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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 5^th to the 7^th 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.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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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.