Join us from 1500 UTC on 19th March 2024 to 1500 UTC on 20th March 2024
Zoom link to the gathering here, we'll open up the room half an hour prior.
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Opening Ceremony
Hopur one, 15:00 UTC
In the Connectathon inaugural hour, we begin by collectively setting our intentions, recalling our roles as co-creators, listeners, and keepers of love, spirit, and hope, inviting participants to join us in shaping our shared rituals for a graceful, interconnected 24 hours, emphasizing the Red Thread of meaning that unites us throughout the event.
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Hour Two 2000 UTC
Towards a Motivated Self
Our Humanity
Why a motivated self?
A motivated individual is one who takes initiative, can foresee the greater good, and has the ability to accept won shortcomings yet not be deterred by them.
In this session, we will be using a Fireside Chat format to learn from Curt's experiences.
Participants
This session is hosted by Isha Kakkad of the 8one Foundation and Curt Carlson along with Purva Parwani are the speakers. Join the circle on co:do here to add your comments and more.
Hour Three 2100 UTC
Rites of Passage - Africa
Ancient Future Wisdom - Africa
In Ancient Future Wisdom we explore the lessons and learnings from the past to inform us as we embark on creating the cultures of the future.
The first of the sessions this Connectathon will focus on the continent of Africa, the cradle of humanity.
Participants
The Ancient Future Wisdom sessions are curated by Violeta Bulc of Ecocivilisation and Ramit Singh of 8One. Alice Namuli Blažević will be our host for this session and the speakers are Paul Leitura and Tauriq Jenkins.
Hour Four 2200 UTC
The Holochain
Living Economies
Holochain is an open-source framework for creating peer-to-peer applications that are secure, reliable, and fast. Instead of depending on servers, Holochain applications connect user devices directly to each other in secure networks.
So how does this connect to a new economy?
Participants
This session is hosted by Roberto Valenti and the main speaker is Arthur Brock.
Hour Five 2300 UTC
Sovereignty, Society, and Identity
Tools of Transformation
While identity is a social construct, that construction should be consensual and participatory. Currently dominant models of identity reinforce a pattern of objectification and encode this at the infrastructure level. With "Big Tech" platforms like Google, Facebook, and Amazon positioning themselves as de facto identity providers it is more important than ever for us to deploy the infrastructure of freedom that gives people sovereign control over their own digital representations of identity.
The Federated Authentication Network is one initiative in this very active development space. Join us for an in-depth discussion and optional onboarding session.
Participants
Day Waterbury of the Federated Authentication Network (FAN) is our host, speakers to be announced.
Hour Six 2400 UTC
Towards a Selfless Community
Our Humanity
The Rites of Passage: Towards a Selfless Community
A group of motivated individuals has the capacity to lend their support to one another by understanding each other’s needs without dwelling on what would bring the greatest material reward. In this session, we will be interacting with various community leaders who will use a Storytelling format to inculcate selflessness.
Participants
This session is hosted by Aparna Nayyar of the 8one Foundation. The speaker is Lil-Maria Pichs-Hernandez.
Hour Seven 0100 UTC
Rites of Passage: Americas
Ancient Future Wisdom
In Ancient Future Wisdom we explore the lessons and learnings from the past to inform us as we embark on creating the cultures of the future.
This second session will focus on the traditions of the Americas.
Participants
This session is hosted by Violeta Bulc of Ecocivilisation and Ramit Singh of 8One.
Hour Eight 0200 UTC
Healing Biotopes: Frontiers in Human Ecology
Living Economies
A session on post-capitalist transition, exploring the legal and financial models that support it, in the regenerative land-based context.
Participants
The session is hosted by Day Waterbury and Keala Young. Participants to be announced.
Hour Nine 0300 UTC
The Rite of Passage to Freedom
Tools of Transformation
Join a riveting hour featuring individuals who defied adversity, leveraged their life experiences, and transformed into influential evolutionary change-leaders.
Uncover their potent tools for personal evolution, and harness these insights to re-ignite transformation in your own life and within those you work with.
Participants
The host for this session will be Ferial Puren and speakers are Eric Kohner, Mike Lattimore, Andy Ferguson, Ta’Isha Gist and Wesley Douglas
Hour Ten 0400 UTC
Towards an Inclusive Society
Our Humanity
As a society is made up of communities that have the ability to thrive on their own but the ability to also ensure seeing others as humans and not basis the country/religion/caste/socio-economic background/gender they belong to. A society where members embrace differences and thrive.
In this session, we will be inviting Sonia Randhawa to use Sortition Exercise to teach societal governance.
Participants
This session is hosted by Isha Kakkad of the 8one Foundation and our guest speaker is Sonia Randhawa.
Hour Eleven 0500 UTC
Rites of Passage: Asia
Ancient Future Wisdom - Asia
In Ancient Future Wisdom we explore the lessons and learnings from the past to inform us as we embark on creating the cultures of the future.
This third session will focus on the traditions of Asia.
Participants
The session hosts will be Arti Ahluwalia and Deirdra Deirdra McMenamin, with Ms. Abhilasha Singh and Mr. Jagannath Panda as speakers.
Hour Twelve 0600 UTC
Equinox - Celebrating the Art of life.
Being Ritual
An Equinox celebration of the interconnectedness of art and life, where fellow creators share how their artistic endeavours and enrich their human experiences, fostering a deeper appreciation for individual life journeys.
