Events

The University of Edinburgh seeks to bring together interdisciplinary scholars to explore ethnographic accounts and understandings of collaborative economy practices and communities, and therefore contributing to the development of a multi-faceted view on sharing and caring practices.

It can be difficult to make ends meet, let alone find a job that enlivens us to meaningfully contribute to the ecological, political, and social challenges of our time. Reframing work as part of our ‘right livelihood’ invites us to see work as a spiritual path and a vehicle for economic systems change.

Right livelihood comes from Buddhist philosophy and it is part of what is called the ‘eightfold noble path,’ which can be seen as a set of suggestions for ethical living. ‘Right livelihood’ reframes our work as efforts that contribute to a more life-sustaining and thriving world. It includes work that is paid and unpaid. This includes things like parenting, care work, volunteer work, activism, and art making because even though we are not always paid to do this work, they contribute to healthy communities and a healthy planet.

When we think about our livelihood as our service to the wellbeing of ourselves, each other, and the planet, it opens us up to new dreams and possibilities. Pairing these with alternative livelihood theories, tools, and business models empowers us to actualize them and contribute more substantially to the more equitable, sustainable, and just world we want right now.

Join us for a transformative weekend that aims to align your livelihood with your deeper purpose. Wherever you are on your journey, this course will help you pause to reflect, reconnect with what’s important to you, and go forth with tools and insights to help make your dreams come to life. Weaving stories, embodiment practices, games, with wisdom from the New Economy movement.

Planned discussions at the International Platform Cooperativism Conference include: “Silver tsunami,” ESOPs, shared tech stacks, investment, private, public, and civic incubators, and more.

LA CoMotion Leadership Conference, November 14-15, 2019 brings together global leaders of the mobility revolution. Reserved for policymakers and industry players from around the world, the event features curated discussions about how urban mobility is set to transform where and how we live, work, and play — and walk, bike and ride. Learn more and register here.

Discover theROI of Sustainable Business and learn to measure the risk and impact of previously unmeasured forms of value at New Metrics '19 this November 18-20. You’ll learn the newest data on notable trends, investigate new ROI studies, analyze tools for impact assessment in the supply chain, and discover new links between sustainability performance and stock performance. Most importantly, network with your peers leading the evolution of business metrics and grow with the Sustainable Brands community.

In July, 2018 the Carr Fire swept across 290,000 acres over two counties, destroying over 1,000 residences and causing physical and psychological damage on a massive scale. The Carr Fire was followed by the Delta Fire and then the Camp Fire, exponentially compounding the physical and emotional toll. The Northern California Resilience Program will address the immediate, pressing psychosocial needs stemming from the wildfires while also building local resilience and capacity to address future climate-related disasters and other major challenges facing our region.

The Sharing Economy Global Summit is the most comprehensive source of education, networking and information sharing for the global sharing economy. Startups and sharing economy industry groups from Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North Africa and North America will converge on London, the world's business hub, to learn strategies and tactics tested and vetted through real-world experiences.

The Global Summit offers programming and resources from experts focused on trust and safety, digital identity, screening, payments and fraud prevention, data privacy and cybersecurity, compliance and regulatory, legal and insurance, and product, technology and innovation. The content is designed to equip startups at all stages with effective risk management and legal strategies that enable them to succeed.

You already get that every business has risk. And you probably understand that identifying and mitigating risk can mean the difference between success and failure. This is especially true for innovative and disruptive marketplace startups. But with so much information out there, where do you start?

As the first and only conference focused on risk management and legal strategy for marketplace startups, the ecosystem has turned to the Marketplace Risk Management Conference because it’s the most comprehensive source of education, networking and information sharing. Join investors, founders, executives, lawyers and operators from marketplace startups in the sharing, gig, on-demand, peer-to-peer and collaborative economy.