Event archive: CCs and societal challenges: Crossing academic and practitioners knowledges/perspectives from 21. November 2019 to 22. November 2000, Brüssel International conference on complementary currencies: The Complementary Currencies and Societal Challenges conference will be held in Brussels, Belgium, organised by the Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi) and the Research Association on Monetary Innovation and Community and Complementary Currency Systems (RAMICS). The event is designed to include academic and practitioner knowledge and will be organized in […] read more
Event archive: Towards a sustainable financial ecosystem (event in honour of Bernard Lietaer) from 20. November 2019 14:00 to 20. November 2019 19:00, Brussels (Triodos Bank) In the wake of the 2008 crisis, governments worldwide have rescued the financial system at a high societal cost, yet without a systemic reform to correct its weaknesses. Today a broad reflection is emerging on how to create a more stable financial system at the service of people and planet. Many actors inside and outside […] read more
Event archive: 5th Biennial RAMICS International Congress from 11. September 2019 to 15. September 2019, Japan “Going Digital? New Possibilities of Digital-Community Currency Systems” Only in the past few years, crypto currencies such as Bitcoin and other altcoins/ tokens have rapidly spread all over the world, expanded its scale, and increased its number. However, we have witnessed in the recent bubble burst of crypto currencies that they have become quite volatile, […] read more
Event archive: Summer School: Alternative Economic and Monetary Systems from 24. July 2019 to 9. August 2019, Vienna The Summer School Alternative Economic and Monetary Systems (Vienna, 5 ECTS, completely in English) is open to students and professionals of all fields and offers alternatives to the processes that are putting strains on our economic and eco-social boundaries. In addition to classic and new concepts from the field of economics, students will also hear […] read more
Event archive: The E-krona and Beyond: The Future of Money and Banking in the Era of Digitalization at 15. June 2019, Stockholm, Sweden Which challenges does digitalization pose to money, banking and monetary policy? Should central banks introduce digital cash to respond to these challenges? Which consequences would digital cash have for the economy? Are other or further reforms needed? read more
Event archive: 1st International European Modern Monetary Theory conference from 1. February 2019 to 2. February 2019, Berlin Money matters. Money is created, money is destroyed. Money is spent, money is earned. Money is borrowed, money is lent. Money is debt that creates income. Money divides us, money unites us. Money is a social, a political and a juridical relationship. We cannot escape it. More information and registration on the website of […] read more
Event archive: Change Finance Forum #2 from 6. December 2018 to 7. December 2018, Brussels The forum orgenised by the Change Finance Coalition will bring together: A movement of civil society organisations and activists A network of academics and experts Sustainable economy and finance practitioners Engaged citizens What can you expect? A great line-up of speakers A unique network A charged atmosphere We will continue to develop our vision and […] read more
Event archive: The future of money – 10 years after Lehman and Nakamoto at 24. November 2018, Frankfurt am Main The Conference aims at debating the current debt-based money system and two major reforms in three parallel tracks and three sessions: Current Money System, Vollgeld / Sovereign Money and Cryptocurrencies read more
Event archive: Short Course: Currency Innovation from 26. October 2018 17:00 to 27. October 2018 17:00, Impact HUB Zürich In this Lab we will unravel the nature of the money as we know it. And we will examine and experiment with novel currencies as social technologies to empower the economies of transition that are needed for social justice and sustainable development. read more
Event archive: 14th Annual Conference of the American Monetary Institute from 25. October 2018 to 28. October 2018, Chicago, Illinois Monetary reform conference with a comprehensive line up of speaker, including Prof. Steve Keen, Prof. Josef Huber, Prof. Richard Werner, Congressman Dennis Kucinich and many others. read more