Participants
The Equinox Celebration will be hosted by Suzanne Jenkins along with a number of participants to be shared shortly.
Hour Thirteen 0700 UTC
Living Cities: Human Well
Living Economies
As humans, we are intricately connected to the evolutionary web of life. In our modern, complex world what does it mean to “human well''?
Living Cities Earth is an interdisciplinary action research network, connecting 10,000 cities and a web of integral experts serving Gaia’s well-being.
Participants
Robert Schram and Ferial Puren will be our hosts with Marilyn Hamilton as our guest speaker.
Hour Fourteen 0800 UTC
New tools for urban transformation
Tools for Transformation
Why do we want to transform our cities?
What are the principles of city transformation?
How do we perceive cities and citizens?
What aspects of urban development must be taken into consideration?
What diagnostic tools could be applied to measure the effectiveness of city transformation?
How could you launch integral development in your city?
Why join LCE - the world's largest integral city development community?
This session is also part of the ongoing Happy Cities Earth marathon.
Participants
Marina Demchenko, COO of Living Cities Earth, will host this panel discussion, with a number of co-founders of the network participating.
Hour Fifteen 0900 UTC
Towards a Collaborative World
Our Humanity
With the help of inclusive societies, selfless communities, and motivated individuals, the world at large becomes a more collaborative and cohesive whole.
In this session, we will use a Case Study Masterclass format to understand how projects are implemented on a global scale.
Participants
This session is hosted by Aparna Nayyar of the 8one Foundation. Our guest speaker is Joyce Poan.
Hour Sixteen 1000 UTC
Rites of Passage - Europe
Ancient Future Wisdom
In Ancient Future Wisdom we explore the lessons and learnings from the past to inform us as we embark on creating the cultures of the future.
This third session will focus on the traditions of Europe.
Participants
Hour Sixteen will be hosted by Sonja Klopčič of AEIOU and Manica Čelofiga of the Ecocivilisation movement, and speakers will be Mojca Bedenik, Simon Prosen, Špela Sečnik and Tonje Parsons.
Hour Seventeen 1100 UTC
Economia Empoderativa
Living Economies
In this session, we will focus on regenerative agriculture and its importance for the health of us as both individuals and as a society.
Participants
Hour seventeen will be bosted by Alexander Laszlo and Robert Schram, with Alejandro Kretschel, Dylan Williams and Leandro Colomino
Hour Eighteen 1200 UTC
Future Proof Social Media
Tools for Transformation
The predominant forms of social media give us a potential reach beyond anything available to us as individuals a mere generation ago. On the flip side of this equation, we find a marked decrease in mental health, the unfiltered spreading of fake news and an increase in polarisation.
Join us for an open and participatory discussion on how we might turn this ship around and create tools that empower us, without limiting our reach and potential impact as changemakers.
Participants
This session will be hosted by Tim Olsson from Social Systems Lab and will feature Patrik Opacic, lead developer of Circles, and other voices.
Hour Nineteen 1300 UTC
Bringing It All Together
Our Humanity
A session where we summarise and provide the listeners with an overview of all the sessions on the Our Humanity topic.
Participants
This session is hosted by Aparna Nayyar and Isha Kakkad of the 8one Foundation.
Hour Twenty 1400 UTC
Rites of Passage
Ancient Future Wisdom - World
In Ancient Future Wisdom we explore the lessons and learnings from the past to inform us as we embark on creating the cultures of the future.
This final session will look to ancient wisdoms of the Earth as a whole.
Participants
The final Ancient Future Wisdom session will be hosted by Yuko Kudo with speakers Kristen Cabildo, Taees Gheirati and Alexandra Cummings (via recording).
Hour Twentyone 1500 UTC
Open Access Economy: Colin Turner
Living Economies
An open access (or free access) economy is a proposed alternative method of organising resources and services in human society.
Rather than access to the things we need being constrained by the ability to trade or pay money, an open access society promotes a mutual understanding that everyone in that society is fully supported with (at least) their basic living requirements unconditionally.
Participants
The session will be hosted by Robert Schram and the speaker will be Colin Turner.
Hour Twentytwo 1600 UTC
The Game of Good
Tools for Transformation
Gamification has been used to manipulate us since the days of Edward Bernays, and probably long before that, if in less elaborate ways.
We are constantly being gamed and nudged as consumers in whatever direction the higher bidder bids. But what if we took a page from the game book and designed games with outcomes we actually and consciously want? Join us as we reclaim the game!
Participants
This session is hosted by Alexander Laszlo with Tim Olsson from Socials Systems Lab and Sheri Sophia Herndon from the EARTHwise Centre, among others.
Hour Twetythree 1700 UTC
Intentioning: for the Future You Want to Live into...
Being Rituals
Join Majida Abdi in the transformative Kasala Ritual, a sacred gathering where individual visions weave together to shape our collective future, fostering shared aspirations and co-creation.
Together, we will each give voice to the Future We Want to Live into.
Participants
The session will be hosted by Majida Abdi with Alexander Laszlo as speaker.
Hour Twentyfour 1800 UTC
Reflections: What did you Experience, Observe & Learn.
Being Rituals
In the final hour of the Connectathon, we reflect on our 24-hour journey, seek lessons and inspiration for transformation, and release our collective intentions into the universe, embracing our roles as co-creators and keepers of love, spirit, and hope.
We start on Friday 22 September, at 19:00 UTC.