RfC: Ideas for Venezuela #17
Description
Request for Comment
Request for Comment from the community about how Universe may assist Venezuelan's with their quest in a regime change and rebuilding their government and economy.
I attended a Galaxy Digital event last night and ran into Santiago Siri, Founder of Democracy Earth. https://twitter.com/santisiri. Santiago used to work out of our offices at Blockstack.
@dant and I attended a “Help Venezuela” workshop at Consensus on Tuesday morning. Someone from Democracy Earth was on one of the 3 panels they had. DE is looking to provide Venezuelans with decentralized voting. They currently use Blockstack ID’s for their identity.
Dan and I were chatting and thinking of ways Universe can assist Venezuelans with ID’s and at the event last night, I asked Santiago how we can help and he said we should get together and brainstorm.
One ambitious long term goal is to provide them with decentralized Blockstack/Universe ID cards. Physical cards.. and digital cards.
I know David Kelts from https://www.idemia.com/ and can reach out to him. David produces 48 states driver’s license ID cards, all of Canada’s and quite a few of Europe’s as well. I’ve had conversations with David at past IIW https://internetidentityworkshop.com/ events about this.
I'd love for everyone to assist.
Consensus session
Tue May 14/ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ( 2 Hours )
Not the Petro: Bottom-Up Blockchain Ideas for Venezuela
Room A, Concourse Level
Cryptocurrency has become a lifeline for many Venezuelans seeking respite from the country's dramatic collapse. Hear first-hand from the projects operating on the front lines, and contribute to a broader discussion on how blockchain technology can help rebuild Venezuela's economy and institutions.
Workshop
Speakers
Joe Waltman
Executive Director
GiveCrypto.org
Speaker
Ruben Galindo
CEO
Airtm
Speaker
Eduardo Medina
Lead Developer
Democracy Earth Foundation
Speaker
Mariano Di Pietrantonio
Community Lead Latin America
MakerDAO
Speaker
Jonathan Kohn
CEO and Co-founder
Cripto Conserje
Speaker
Daniel Knobelsdorf
Blockchain Strategist
Kruger Corp
Speaker
Moises Rendon
Associate Director & Associate Fellow
Center for Strategic & International Studies
Moderator
Bailey Reutzel
Multimedia Editor
CoinDesk
Moderator
Yaya Fanusie
Senior Felllow
Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Speaker
Fernando Cutz
Senior Associate
The Cohen Group
Speaker
Elena Sofia Giralt
Meetup Organizer
Blockchain Latinx
Speaker
Alex Gladstein
Chief Strategy Officer
Human Rights Foundation
Speaker
Daniel Sierra
Public Policy Advisor
Venezuelan Embassy
Speaker
Armando Armas
Congressman
Venezuela National Assembly
Speaker
Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian
Director of the Department of Social Inclusion of the Secretariat for Access to Rights and Equity
Organization of American States
Speaker
Josh Swihart
Vice President, Marketing and Business Development
Electric Coin Company
Speaker
