• UK | Nick Clegg and the electoral insurgency (on the Internet?)
  Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrat party was little known until a few days ago, when his victory in the first television debate with Cameron and Brown gave him an unprecedented popularity. "The general election has become a genuine three-way contest with the Lib Dems, on 29%, enjoying their strongest support in almost 30 years." says the Times. And the Internet starts playing a significant role: in the 24 hours after last week's debate, the Lib Dems received £120,000 in small donations, a significant amount of money for the British scene. So far the LibDem party is also the only one to have a Facebook page (though unofficial) with more 140.000 members and is picking new support from people under 35.

• Germany | Re:publica 2010 in Berlin
  Re:publica is a blogging conference held in Berlin, attracting bloggers and internet geeks from all over Europe (especially Northern Europe). This fourth edition will be held from April 14th to 16th and will feature speakers like Jeff Jarvis, Wikileaks' Julian Assange and our own Micah Sifry. The main topics will be censorship, privacy, transparency (you can check the program here).

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The Personal Democracy Forum conference is a week away and the array of people and topics we're tackling has never been more compelling. Go here for a quick look: http://www.personaldemocracy.com/conference/ataglance