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March 2019

GoodDollar Hackathon: Hackinequality March 2019

March 14, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - March 15, 2019 @ 1:30 pm UTC+2
eToro Israel, Champion Tower, 33rd Floor, Sheshet HaYamim 30
Bnei Brak, Israel

GoodDollar announces: Hackinequality March 2019 – the first hackathon for reducing global wealth inequality using decentralised technology. Topic suggestions for projects – you can choose one or choose your own: Digital identity related solution – centered around identity itself as a goal Social impact – a project that promotes social causes and fairness Social Identity for UBI – build a distributed identity system without a central database, to prevent users from opening multiple accounts per user, while maintaining privacy, efficiency, accessibility and decentralisation Social…

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April 2019

Nordic Basic Income Conference 2019 – “Visions for a Brighter Future”

April 5, 2019 - April 7, 2019
Chateau Neuf Oslo, Norway

Borgerlønn BIEN Norway and The Norwegian Student Society are pleased to announce that we will be hosting the next annual Nordic Basic Income Conference, which is to take place at Chateau Neuf in Oslo from the 5th to the 7th April 2019. The conference program will consist of plenary sessions and workshops, featuring both national and international speakers, as well as cultural contributions. One of the main purposes of this conference is to enable discussion about how the implementation of a basic…

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UBI Day at Draper University

April 16, 2019
Draper University San Mateo, CA United States

Draper Associates has invited several entrepreneurs working on basic income to pitch their ideas. The event will begin with a one hour long presentation by the head of UBI research at YCombinator at 1pm PST. Following that will be twelve UBI projects pitching over three hours to Tim Draper. The format will be ten minutes for a presentation, followed up by five minutes of Q&A. Tune in on "UBI Day" to watch or submit your project here. Click here for…

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May 2019

Alternative Basic Income Systems: A Discussion

May 15, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm UTC+4
Bushwick Generator Brooklyn, NY United States
Free

Basic income is a hot topic this year at New York's blockchain week. Join the discussion this evening to learn about three different OpenUBI projects: a cryptocurrency (Manna), an independent digital currency (Project Greshm), and a Sybil-resistant decentralized identity system (BrightID). We will kick off with an introduction to Universal Basic Income (UBI) by our esteemed guest Dr. Michael A. Lewis, professor at Hunter College and co-founder of the US Basic Income Guarantee (USBIG), followed by lightning talks from each project. At 7:30 we will begin…

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June 2019

18th Annual North American Basic Income Guarantee (NABIG) Congress

June 15, 2019 - June 16, 2019
Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, 2180 Third Avenue (at 119th Street)
New York, NY 10035 United States
Free

Organized by the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network, Basic Income Canada, and SSSW Associate Professor Michael A. Lewis, this year’s Congress will bring together researchers, activists, policymakers and students from around North America and the world who focus on universal basic income guarantee (BIG) on the policy agenda. This year marks fifty years since a basic income guarantee was first introduced in the U.S. Congress. Basic income is once again on the policy agenda in North America. Pilot programs, controlled…

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August 2019

BIEN Congress 2019

August 22, 2019 - August 25, 2019
Hyderabad, India + Google Map

Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) is a global network with 35 national and regional affiliates. Its primary objective is to foster informed discussion about basic income throughout the world. Each year, BIEN organizes an international Congress, hosted by one of its affiliates. India Network for Basic Income (INBI) along with NALSAR University of Law is hosting the 19th BIEN Congress in Hyderabad, India, from 22nd to 25th of August 2019.

