Owning the Future: Sustainably Scaling Platform Cooperatives

OInstituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio (ITS Rio)é um centro pesquisa independente e sem fins lucrativos.Sua missão é assegurar que o Brasil responda de maneira criativa e apropriada às oportunidades fornecidas pela tecnologia na era digital, e que seus potenciais benefícios sejam amplamente compartilhados pela sociedade.

Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro

Sustainably Scaling Platform Cooperatives With the Global South

Museum of Tomorrow | Museu do Amanhã

One frequently asked question is whether platform co-ops can scale to successfully compete with large tech companies. What does it mean for cooperatives to scale while adhering to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? Will Distributed Autonomous Organizations, blockchains, and other much-touted distributed technologies help these growth aspirations and address governance issues?How can we construct a resourceful and assertive cooperative digital economy in the Global South — an economy that has been over-exploited and over-extracted by data and labor colonialism of the Global North? The conference addresses a specific question: How have digital cooperatives scaled their businesses skillfully in agriculture, the care sector, finance, and ride hailing, among other sectors? This debate will serve as a catalyst for the Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC) conference, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro in November 2022.WHY IN BRAZIL?Brazil has a strong tradition in cooperatives and now it is emerging as a global hub for worker- and user-owned digital platforms in recent years. The contours of tomorrow’s global cooperative digital economy are already visible in cities such as Rio. DATES AND TIME:Nov 4th - 9 am to 7 pmNov 5th - 9 am to 7 pmNov 6th - 9 am `to 2 pmSYMBOLIC FEE:BRL 18.89* | Charging this symbolic value is our way of estimating the number of people who will actually come to the event in person. Therefore, we ask that you make the payment only when you are sure that you will be able to participate.*1889 was was the year of the foundation of the first cooperative in Brazil.THE EVENT WILL BE CO-HOSTED BY THE PCC AND ITS RIO, SUPPORTED BY SESCOOP/RJ.<a href="https://platform.coop/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Platform Cooperativism Consortium</a> at The New School, New York City<a href="https://itsrio.org/pt/home/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Institute for Technology and Society of Rio de Janeiro</a> (ITS)<a href="https://rio.coop/sescoop/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem do Cooperativismo no Estado do Rio de Janeiro</a> (SESCOOP/RJ)

Our {communityGuidelinesLink} describe the sort of content we prohibit on Eventbrite. If you suspect an event may be in violation, you can report it to us so we can investigate.

To report other categories of prohibited or illegal content, submit {link}