Announcing: LabWeek Public Goods in San Francisco Bay Area
Join us April 11-16, 2024 for LabWeek Public Goods, a decentralized conference focused on public goods funding, sustainability, DeSci, and more.
Public goods has been a big part of the Protocol Labs vision since our earliest days, incubating projects such as Funding the Commons, Hypercerts, and OS Oberver, among many others. This year, we are excited to expand our commitment to public goods funding by dedicating an entire LabWeek to the field. LabWeek Public Goods in the San Francisco Bay Area will be a decentralized conference focused on fostering meaningful conversations between visionaries and leaders in the space. Events will be organized by teams in the public goods funding space, driven by subject matter experts, and range from panel discussions to workshops to summits and much more!
When: April 11-16, 2024
Where: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Why Public Goods: Our current economic systems are inadequate for solving the global challenges we face today, including climate change and support for early scientific research. With Web3 values and protocols we can address the limitations and inefficiencies of traditional economic and governance models, to help solve these large-scale problems. We need to actively create better mechanisms for funding and increased coordination to help stem the world’s most pressing problems.
To that end, we hope to see you at LabWeek Public Goods, a decentralized conference held in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, from April 11-16, 2024. Among the events at LabWeek Public Goods, we will deep dive into three main topics of interest:
Public Goods Funding: There have been big strides in public goods funding recently, with Optimism and Filecoin's FIL-RetroPGF- initiatives distributing over $100 million and 200,000 FIL tokens, respectively, to support essential ecosystem elements. Explore these advancements and challenges at Funding the Commons with PL teams including Drips, OS Observer, Optimism, Hypercerts, Gitcoin, CryptoEconLab and more.
Sustainability: Tackling climate change requires improved incentives and mechanisms. PL teams like Glow Labs and Nova Energy are leading efforts, redesigning carbon credit economies and launching frameworks for a greener digital landscape. Join Earth Commons to network with climate entrepreneurs and explore funding and governance solutions with PL teams.
Decentralized Science: DeSci offers an alternative to traditional scientific funding, promoting open access, distributed funding, and blockchain technology. VitaDAO's oversubscribed token sale and Molecule’s funding of autophagy research via IP-NFTs exemplify public enthusiasm. Dive into DeSci advancements at LabWeek Public Goods with Protocol Labs' teams including VitaDAO, DeSci Labs, DeSci Foundation, Molecule, IPFS, Coordination.network and more.
Register and learn more at labweek.io/24-pg
Because LabWeek Public Goods is decentralized, you will have to sign up for each event separately. Events are being added to the schedule on a regular basis, so come back to the website often for the latest updates.
To join the community conversation, sign up to the LabWeek Public Goods Telegram group.