Concurrent Town Halls in Various Locations
Parallel sessions open up spaces where you can learn about the projects of your fellow participants from around the world. They amplify the unique potential of all of us being together at The New School. Think of the format of this session as a topically-focused town hall; it is not a traditional panel. Each speaker has 5 minutes to introduce their work. The second hour of the session is dedicated to discussion that promptly engages the people who are not on the stage. Find the presentations in the File Swap folder linked below.
About This Town Hall
Hear about emerging or expanding platform co-op enterprises working in a range of sectors. From Italy, UK, Spain, U.S., Argentina, and Brazil, these projects demonstrate the diversity and impact of platform co-ops in industries such as home care, short-term rental, food delivery, transportation, and music. Which role can unions play in the platform economy? How can co-ops solve the most seemingly unsolvable problems for freelancers? Talk to founders directly about how they have managed to incorporate, author bylaws, become investor ready, and create a financial model. What lessons for organizational leadership did they learn? Come and learn how to lead better.
The hashtag for this track is #WeOwnIt!
File Swap
Would you like to dig deeper, learn more about the discussed topics, or have documents to share? Download PDFs of the presentations, background readings, and/or upload your own materials to this folder
Speakers
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Mariana Vilnitzky Co-founder, Holiday Exchange
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Joseph Cureton Software engineer, Chef, and Founding Member at Staffing Cooperative
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Michele Kahane Affiliate Faculty, the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy
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Emma Back Founder, Equal Care Co-op
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Mary Watson Executive Dean of the Schools of Public Engagement at The New School
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Francesca Martinelli Director, Centro Studi Doc Foundation
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Austin Robey Co-founder, Ampled
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Leo Sammallahti Co-founder, WeCo
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Nuria Soto Founder, Mensakas
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Txiki Blasi Riders X Derechos
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Oriol Alfambra Serrano Founder, Mensakas SCCL
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Denny Mews CEO & Founder at Cargon