Join the community
FtO is open, community-driven, and free to participate in. Here's how.
FtO events are held annually across East Asia — open to the whole civic tech community. Developers, designers, researchers, policy people, and anyone who wants to work on civic challenges.
Seoul 2026 →Have a civic tech idea you'd like to work on with others? Bring it to FtO. A 3-minute pitch on Day 1 is all you need to recruit collaborators from across the region.
Upcoming events →FtO rotates between cities in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. If your community wants to host a future edition, or you want to connect with us more generally, contact fto@codefor.kr or join the #facing-the-ocean channel on Code for Japan's or g0v's Slack, or Code for Korea's Discord.
Please read our Code of Conduct
All FtO events follow the Code of Conduct of the host community. Before attending, please read the relevant CoC.