Pop-up Cities, Special Economic Zones and the Emergence of the Network State

Fellow Bitcoiners and blockchain friends, we are excited to host Xenofon Kontouris, who will talk to us about pop-up cities and special economic zones he has personally visited. Xenofon is a web3 Entrepreneur, Pop-up City nomad, and policy advocate. He is the founder of ZuForever and Athens Labs, entities active in Web3 and the Pop-up City Ecosystem. He has written extensively on this emerging phenomenon of Network States, and has been active in both SEZs and web3 since 2015.

Links:

• https://thenetworkstate.com and https://ns.com
• https://www.prospera.co/en
• https://vitalia.city
• https://www.aleph.crecimiento.build
• https://catawbadigital.zone

Afterwards we will chat & network over pizza & drinks and enjoy the venue itself, the Hellenic Museum of IT.

The presentations will be in English and attendance is free. The meetup starts at 7:30pm.

Networking over pizza and drinks will follow!

The meetup venue is the Hellenic IT Museum (Ελληνικό Μουσείο Πληροφορικής) at Petrou Spiropoulou 2, Moschato 183 46, a block away from the Moschato metro station. There will be ample free street parking in the area. Unfortunately the venue is not wheelchair-accessible; access is via stairs. Google Maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/7pYMC9ifpysdrN2B7

See you there!