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October 2019

Basic Income March

October 26, 2019
Free

Be part of the worldwide movement that is demanding basic income as the future of our economy. Our economy is leaving millions behind. Join the people powered movement to send the message that our society and economy needs to evolve to meet the challenges of the 21st century. The NYC Basic Income March will begin in South Bronx and finish in Harlem, at the Convent Baptist Church in Harlem. We will march with and hear from leaders including the Yang…

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May 2020

North American Basic Income Guarantee (NABIG) Congress 2020

May 21, 2020 - May 24, 2020
McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario Canada

The 19th annual NABIG Congress takes place May 21-24, 2020 at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario with prominent speakers and diverse participants from Canada, the United States and beyond. The major themes for NABIG 2020 are: The particular relevance of basic income to young people and their future wellbeing, and the importance of engaging youth in interrelated movements, especially those concerned with climate crisis and the future of the economy. Basic income and women’s equality and wellbeing, especially in the…

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July 2020

Carbon charges, basic income and global justice

July 30, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UTC+0

This webinar explores the proposal that carbon charges - and the dividends paid from them - should be international. About this Event This webinar is aimed at activists, academics, policy-makers and all who have an interest in global justice and sustainability. Carbon taxes and charges are usually proposed as national schemes, with the revenues kept within the country. Given the international impacts of burning carbon, we ask whether it is right that the highest polluters get to hold onto the…

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GoodDollar Hackathon: Hackinequality March 2019

GoodDollar announces: Hackinequality March 2019 – the first hackathon for reducing global wealth inequality using decentralised technology.

Topic suggestions for projects – you can choose one or choose your own:

Digital identity related solution – centered around identity itself as a goal
Social impact – a project that promotes social causes and fairness
Social Identity for UBI – build a distributed identity system without a central database, to prevent users from opening multiple accounts per user, while maintaining privacy, efficiency, accessibility and decentralisation
Social Interest (Economy) – how to design a sustainable token economy of a UBI-based currency using smart contracts
Direct Giving – how to design an efficient donation system for transferring money to those in need
Decentralised Governance – design a community-led system, whose economy and rules are managed decentrally by smart contract code on the blockchain

Nordic Basic Income Conference 2019 – “Visions for a Brighter Future”

Borgerlønn BIEN Norway and The Norwegian Student Society are pleased to announce that we will be hosting the next annual Nordic Basic Income Conference, which is to take place at Chateau Neuf in Oslo from the 5th to the 7th April 2019. The conference program will consist of plenary sessions and workshops, featuring both national and international speakers, as well as cultural contributions.

One of the main purposes of this conference is to enable discussion about how the implementation of a basic income would look like in the Nordic countries. BIEN Norway wants to put this on the national political agenda before the municipal and county elections in September 2019.

In the UN’s Sustainable Goals (SDG) the environment, economy and social development are seen in close relation to each other. Some of these goals focus on eliminating extreme poverty and reduce social inequality. There is increasing consensus that a global welfare system, providing direct cash-payments is the best solution to poverty, inequality and their consequences.

In line with this, and because the Nordic countries already spend a considerable amount of their GDP on developmental aid, we also see universal basic income as a global development project, with increased focus on human rights and socio-economic security.

The conference is open to anyone who wants to expand their knowledge on our welfare systems, their development and basic income as an alternative to many of the current support systems. We welcome everyone interested in, or working towards, creating a fairer distribution of our common resources and global development.

The Nordic UBI conference is likely to be the biggest basic income event in Europe in 2019, as the international BIEN congress that year will be held in Hyderabad, India. As such, we encourage all interested organizations and individuals to join us in Oslo in April for three days of knowledge sharing, debate and social events.

UBI Day at Draper University

Draper Associates has invited several entrepreneurs working on basic income to pitch their ideas. The event will begin with a one hour long presentation by the head of UBI research at YCombinator at 1pm PST. Following that will be twelve UBI projects pitching over three hours to Tim Draper. The format will be ten minutes for a presentation, followed up by five minutes of Q&A. Tune in on “UBI Day” to watch or submit your project here.

Click here for the livestream.

Alternative Basic Income Systems: A Discussion

Basic income is a hot topic this year at New York’s blockchain week. Join the discussion this evening to learn about three different OpenUBI projects: a cryptocurrency (Manna), an independent digital currency (Project Greshm), and a Sybil-resistant decentralized identity system (BrightID). We will kick off with an introduction to Universal Basic Income (UBI) by our esteemed guest Dr. Michael A. Lewis, professor at Hunter College and co-founder of the US Basic Income Guarantee (USBIG), followed by lightning talks from each project. At 7:30 we will begin our panel discussion comparing the opportunities and challenges inherent in different kinds of basic income systems, concluding with an audience Q&A. This is a free event.

