Join researchers, policymakers, builders, and funders at the 12th edition of Funding the Commons happening during the Ethereum San Francisco Week 2025.
The conference takes place at the iconic Internet Archive, a global symbol of open access and collective stewardship, reinforcing the urgency of sustaining digital infrastructure for the public good.
Happening alongside NVIDIA’s developer events and ETHSF, this conference provides a critical space to examine how AI, blockchain, and decentralized infrastructure can be stewarded, regulated, and sustained for the future.
Speakers include:
- Samuel Klein (Omnipedia, Harvard Berkman Klein Center)
- Illia Polosukhin (NEAR Protocol)
- Carter Gibson (Google)
- Dazza Greenwood (MIT Computational Law Report)
- Juan Benet (Protocol Labs)
- Shady El-Damaty (human.tech by Holonym Foundation)
- Tom Kalil (Renaissance Philanthropy)
- Robert Drost (Eigen Foundation)
- Daniel Wolfe (UC Joint Computational Precision Health Program)
- Kevin Owocki (Gitcoin)
- Devansh Mehta (Ethereum Foundation)
- Allison Duettman (Foresight Institute)
- Mark Graham (Internet Archive)
- Amber Case (Calm Technologies)
- Chiara di Leone (UCLA, Antikythera)
- Stuart Cowan (Buckminster Fuller Institute)
- Gregory Landua (Regen Network)
- Vincent Weisser (Prime Intellect)
- Maria João Sousa (Climate Change AI)
- Danny O’Brien (Filecoin Foundation)
- Evan Miyazono (Atlas Computing)
- Beth McCarthy (Funding the Commons)
- Wendy Hanamura (Internet Archive)
- Nanak Nihal Khalsa (human.tech by Holonym Foundation)
- David Sneider (Lit Protocol)
- Ele Diakomichalis (Drips)
- Ann Pace (Wise Ancestors)
- Barry Threw (Gray Area)
- Matt Prewitt (RadicalXChange)
- James Kiernan (Octant)
- Raymond Cheng (Open Source Observer)
- Christine Peterson (Foresight Institute)
- Paul Brody (Enterprise Ethereum Alliance)
- Timour Kosters (Edge City)
- Aleksandra Smilek (Wise Ancestors)
- Paco Villetard (Only Dust)
- Max Song (Carbonbase)
- Ben Goldhaber (Future of Life Foundation)
- Alan Ransil (Filecoin Foundation, Devonian)
- David Casey (Funding the Commons)
- David Dao (Gainforest)
- Abhinav Singh (Normalyze)
- Marie-Claire Graf (Future Leaders Network)
- Seth Frey (UC Davis)
- Toby Shorin (Care Culture)
- Matthew Monahan (Ma Earth)
- Mark S. Miller (Agoric)
- Djimo Serodio (Silvi)
- B Cavello (The Aspen Institute)
- Adina Popescu (ÆRTH)
Funding the Commons: San Francisco 2025 provides a unique space for collaboration, creativity, and building real-world solutions. By connecting experts across technology, academia, philanthropy, and policy, this conference fosters interdisciplinary dialogue to ensure that technology serves as a shared resource for all.
Whether you’re interested in sustainable funding models, governance frameworks, or integrating ethical principles into technology design, this event offers an opportunity to engage with leading thinkers and shape the future of technology as a public good.
↪️ Ethereum San Francisco Week (ETHSF25) is a decentralized, week-long event series across the Bay Area, featuring events focused on d/acc, blockchain, AI and beyond.
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