# Funding the Commons & Earth Commons Bangkok 2024

Conference · RISE/SeaX, Gaysorn Tower, Bangkok · 8–9 November 2024

Devcon-week conference on public goods funding, digital innovation, and environmental stewardship, closing with the hackathon Demo Day.

- Watch all recordings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3C6eF-zu5AbUAaZXI7u_INp6WBm0JhnB
- Watch the reel: https://x.com/FundingCommons/status/1863676183893905808
- See our impact live: https://ftc-impact-dashboard.vercel.app/
- Photo album: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JjYazGTMiR-j-J0OPdqmFrBmV4CQa4D5

## Friday 8 November 2024

- time not listed **Opening Words**: David Casey, Funding the Commons; Nicole Nguyen, APAC DAO; Kid Parchariyanon, SeaX Ventures, RISE; Beth McCarthy, Funding the Commons (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLa0VLp4ofk)
- time not listed **Thailand Digital Economy Landscape and Opportunities for Startups**: Warin Ratchananusorn, Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) of Thailand (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tRKjRZcedI)
- time not listed **Catalyzing Systemic Change in Southeast Asia**: Chi Ling Chan, Equitech Collective, World Health Organization (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frUTUftNyM0)
- time not listed **The 4th Industrial Revolution and the Impact on the Marginalized and Vulnerable Sector of Southeast Asia**: Prapaporn Tivayanond Mongkhonvanit, Thammasat University (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlwRjjwT0nY)
- time not listed **Building for Impact and Inclusion in Southeast Asia’s Local Context**: Moh Suthasiny, Happy Ground; Thisana Thitisakdiskul, Noburo; Arch Wongchindawest, Wildchain; Nicole Nguyen, APAC DAO (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A_n2Ib8ouY)
- time not listed **Unlocking Financial Inclusion: Funding Solutions for Refugee Aid**: Anna Whitson-Diaz, Stellar Development Foundation; Melyn McKay, Coala Pay; Philea Bartels, Refunite; David Casey, Funding the Commons (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgZ9JZWkiG4)
- time not listed **Tracking Real-World Impact In Grant Programs**: Anke Liu, Stellar Development Foundation (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1dHddX-i2E)
- time not listed **Leveraging Open Source Technologies to Support Children’s Well-beingness**: Risdianto Irawan, UNICEF (Main Stage)
- time not listed **Lifecycle of a Commons**: Danny O'Brien, Filecoin Foundation (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9UAX7EQ0Rg)
- time not listed **Indigenous Economic Models as Inspiration for Emerging Economic Networks**: Stephen DeMeulenaere, Complementary Currency Resource Center (Main Stage)
- time not listed **Crypto for Real: From the Commons for Capital to Capital for the Commons: How do we do it?**: Michel Bauwens, P2P Foundation (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYtsdgU_jk4)
- time not listed **Solidarity Primitives: How to fund your commons with an aligned community**: Joshua Dávila, Breadchain Cooperative, DAOstar (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1oiG2gnAjQ)
- time not listed **The Grants Metadata Standard by DAOstar.org**: Rashmi Abbigeri, DAOstar (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbjBOD9cnD0)
- time not listed **Degens & Dragons**: Artem Brazhnikov, Octant (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tav7y1xYxoU)
- time not listed **From Public Goods Contribution to Professional Success**: Grégoire Gambatto, OnlyDust (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyaT9ESY5ys)
- time not listed **Decentralized Intelligence - The Impact of User-Owned AI**: Jarrod Barnes, NEAR (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCSNpfsdLJU)