18th Annual North American Basic Income Guarantee (NABIG) Congress

Organized by the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network, Basic Income Canada, and SSSW Associate Professor Michael A. Lewis, this year’s Congress will bring together researchers, activists, policymakers and students from around North America and the world who focus on universal basic income guarantee (BIG) on the policy agenda.

This year marks fifty years since a basic income guarantee was first introduced in the U.S. Congress. Basic income is once again on the policy agenda in North America. Pilot programs, controlled trials, documentaries, and debates are bringing basic income into mainstream policy conversations. The 2019 NABIG Congress will discuss ways to implement and finance basic income policy in the U.S. and Canada, alternative and complementary policies such as conditional cash transfers, a federal job guarantee, as well as the politics of getting basic income on the agenda of political parties, social movements, and legislatures.

BIEN Congress 2019

Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) is a global network with 35 national and regional affiliates. Its primary objective is to foster informed discussion about basic income throughout the world. Each year, BIEN organizes an international Congress, hosted by one of its affiliates.

India Network for Basic Income (INBI) along with NALSAR University of Law is hosting the 19th BIEN Congress in Hyderabad, India, from 22nd to 25th of August 2019.

Basic Income March

Be part of the worldwide movement that is demanding basic income as the future of our economy.

Our economy is leaving millions behind. Join the people powered movement to send the message that our society and economy needs to evolve to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

The NYC Basic Income March will begin in South Bronx and finish in Harlem, at the Convent Baptist Church in Harlem. We will march with and hear from leaders including the Yang Campaign, Al Sharpton, Congressional Candidate James Felton Keith, and Hawk Newsome, Chairman of Black Lives Matter.

Get involved. Get inspired. Together, we can make historic change.

Basic Income Marches will be held in the following cities:

New York City
San Francisco
Chicago
Berlin
Salt Lake City
Amsterdam
Honolulu
Kumbungu
Toronto

#basicincomemarch

North American Basic Income Guarantee (NABIG) Congress 2020

The 19th annual NABIG Congress takes place May 21-24, 2020 at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario with prominent speakers and diverse participants from Canada, the United States and beyond.

The major themes for NABIG 2020 are:

  • The particular relevance of basic income to young people and their future wellbeing, and the importance of engaging youth in interrelated movements, especially those concerned with climate crisis and the future of the economy.
  • Basic income and women’s equality and wellbeing, especially in the context of growing precarious employment, and the need to rethink ‘work’ and the relationship between women and the state.

Proposals for presentations, panels, and alternative expressions are now invited.

The deadline for submissions is February 18, 2020.

Carbon charges, basic income and global justice

This webinar explores the proposal that carbon charges – and the dividends paid from them – should be international.

About this Event

This webinar is aimed at activists, academics, policy-makers and all who have an interest in global justice and sustainability.

Carbon taxes and charges are usually proposed as national schemes, with the revenues kept within the country. Given the international impacts of burning carbon, we ask whether it is right that the highest polluters get to hold onto the biggest dividends.

This webinar discusses an alternative – International Carbon Charge and Dividend, along with a cap on total carbon extraction. This proposal aims to directly address the climate emergency in a way that is consistent with climate justice.

As well as directly addressing the climate emergency, carbon dividends have significant potential to tackle extreme poverty and chip away at inequality between the Global North and South.

This proposal therefore provides an opportunity to tackle the world’s greatest emergencies – extreme poverty and climate change – through a single, practical scheme. Join us to hear how it would work, and how you can help shift climate debates to incorporate global justice.

Places are limited to 100 and will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis on the day, so please arrive on time to ensure you can join us. You will be emailed the link to join the webinar in advance of the session.