Today, Thursday 21 January 2016 at 6pm EST the Goethe-Institut New York will host a follow up panel to the recent Platform Coop Conference, Ours To Govern And To Own. Trebor Scholz, Associate Professor at The New School, has penned the concept of “platform cooperativism” to describe this movement in the making. He will be in conversation with four pioneers in this area to explore the prospects for structures of collective ownership, finance, data transparency, and democratic governance online. Emma Yorra of the Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, will introduce Coopify, a platform for women-led immigrant cooperatives in Brooklyn. Brendan Martin, founder and director of The Working World, will speak about cooperative finance. San Francisco-based author and entrepreneur Chelsea Rustrum will talk about her experiences with sharing communities. Felix Weth will introduce Fairmondo, a cooperatively-owned online-marketplace, founded in Berlin. The event will be webcast live via the Internet Society Livestream Channel.
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WEBCAST FRI/SAT @Platformcoop Conference @TheNewSchool #platformcoop
Friday 13 November 2015 and Saturday 14 November 2015 the Platform Cooperativism Conference will be held at The New School in NYC, described as
a coming-out party for the cooperative Internet, built of platforms owned and governed by the people who rely on them. The program will include discussion sessions, screenings, monologues, legal hacks, workshops, and dialogues, as well as a showcase of projects, both conceptual and actual, under the purview of celebrity judges. We’ll learn from coders and worker cooperatives, scholars and designers. Together, we’ll put their lessons to work as we work toward usable apps and structural economic change. This is your chance to get on the ground floor of the next Internet, and to help make it a reality.
The entire event will be streamed live on the Internet Society Livestream Channels.
What: Platform Cooperativism Conference
Where: The New School NYC
When: Friday 13 November 2015 and Saturday 14 November 2015
Program: http://platformcoop.net/schedule
Webcast: http://platformcoop.net/video-stream
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/platformcoop
VIDEO: @CityAndStateNY State of Our City panel on NYC #sharingeconomy w/ @airbnb , @NYHTC, @GaleMBP, @BrooklynChamber
On Tuesday, February 17th 2015, City & State hosted its 5th Annual State of Our City forum, convening New York City’s leaders in government, business, and advocacy to discuss some of the most important issues the City will face in 2015. The first panel considered the disruptive advent of the sharing economy, and included representatives of both AirBnB and also the Hotel Trades Council, and also a commissioner from the Taxi and Limousine Commission, however nobody from either Uber or Lyft. The panel was joined by Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, and concluded with Carlo Scissura, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce remarking that consumer demand for improved services was such that incumbents, upstarts, and regulators were obligated to resolve their differences and arrive at working arrangements. The panel, which runs 45 mins, was webcast live via Livestream, video is below.
View on Livestream: http://new.livestream.com/cityandstate/events/3817876/videos/77417241
Twitter: #sharingeconomy nyc
VIDEO: @legalhackNYC – Legal Issues in the #SharingEconomy #legalhack
On November 19 2014 Legal Hackers NYC and Launch LM presented ‘Legal Issues in the Sharing Economy‘ at Joynture NYC. The proliferation of companies rooted in the sharing economy — a socio-economic system built around the sharing of human and physical resources — has been making headlines as Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, and other startups quickly amass users while grappling with laws hostile to their missions. While there is no doubt that sharing economy principles often challenge local regulatory schemes related to health, safety, labor, and taxes, they can also create entrepreneurial opportunities while promoting social good. This panel explores the pros and cons of the sharing economy and the reactions of local governments to these companies’ attempts to either flout, circumvent, or challenge local laws. PANEL: Diana Dellamere, Public Policy Manager, Lyft; Henry Imber, General Manager, onefinestay; Amyt Eckstein, Counsel, Moses & Singer. MODERATOR: Jonathan Askin, Professor, Brooklyn Law School. Video is below.
View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/lNtF-8jXEKc
Transcribe on AMARA: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/yKBq8qGKAHbJ/
Twitter: #legalhack + #sharingeconomy