The Network State Conference: Amsterdam, Oct 30 2023
This is a conference for people interested in founding, funding, and finding new communities.
Topics include startup societies, network states, digital nomadism, competitive government, legalizing innovation, and building alternatives. Speakers include Glenn Greenwald, Vitalik Buterin, Anatoly Yakovenko, Garry Tan, the Winklevosses, and Tyler Cowen. See presentations by startup society founders around the world, invest in them, and search for the community that fits you.
Held in beautiful Amsterdam on October 30, right after Urbit Assembly and before Solana Breakpoint.
DETAILS
For Remote Attendees
We’ll be streaming on YouTube at youtube.com/@thenetworkstate and on Twitter at twitter.com/balajis.
For In-Person Attendees
Venue: TAETS Art and Event Park (taets.com) at Grote Hulzen 13, Zaandam
Food: We’ll be serving light lunch, but there are limited restaurant options near the venue, so you may want to bring snacks.
Transport: There is extremely limited parking on site, so the simplest way to get there is to take a taxi, uber, or Bolt directly to Taets. The dropoff address is Grote Hulzen 13, Zaandam.
You can also take a shuttle from the IJcatcher waterfront wine bar in Central Amsterdam to Taets, which departs every 15 minutes from 8:45am to 10:45am. In the evening, shuttles run from 5pm to 8:15pm to take you back from Taets to IJCatcher, also departing every 15 minutes.
SCHEDULE
09:00 - 11:00 - Registration, breakfast, and mingling
11:00 - 13:30 - Talks begin at 11am
Opening Address by Balaji
Part I: Parallel Societies
Physical Parallel Societies
Alex Grintsvayg | Cabin
Jason Benn | The Neighborhood SF
Zach Milburn | NOMAD
Dryden Brown | Praxis
Ryan Johnson | Culdesac
Erick Brimen | Prospera
Andrew Rose and Priya Rose | Fractal
Brooke Bowman | Vibecamp
Alexis Rivas | Buildcover
Emerging Parallel Societies
Yalor Mewn | Metacartel
Zach Anderson | Coordinape
Ryan Rzepecki | Spectra
Shervin Pishevar and Stefan Zingerle | Sherpa Capital and Casa Orascom
Sondre Rasch | Plumia
Lindsey Elkin | Yayem
Patri Friedman | Pronomos
Vitalik Buterin | Zuzalu
13:30 - 14:30 - Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 - Talks resume at 2:30pm
Part II: Parallel Institutions
Parallel Media
Glenn Greenwald | Rumble
Ashley Rindsberg | Gray Lady Winked
Alana Newhouse | Tablet
Nuseir Yassin | Nas Daily
Dan Romero | Farcaster
Parallel Education
Chrisman Frank | Synthesis
Michael Gibson | 1517 Fund
Tyler Cowen | Emergent Ventures
Amjad Masad | Replit
Parallel Laws
Garry Tan | YCombinator
Beff Jezos | e/acc
Spencer Macdonald | Spearbit
Luis Cuende | Baseflow
Mark Lutter | Charter Cities
16:30 - 16:50 - Coffee break
16:50 - 18:00 - Talks resume at 4:50pm
Parallel Biomedicine
Niklas Anzinger | Infinita
Laurence Ion | Vitalia
Patrick Joyce | Research Hub
Parallel Finance
Codie Sanchez | Contrarian Thinking
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss | Gemini
Anatoly Yakovenko | Solana Labs
Kathleen Tyson | Pacemaker Global
Peter St Onge | Heritage
Closing Address by Balaji
18:00 - 20:00 Drinks and mingle until venue closes at 8pm
20:00 - late Hang out in Amsterdam with other Network Staters!
RESOURCES
For the livestream, go to youtube.com/@thenetworkstate and twitter.com/balajis
For the venue, you can see taets.com
To read more about the conference, go here https://balajis.com/p/network-state-conference
QUESTIONS
For ticket-related questions, reach out through the Luma page at thenetworkstate.com/conference
For general questions, email conference@thenetworkstate.com
If none of those work, contact conference co-organizer Noah Jessop (@nsjessop on Telegram, @njess on Twitter).
Finally, conference attendees are self-organizing Amsterdam meetups in this public community on Telegram (t.me/+JQ8x_UuqzNgwZjZl) and in the network state Warpcast channel on Farcaster (warpcast.com/~/channel/network-states).
See you at 9am Amsterdam time on October 30 at Taets (taets.com)!
