At the end of Day 1 of OPEN 2020 - after 6 hours of focused discussion about co-creating the collaborative economy - it was time for something different... which came in the form of a surprise performance from Poet & Radio Presenter Mr Gee. We were very proud to welcome Mr Gee - and grateful for him sharing his rhymes and wisdom. Check out his Soundcloud page for … [Read more...]

During this session we hear from Iris Schönherr about the amazing Every One Every Day project they have been running in Barking and Dagenham, building universal basic infrastructures for peer-to-peer participation. Read more about their work and the vision for Universal Basic Everything, and the Tomorrow Today Streets project which invites residents to work together on a … [Read more...]

There are hundreds of thousands of groups and communities working on building a new economy, but no centralised control or coordination system – after all, that’s the whole point of a decentralised network, there shouldn’t be any central ‘nodes’! But because our projects are decentralised it’s often hard to find other people and organisations working on similar ideas… which … [Read more...]

Every group, project or community needs digital tools to enable collaboration. But which tools should we choose? This is the first of two sessions looking at common infrastructure for the communities and organisations that are building the new economy. See also the slides and speaker notes for Sectors of work on the new economy and  Toolsframe - A framework for assembling … [Read more...]

What is mutual credit? How does it work? How can we enable local mutual credit networks and transition away from the present ‘debt based’ economy and start trading within networks of trust? This introductory session on mutual credit features Giuseppe Littera, co-founder of Sardex, one of the most successful mutual credit networks in Europe and Dil Green of … [Read more...]