History
Since 2019, Facing the Ocean has gathered civic tech communities at a new location each year โ rotating between Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
FtO returns to Seoul with a special focus on youth engagement, hosted at Haja Center โ a creative hub in Yeongdeungpo dedicated to empowering young people through "learning by doing."
Three days of hacking, sharing, and connecting at the Net Zero Institute in Taiwan's southern city of Kaohsiung โ including a civic tech workshop for civil servants.
Hosted by Code for Japan at PACIFICO Yokohama. Participants gathered despite earthquake scares in the news and a typhoon that cancelled many flights โ and the event ran safely in the end, featuring workshops and collaborative hacking across the region.
Three days of civic hacking on the island of Jeju. The venue was the NIA Global Center in Seogwipo City, surrounded by the natural landscape of Jeju Island.
A new-year online gathering where the FtO community reconnected and shared what everyone was working on, as the world prepared to resume in-person events.
A series of three online gatherings around the theme of nerd politics โ keeping civic tech communities across the region connected during the pandemic years.
FtO's return to Tainan, co-hosted alongside the g0v biannual summit. A vibrant cafรฉ hacking experience open to the public.
As in-person events became impossible, FtO moved online under the theme "Civic Hacking for Public Health" โ around 30 participants joined from anywhere in the world.
One of the two inaugural FtO events. Projects included Herstory of East Asia and open data tools for public health across the region.
The inaugural Facing the Ocean event โ held on Okinawa, geographically and symbolically at the meeting point of Japan, Taiwan, and Korea. "An event for people of the oceans to meet people and hack together."