- time not listed **State of Web3 Grants Report: Reflections & Directions**: Anke Liu, Stellar Development Foundation; Ben Biedermann, WID3+ Consortium; Mahesh Murthy, Karma Gap; Eugene Leventhal, Scroll, Metagov (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaOrMtpg1tQ)
- time not listed **Retro Funding Voting Designs – How to Find the Ground Truth in Rewarding Impact**: Angela Kreitenweis, Token Engineering Academy (Workshops)
- time not listed **A Quick Deep Dive into the Filecoin Network for the Curious**: Danny O'Brien, Filecoin Foundation (Workshops)
- time not listed **Buying Time and Engineering a Future: Digital Public Infrastructure Procurement in Small Jurisdictions.**: Ben Biedermann, WID3+ Consortium (Workshops)
- time not listed **Housing & Lands Commons for Regen, Stable and Affordable Living: Web3 Opportunities**: Clara G, dOrg, ACT3 (Workshops)
- time not listed **Funding Networks with Hypercerts**: Holke Brammer, Hypercerts (Workshops)
- time not listed **Contribution & Attestation Roundtable**: Ron Turetzky, Breadchain; Jason Efstathiou, Drips; Holke Brammer, Hypercerts; Daniel Ospina, RnDAO; Joshua Dávila, Breadchain, DAOstar (Roundtable · Workshops)
- time not listed **Toward Fair and Open Decentralized Finance**: Romina Bungert, Erdös Capital (Workshops)
- time not listed **Please don’t feed the Sybils**: Kyle (kbw.eth), Passport XYZ; Shady El Damaty, Holonym (Workshops)
- time not listed **Degen incentives for regen outcomes**: Nico Gallardo, LottoPGF/OttoDAO (Workshops)
- time not listed **NEAR Technical Workshop**: Jarrod Barnes, NEAR (Workshop · Workshops)
- time not listed **DAO Security Standard**: Aman, DAOstar, Safe (Workshops)
- time not listed **Road to Effective Public Goods Funding through Quantitative Cross-Comparative Analysis of Grants Programs**: Shinya Mori, Fracton Ventures (Workshops)
- time not listed **Enabling Adoption With Better UX Through Passkeys**: Chris Anatalio, Stellar Development Foundation (Workshops)
- time not listed **How Ecosystem-Focused Should Public Goods Funding Programs Be?**: Jason Efstathiou, Drips (Workshops)
- 12:30–13:00 **Empowered and Accountable Grants Councils**: Spencer Graham, HATS Protocol (Workshops)
- 14:30–16:00 **Understanding the ROI of grants in your ecosystem**: Raymond Cheng, Open Source Observer; Rashmi Abbigeri, DAOstar (Workshops)
- 15:30–16:00 **Post-Capitalist Crypto in Practice**: Ron Turetzky, Opacity/Breadchain (Workshops)
- 16:10–17:00 **Designing for Real-World Impact Roundtable**: Mark Pascall, The Wellbeing Protocol; bitbeckers, Hypercerts; Nancy Bui, Commons Fund; Beth McCarthy, Funding the Commons (Roundtable · Workshops)
- 16:40–17:00 **Reputation Based Impact Attestations for Funding Allocation**: LauNaMu, Metrics Garden Labs (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWMEaguyzX4)
- 17:00–17:20 **Retro Funding: Experts vs Data, reflections from two large scale experiments**: Jonas Seiferth, Optimism (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ROZ5yeCSM)
- 17:00–17:50 **Governance & Web of Trust Roundtable**: Zeugh, Blockful; Daniela Zschaber, Blockful; Daniel Ospina, RnDAO (Roundtable · Workshops)
- 17:20–17:50 **Funding the Future: Innovative Approaches to Financing Crypto Policy Work**: Marina Markezic, European Crypto Initiative; Florian Glatz, European Crypto Initiative (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWgSmAsJPc)
- 17:50–18:20 **Network Goods: Digital Infrastructures for the Common Good**: Clara Tsao, Filecoin Foundation; Sarah Thiam, FIL-B; Shruti Appiah, Huddle01; Danny O'Brien, Filecoin Foundation (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebSoKIB-dTk)
- 18:20–18:50 **Closing Words**: David Casey, Funding the Commons (Main Stage)

