::fibreculture:: MoneyLab:Coining Alternatives - International Conference

[Irina Enache]

If you are coming/wish to come to Amsterdam, Netherlands on 21-22 March! The conference sessions will also
be filmed and uploaded on networkcultures.org/moneylab for those who are interested but cannot make it.


MoneyLab: Coining Alternatives
Sprouting New Economic Forms in Times of Crisis
International Conference & Alternatives Bazaar

MoneyLab: Coining Alternatives is a two-day international conference on alternative economic forms,
currencies and banking systems organized by the Institute of Network Cultures on 21-22 March 2014 at Lab 111
(Arie Biemondstraat 111) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The conference brings bringing together top international speakers – researchers, activists, artists,
designers and programmers – to critically probe alternative economic models, payment systems, revenue models
and local and digital currencies against the backdrop of the ongoing global economic stagnation.

Topics: Bitcoin | Crowdfunding | Mobile Money | Digital Currencies | Local Currencies | Economic Crisis &
Activism | Money and Art | Alternative Banking Systems |

Speakers: Saskia Sassen, Bill Maurer, Franco Berardi, Tiziana Terranova, Eduard de Jong, Aaron Koenig, Brian
Holmes, Matthew Slater, Lana Swartz and many more.

What is the future of internet-based currencies like Bitcoin? Can revenue models such as crowdfunding
function as structural sources of income? What lessons are to be learned from mobile money payment systems
in Africa? Is it possible to imagine a future sustainable network-economy? How should we understand the
politics and governance of alternative digital-economic forms?

The MoneyLab Alternatives Bazaar complements the conference. The Bazaar presents organizations and
initiatives directly involved with alternative revenue models and local currencies such as Qoin, Noppes,
Next Nature & Eco Currency, Timebank CC, Peerby, and a Bitcoin ATM. The Alternatives Bazaar provides a
platform to network, exchange ideas, and get involved and is open throughout the 22nd of March. Further
activities at the event include art performances, a hackathon and workshops.

More information, tickets and updates on the program:  www.networkcultures.org/moneylab

MoneyLab: Coining Alternatives – 21-22 March 2014
Lab111: Arie Biemondstraat 111 Amsterdam
Tickets are € 30,- (regular) and € 15,- (student discount) per day.

MoneyLab: Coining Alternatives is an initiative of the Institute of Network Cultures and Hogeschool van
Amsterdam in collaboration with CREATE-IT and Amsterdam Creative Industries - Centre of Expertise, and the
University of Warwick.


Contact & Info:
Institute of Network Cultures // Patricia de Vries
T: +31 (0)20 595 1883
E: patricia at networkcultures.org
W: www.networkcultures.org/moneylab/

-- 
Irina Enache

Researcher at MoneyLab: Coining Alternatives
Institute of Network Cultures
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences | HvA

Room 04A07
Rhijnspoorplein 1
NL-1091 GC Amsterdam
t: +31 631 216 018
irina at networkcultures.org
www.networkcultures.org
@INCAmsterdam