March 2022
Virtual / Mar 3-4
Join us for the second virtual occurrence of Funding the Commons as we advance the thinking, design, conversations and awareness of how to fund public goods.
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Speakers
Jaan
Tallinn
Founder, Future of Life Institute & CSER
Tom
Kalil
CIO,
Schmidt Futures
Allison
Duettmann
President,
Foresight Institute
Adam
Marblestone
CEO, Convergent Research
Alex
Tabarrok
Professor of Economics & Mercatus Center Chair, George Mason
Juan
Benet
Founder,
Protocol Labs
Lada
Nuzhna
Impetus Grants
Scott
Moore
Founder,
Gitcoin
Andrew
Critch
Research Scientist, CHAI; Founder, BERI
Glen
Weyl
Founder,
RadicalxChange
Pooja
Shah
Founder,
RadicalxChange
Danny
O'Brien
Senior Fellow, Filecoin Foundation
David
Dalrymple
Research Scientist, Protocol Labs
Jessy Kate
Schingler
Director, Open Lunar Foundation
Daniel
Pike
Project Director,
The Climate Map
Evan
Miyazono
Protocol Labs
Leon
Erichsen
Evangelist, RadicalxChange
Denis
Drescher
Impactcerts.com
Matt
Brooks
Impactcerts.com
Schedule
March 3, 2022
March 4, 2022
Welcome
Introduction and overview of Funding the Commons Day 1
Evan Miyazono
9:00 PST / 17:00 UTC
Fireside chat with Jaan Tallinn
Juan Benet (Founder, Protocol Labs) hosts an open discussion with Jaan Tallinn
Jaan Tallinn
9:15 PST / 17:15 UTC
Reimagining Public Goods: Building a Solarpunk Future
The narratives we choose and the tools we build deeply shape the world around us. In this talk, Scott Moore makes the case that we must collectively chose more regenerative, positive-sum ideals that align more with a Solarpunk future. In turn he argues, we can solve many of the problems we face around how we manage our global commons
Scott Moore
10:15 PST / 18:15 UTC
Improvements to the S-Process
Andrew Critch will describe and motivate recent and future improvements to the Simulation Process
Andrew Critch
10:45 PST / 18:45 UTC
Impetus grants: a new mechanism for funding aging science
The philosophy behind Impetus grants, funding mechanisms in use, and directions funded so far
Lada Nuzhna
11:15 PST / 19:15 UTC
Plural Funding
Glen Weyl introduces the Plurality paradigm for funding network goods and will briefly illustrate applications to a range of network goods funding approaches. Leon will detail the application to Quadratic Funding and Gitcoin
Glen Weyl
Leon Erichsen
12:00 PST / 20:00 UTC
Focused Research Organizations
Adam Marblestone will describe how Focused Research Organizations (FROs) promise to unblock research bottlenecks by applying systems engineering to some types of research problem
Adam Marblestone
1:10 PST / 21:10 UTC
Incentivizing Ongoing Maintenance
In this talk, Pooja Shah explores different models and experiments to support the ongoing incentivization of open-source and public goods maintenance, as well as new models we may consider as we enter a more open, protocol-native future
Pooja Shah
1:40 PST / 21:40 UTC
Two Novel Mechanisms for Funding and Discovering Public Goods
Alex Tabarrok will provide an overview of dominant assurance contracts (DACs) aka refund bonuses and quadratic funding
Alex Tabarrok
2:10 PST / 22:10 UTC
Day 1 wrap-up
Closing comments and preview of day 2
Evan Miyazono
2:40 PST / 22:40 UTC
Introducing Network Funds – Funding Public Goods for Fun and Profit
9:00 PST / 17:00 UTC
Introducing some novel structures for public goods funding vehicles, to make it more sustainable and scalable
Juan Benet
9:00 PST / 17:00 UTC
Impact Markets: Attributed Impact and More
9:45 PST / 17:45 UTC
Challenges to designing a safe and efficient market for the retroactive funding of public goods using impact certificates
Denis Drescher
Matt Brooks
9:45 PST / 17:45 UTC
Interoperable mechanisms for non-rival goods
10:15 PST / 18:15 UTC
Avenues for interoperability between R&D roadmapping, retrospective impact evaluation, impact certificates, project tokens, and prospective funding schemes as part of an ecosystem for provisioning public goods
David Dalrymple
10:15 PST / 18:15 UTC
Catalyzing innovation and public goods funding in the Carbon Removal ecosystem
11:00 PST / 19:00 UTC
Daniel Pike will highlight public goods efforts by the Climate Map, a nonprofit developing open-access methods, data sets, and decision-making tools that shed new light and spur action on climate change response opportunities and priorities
Daniel Pike
11:00 PST / 19:00 UTC
Fireside chat with Tom Kalil
11:30 PST / 19:30 UTC
Evan Miyazono (Head of Research, Protocol Labs) hosts an open discussion with Tom Kalil of Schmidt Futures
Tom Kaliil
11:30 PST / 19:30 UTC
Stable Orbits: Decentralization Lessons from Webs[0-3]
12:30 PST / 20:30 UTC
Learning from prior efforts to create and maintain the public goods of the Internet and the Open Web
Danny O'Brien
12:30 PST / 20:30 UTC
Borderless public goods and interplanetary publics
1:00 PST / 21:00 UTC
Jessy Kate will speak to the challenges and progress in developing lunar colonies and the opportunity they bring for novel coordination and governance
Jessy Kate Schingler
1:00 PST / 21:00 UTC
Tech trees & DAOs to advance ambitious science & tech
1:30 PST / 21:30 UTC
Bio, nano, neuro, computing and space tech goals could benefit from support that’s invisible to external talent and funders. Tech trees can help map undervalued opportunities for progress and DAOs can help incentivize it
Allison Deuttmann
1:30 PST / 21:30 UTC
Networked Good - To the future
2:00 PST / 22:00 UTC
Closing comments and upcoming efforts for Funding the Commons & the future of Protocol Labs Public Goods
Evan Miyazono
2:00 PST / 22:00 UTC
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Join us in Paris
The 6th edition of Funding the Commons will take place on 15-16 July with the beautiful backdrop of Paris, France. The event is hosted at the renowned Sorbonne Université, which has the distinction of being one of the two oldest universities in Europe, with origins dating back to the 12th century.
This installation of Funding the Commons is timed as the perfect complement to the Ethereum Community Conference, which takes place the following day and just a short walk from the university. Paris will be our key in-person event during 2023 and will be unique in its incorporation of open space technology and other unconference-style programming, in addition to keynote speakers and panel discussions. This format will enable even more connection amongst participants, and lead to the formation of new collaborations and projects.
Meet us in Berlin
The 7th edition of Funding the Commons will be held in Berlin on 8-9 September, set against the vibrant and innovative backdrop of Germany's capital city. This event will be held in partnership with DeSci Berlin, aligning itself with the bustling Berlin Blockchain Week.
The Berlin edition of Funding the Commons will feature a unique emphasis on builders and interactive programming. In contrast to the storied academia of our Paris event, Berlin will celebrate the hands-on spirit of creation and innovation.
Positioned as a pivotal event during Berlin Blockchain Week, Funding the Commons Berlin offers an ideal platform for participants to engage with the wider blockchain and decentralized science communities. The event is designed to catalyze the development of new partnerships and projects. Through this interactive format, Funding the Commons Berlin will champion the advancement of public goods funding in the heart of Europe's tech scene.
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