## Saturday 9 November 2024

- time not listed **Regenerative & Bioregional Finance**: Monty Merlin Bryant, ReFi DAO (Forest Workshop Stage)
- time not listed **Addressing climate change with behavioural science: Findings from 63 countries.**: Dr. Neil Gains, Thammasat University School of Global Studies (Ocean Workshop Stage)
- time not listed **Creating Empathy Between Givers And Receivers in Grants Funding**: Regis Chapman, GravityDAO (Ocean Workshop Stage)
- time not listed **A Potent Alignment for Web3, Community, and Planetary Health - An Open Call to Explore Community Currencies in Recife, Brazil**: Tony Lai, Mothertree Labs; Camila Rioja, Plexos Institute / CeLatam (Ocean Workshop Stage)
- time not listed **Layer Technical Workshop**: Jake Hartnell, Layer (Workshop · Ocean Workshop Stage)
- 09:00–09:30 **Opening Words & Residency Update**: David Casey, Funding the Commons; Vivian Chen, Pagoda, da0 (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-oO2oyhw7k)
- 09:30–09:50 **Designing Next Generation Digital Climate Infrastructure and creating Systematic Valuing of Nature**: Max Song, Carbonbase (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Drxfb-Pu4)
- 09:50–10:10 **Building a Global Operating System for Earth**: Alan Ransil, Devonian Systems (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WOeMB4tM9k)
- 10:00–10:30 **A Year in Public Goods Funding**: Hazel Hu, GCC (Forest Workshop Stage)
- 10:10–10:30 **Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Why Satellite Technology Plays a Pivotal Role in SEA Digital Transition**: Kolatat Phaiboonnukulkij, RIFFAI (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7K4kR0MK3I)
- 10:30–11:00 **Climate Positive DePIN**: David Dao, GainForest; Luke Smith, Terra Genesis; Leo Lin, Arkreen; Tereza Bízková, Funding the Commons (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOM4FVq0-yY)
- 11:00–11:30 **Design as Praxis: Learnings & Practical Applications from the FtC Design Jam**: Andrej Berlin, Deep Work Network; Justina Svitraite, Deep Work Network; Nicole Nguyen, APAC DAO (Ocean Workshop Stage)
- 11:10–12:00 **Funding BioDAOs Roundtable**: Nathaniel Hindman, BIO; Eli Mohamad, CryoDAO; Mgoes, BiohackerDAO; Megan Klimen, Filecoin Foundation (Roundtable · Forest Workshop Stage)
- 11:10–11:40 **Self-Governing Land Trusts**: Jake Hartnell, Layer; Tony Lai, Mothertree Labs, Stanford CodeX; Will Gardiner, Regen Network, Our Sci (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdyDSt49DoI)
- 11:30–12:00 **Systems Thinking for Decentralized Science & Environmental Impact Roundtable**: Jori Armbruster, EthicHub; Andrej Berlin, Deep Work Network; Dina Bécane-Gonçalves, mined.fi (Roundtable · Ocean Workshop Stage)
- 11:40–12:00 **So What? Why Monitoring and Impact Measurement Matter in Humanitarian Contexts**: Elliot Seeger, Coala Pay (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6NMGwV6bDY)
- 12:00–12:30 **Verifiable Public Goods Pipelines: A Dive into Cherty and the Poplar Protocol**: Caitlin Moore, Cherty (Forest Workshop Stage)
- 12:00–12:20 **Stories of Impact Game-Changers: Innovations for Regeneration in Southeast Asia and beyond**: Crystal Ma, Eka Frontier (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOfsSwrtjqc)
- 12:00–12:30 **Funding the art commons: How to implement structures and counter-infrastructures centering social, embodied and collaborative aspects of artistic expression?**: Zsófia Samodai, Wyvern Art Fund (Ocean Workshop Stage)
- 12:20–12:40 **Humanitarian Aid Revolutionized by Blockchain: Non Custodial Smart Wallet for Basic Phones and No Internet Needed**: Antonella Perrone, Xcapit (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMZBusrBoNE)
- 12:30–13:00 **Oceanic Whispers: Environmental Stewardship as a Creative Practice**: CROSSLUCID (Forest Workshop Stage)
- 12:40–13:00 **Risking together. The commons in the Anthropocene**: Adam Arvidsson, University of Naples Federico II (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P65mnogUfI)
- 13:00–14:00 **Film Screening "Groundwork: Building Community Through Regenerative Rubber" by Terra Genesis** (Other · Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuaPjC4Qq64)
- 14:00–14:20 **Full Stack Decentralization Now**: Jake Hartnell, Layer (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enlzDWd6eQk)
- 14:00–14:30 **Capital Allocation Workshop with Gitcoin**: Kevin Owocki, Gitcoin (Workshop · Ocean Workshop Stage)
- 14:20–14:40 **Decolonizing Money**: Julio Linares, Basic Income Earth Network, Poetic Technologies (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAeJzlMOjlg)
- 14:30–15:00 **Blockchain for Good: Ideating for Impact**: Glenn Tan, Blockchain for Good Alliance (Forest Workshop Stage)
- 14:40–15:00 **Human Key Infrastructure for Human Flourishing**: Shady El Damaty, Holonym (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_B209NcY30)
- 15:00–16:00 **Web3 and Small Business: How to Build a Community Bank for DAOs**: Josh Tan, Metagov, DAOstar (Forest Workshop Stage)
- 15:00–15:20 **Scale-Free money: A Public-Goods-First Economic System**: Christopher Goes, Anoma, Namada (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zo2ex5pjJ8)
- 15:00–15:30 **Cryptography for Public Goods**: Nanak Nihal Khalsa, Holonym (Ocean Workshop Stage)
- 15:20–15:40 **Unlocking digital democracy with ZK identity**: Kitty Horlick, RariLabs (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8lmSPvuR_A)
- 15:30–16:00 **Reclaiming Digital Sovereignty**: Duke Jones, Identikey (Ocean Workshop Stage)
- 15:40–16:00 **Priorities for PGF Builders in 2025**: Juan Benet, Protocol Labs (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1istCteOf0)
- 16:10–16:40 **Restoring Nature’s Biodiversity with DeSci and Equitable AI**: David Dao, GainForest (Forest Workshop Stage)
- 16:10–16:40 **Fireside Chat with Juan Benet & Illia Polosukhin**: Juan Benet, Protocol Labs; Illia Polosukhin, NEAR (Fireside · Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EeE4DPPyCQ)
- 16:40–17:40 **Hackathon & Design Jam Demo Presentations** (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88G-iU-wIP8)
  Funding the Commons Team - Hackathon Judges - Design Jam Mentors
- 17:40–18:00 **On-chain capital allocation: from present mechanisms to future possibilities**: Kevin Owocki, Gitcoin; Feems, DAO Governance Collective (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIVSjJGqNg4)

