Oct 18: Public Presentation (1pm - 5pm)

Objective: Presentation to the Edge City community at large of the current work on Network Sovereignty and Network Nations, and introduction of key concepts. Receive feedback from the community to prepare the following week.

• 1:00 - 1:30 Welcome and Overview: What are Network Nations (Primavera + Lou)

  • Political and meta-political framework

• 1:30 - 2:00 The State, the Market, the Commons and web3 (Michel Bauwens)

• 2:00 - 2:30 Web3 Tools Network Nations (Griff) 

• 2:30 - 3:00 Towards a new conceptualisation of Functional Sovereignty

  • Functional sovereignty (Primavera)

  • Metrics of sovereignty, including Authority (Matt)

• 3:00 - 3:30 Case studies (10 mins each)

  • Anthropology of nomadism and alternative lifestyles (Fei)

  • Organizational & Strategic tips from the Freemasons (Lou)

  • Myanmar civil situation: can network nations help? (Stephen)

• 3:30 - 4:00 Turning Network Nations into a movement (Poli)

  • Cultural approaches and foresight (Piotr)

4:00 - 5:00 Open discussion and feedback