g0v motto, hacktivism at its core, perfectly manifested the idea: “Ask not why nobody is doing this. You're that nobody—and ‘nobody’ can do everything.”
At g0v Summit 2026, we kindly ask you to “invite yourself” to take charge on braiding our future. Step into a three-dimensional civic space woven from different fabrics of the civic society—
Every participant, including you, represents a point in the coordinate system, defined by your unique skills, values, and stance. As we communicate with each other, points connect into lines. As countless lines intertwine, woven surfaces supported by dynamic network of action take shape, doubling as hammocks that gently catch us.
Thus, isolated nodes form clusters and single-threaded conversations evolve into collaborative ecosystems.
Derived from g0v’s core values: transparency, openness, and collaboration, we are braiding the Civic Coordinate System of g0v Summit 2026 with three major axes: (transparency–autonomy/privacy), (advocacy–recovery), (government agency–grassroots/civil society).
There are no outsiders here. Everyone can find their own coordinates to explore inward and connect outward.
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What is g0v Summit?
Since 2012, under the call to “fork the government and code for society,” the g0v.tw (read as gov-zero) community has practiced over a decade of civic hacking. Centered on “Information Transparency, Open Results, and Open Collaboration,” we use the power of the grassroots to care for public affairs.
Following the Sunflower Movement, we launched the g0v Summit in 2014, building a bridge for interdisciplinary dialogue between open communities, government, NGOs, academia, and netizens.
Over these dozen years, Taiwanese society has weathered democratic crises, social turbulence, polarization, and “snake bites” of frustration.
Facing the scars of Taiwanese society and threats from near and far, “Ten Years” is not just a measure of time. It marks the continuous action and practice of the civic community: a process of transforming fear into resilience.
There is a saying: “Once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of a straw rope.” But at g0v Summit 2026, we say: “Ten Years of Phah the Rope.” We believe in the power of the grassroots and our connection to one another. We can continuously transform that fear (Phah, to be afraid) into action (Phah, to beat/weave in Tâi-gí).
To Phah-kat (tie a knot in Tâi-gí) is not just about holding tight; it is about learning how to loosen. About loosening our passive posture, loosening dependency and fear. In an era of crisis and uncertainty, we are retraining our muscles for “Self Help” and “Mutual Aid.”
We refuse to recoil in passive fear of the rope. Instead, g0v Summit 2026 invites everyone here to roll up their sleeves, grab that straw rope, and start rubbing and beating it anew. As we branch out, weave, and connect, the “Snake” is no longer a phantom of terror, but a strong, organic community.
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g0v (gov-zero) is a grassroots social movement community dedicated to deepening the civic engagements and connections between the social arena and citizens. You can find like-minded partners in the g0v community, put your ideas into practice in a grassroots manner, and then release the results under an open-source license, letting people stand on your shoulders.
g0v replaces the “o” in gov with “0”, thereby reimagining the role of government from scratch, and represents the vision from 0 to 1 of the generation of digital natives.