## Recordings

- From Thailand to the World: Coordinating for Public Goods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOWmv3R_2Lg
- Opening Words (Day 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLa0VLp4ofk
- Thailand Digital Economy Landscape and Opportunities for Startups: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tRKjRZcedI
- Catalyzing Systemic Change in Southeast Asia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frUTUftNyM0
- Humanitarian Aid Revolutionized by Blockchain: Non Custodial Wallet for Basic Phones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMZBusrBoNE
- The 4th Industrial Revolution & the Impact on the Marginalized Sector of SEA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlwRjjwT0nY
- Unlocking Financial Inclusion: Funding Solutions for Refugee Aid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgZ9JZWkiG4
- Building for Impact and Inclusion in Southeast Asia’s Local Context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A_n2Ib8ouY
- Stories of Impact Game-Changers: Innovations for Regeneration in SEA and beyond: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOfsSwrtjqc
- So What? Why Monitoring and Impact Measurement Matter in Humanitarian Contexts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6NMGwV6bDY
- Self-Governing Land Trusts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdyDSt49DoI
- Solidarity Primitives: How to fund your commons with an aligned community: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1oiG2gnAjQ
- Tracking Real-World Impact In Grant Programs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1dHddX-i2E
- Lifecycle of a Commons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9UAX7EQ0Rg
- Climate Positive DePIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOM4FVq0-yY
- Crypto for Real: From the Commons for Capital to Capital for the Commons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYtsdgU_jk4
- Network Goods: Digital Infrastructures for the Common Good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebSoKIB-dTk
- Building a Global Operating System for Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WOeMB4tM9k
- Degens & Dragons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tav7y1xYxoU
- State of Web3 Grants Report:  Reflections & Directions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaOrMtpg1tQ
- Reputation Based Impact Attestations for Funding Allocation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWMEaguyzX4
- From Public Goods Contribution to Professional Success: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyaT9ESY5ys
- The Grants Metadata Standard by DAOstar.org: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbjBOD9cnD0
- Decentralized Intelligence - The Impact of User-Owned AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCSNpfsdLJU
- Funding the Future: Innovative Approaches to Financing Crypto Policy Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWgSmAsJPc
- Retro Funding: Experts vs Data, reflections from two large scale experiments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ROZ5yeCSM
- Designing Next-Gen Digital Climate Infrastructure & Systematic Valuing of Nature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Drxfb-Pu4
- Climate Change & Why Satellite Technology Plays a Key Role in SEA Digital Transition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7K4kR0MK3I
- Opening Words & Residency Update (Day 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-oO2oyhw7k
- Risking Together: The Commons in the Anthropocene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P65mnogUfI
- Full Stack Decentralization Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enlzDWd6eQk
- Decolonizing Money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAeJzlMOjlg
- Human Key Infrastructure for Human Flourishing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_B209NcY30
- Scale-Free Money: A Public-Goods-First Economic System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zo2ex5pjJ8
- Fireside Chat with Juan Benet & Illia Polosukhin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EeE4DPPyCQ
- Building Community Through Regenerative Rubber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuaPjC4Qq64
- On-chain Capital Allocation: From Present Mechanisms to Future Possibilities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIVSjJGqNg4
- Hackathon & Design Jam Demo Presentations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88G-iU-wIP8
- Priorities for PGF Builders in 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1istCteOf0
- Unlocking Digital Democracy with ZK Identity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8lmSPvuR_A
- Funding the Commons Builder Residencies: Chiang Mai Teaser (David Dao): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbNWh5fji5I
- Funding the Commons Builder Residency: Chiang Mai Recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ihvdKHjhAs