Conference 2026

Participants

  • November 12–15, 2026

  • Chulalongkorn University
    Bangkok
    Thailand

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  • Nighat . Researcher at Aapti Institute

  • Naveen Kumar Singh Program Officer (Research) at the International Cooperative Alliance Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP)

  • Akkanut Wantanasombut Head of the ISSIE Research Group at Chulalongkorn University

  • Sandra Moreno Cadena Executive Secretary of RIPESS

  • Jeremias Meyer Ph.D. student at the Research Institute for Cooperation and Cooperatives at the Vienna University of Economics and Business

  • Taru Jain Senior Design Researcher

  • Phim-on Lohakit Research and Academic officer at Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University

  • Kenzo Soares Seto ICDE research fellow at The New School, and Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale Law School

  • James Gomez political scientist, democracy scholar, and Regional Director of Asia Centre

  • Ganesh Gopal Ph.D. student, Gandhigram Rural Institute

  • Waranya Buranakarn PhD student in Communication at The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Luke Smith regenerative designer, educator, and cooperative entrepreneur

  • Gianmarco Cristofari Ph.D. student in Global Studies: Justice, Rights and Politics at the University of Macerata

  • Nana Mgbechikwere Nwachukwu PhD researcher at Trinity College Dublin

  • Andreas Arnold Founder & board member Platform Coops eG

  • Samantha Ndiwalana Advocacy Director at Ranking Digital Rights

  • Ritvik Gupta Researcher at Aapti Institute

  • Anita Gurumurthy Executive Director, IT for Change

  • Ben Vershbow Leader in open knowledge, digital culture, and the digital commons

  • Tan Zhi Xuan Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science of the National University of Singapore

  • Melike Kaplan Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD Fellow at Aalborg University

  • Yuliy Lobarev Cooperative governance researcher, Patio

  • Ronnakorn “Ronnie” Vaiyavuth Deputy Executive Director, Chulalongkorn School of Integrated Innovation (CSII)

  • Kauna Malgwi Nigerian labor organizer, Ph.D. student, and leader in the emerging African Content Moderator Union

  • Varakorn Wimuttichai Chief of Research and Academic Affairs at the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University,

  • Sameer Bajaj  Senior Analyst at Aapti Institute

  • Bank Ngamarunchot Director of the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Institute (STIPI) at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT)

  • Bronwen Morgan Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law & Justice at the University of New South Wales

  • Cornelia C. Walther Associate Professor at the Institute for Global Strategy and Competitiveness at Sunway University

  • Kyoung Yang (Kay) Kim Advisor at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

  • Yok Kettida cooperative organizer and care worker

  • Poomarin “Poom” Mano software engineer, creative technologist, and community organizer

  • Mehmet Sarıca Partner, Needsmap

  • Pitchayapa Siriratana Innovation Developer at Thailand’s National Innovation Agency (NIA)

  • Hal Plotkin Former Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary of Education

  • Tzu-Yun Wei designer and worker-owner

  • Helen Malfeitona Brazilian artist, researcher, communicator, musician, and cultural producer

  • Phanwasa Charoenwong Research and Academic officer at Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University

  • Recep Erdem Cansızoğlu Co-Lead Next Economies Forum

  • Soraj Hongladarom Professor at the International Buddhist Studies College, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University

  • Tobias Schweitzer Founder and CEO of AIRA Holding GmbH

  • Shivam Shukla  Author, legal AI researcher

  • Kunawut Boonyanopakun Director of the Localized Innovation Department at Thailand’s National Innovation Agency (NIA)

  • Iryandi (Dimas) Masputra Founder at Aqsa Farm and DBA student

  • Ali Ercan Özgür Co-founder of Needs Map

  • Razali Samsudin Educator, independent researcher, and civic technologist

  • Shaunette T. Ferguson Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Barnard College, Columbia University

  • Picture of Felix Weth

    Felix Weth CEO, Platform21

  • Sandeep Mertia Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at the Stevens Institute of Technology

  • Wayne Wei Wang Assistant Professor of Law and Technology at Tongji University

  • Frank Pasquale Professor of Law at Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School

  • Kerdsiri B. Thailand’s National Innovation Agency (NIA)

  • Amanda Claro Ph.D. Student in Organization Studies, Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo School of Business Administration

  • Mansib Rahman Co-founder at Radish cooperative and author

  • Morshed Mannan Lecturer in Global Law and Digital Technologies at Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh

  • Jirayudh Sinthuphan Deputy Director for Academic Affairs at the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University

  • Mary Watson Professor and Special Advisor to the Provost at The New School

  • Malu Villela Lecturer in Management at Essex Business School at the University of Essex

  • Yosuke Uchiyama Labor Sociologist and Fellow

  • Astha Kapoor Co-Founder, Aapti Institute

  • Teejuta Petasen Officer in the Research and Academic Affairs Unit at the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University

  • Stefano Tortorici Ph.D. student, Scuola Normale Superiore

  • Joshua Dávila Writer, researcher, and co-founder of Bread Cooperative

  • Munus Shih Pratt Institute professor; CoAssembly co-founder

  • Max Haiven Scholar of Radical Futures

  • Pavika Sriratanaban Director of the Institute of Asian Studies at Chulalongkorn University

  • Phakin Nimmannorrawong Researcher, policy analyst, PhD student at University of Cambridge

  • Jack Linchuan Qiu Professor, Platform Cooperativism Consortium HK, Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Alessandro Y. Longo Ph.D. student at DREST, the Italian Doctoral School of Religious Studies

  • Aranya Pakaphat Researcher, Just Economy and Labor Institute (JELI)

  • Ela Kagel Platform Coops eG / founder of SUPERMARKT

  • Alek Tarkovsky Technology sociologist and digital policy advocate

  • Venerable Phramaha Napan Santibhaddo (Thawornbanjob) Assistant Abbot of Wat Saket (the Golden Mount Temple)

  • Uygar Özesmi Founder & Instigator of Good4Trust.org

  • Alisha Butala public policy researcher and AI governance specialist

  • Veronyka “Travahacker” Gimenes Director, Código Não Binário

  • Sura-at Supachatturat Deputy Executive Director of Innovation Development at Thailand’s National Innovation Agency (NIA)

  • Sebastián Piracés-Ugarte musician, historian, and cultural researcher

  • Janjira Sombatpoonsiri Political scientist at Chulalongkorn University

  • Cheryll Soriano Professor of Communication

  • Madelynn Martiniere researcher, facilitator, and systems designer

  • Sara Marcucci Founder and Director of the AI + Planetary Justice Alliance

  • Trebor Scholz New School professor, Author, and Founding Director of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium

  • Shobhit S. Lead for Research and Policy Engagement at IT for Change

  • James Farrar Founder and Director of Worker Info Exchange (WIE)