Biomimicry for the Commons - The leap down the rabbit-hole

[About]
WE ARE FRIENDS OF NATURE2.0

Millions of species have working ecosystems to fulfil their basic needs like housing, eating, transportation, and energy. None of these ecosystems are based on ownership, money and identity like we know and use it. And if you look carefully, you’ll discover that some of these ecosystems are not even based on scarcity (like we need it for our business models) but on commons and abundance.

Biomimicry (innovation inspired by nature) is part of one of the tracks in Nature2.0, which is one, and possibly the most ambitious track of the http://dutchchain.com hackathon, the biggest blockchain hackathon in the World (April 11th -15th 2019). It is also an open community that will gather on https://nature2.ooo. We want to bring together the worlds of biomimicry, blockchain and AI to explore and build ecosystems, beneficial for society. Another way to put it is that we want to unveil and explore disruptive change before it happens. Working assumption and main challenge of Nature2.0 is the UNIMAGINABLE, but BUILDABLE

We seek to establish a team to participate in the hackathon. A team that consists of programmers, biomimics and freethinkers and doers. They will be supported by a larger community and make use of time tested and proven biological insights to create building blocks to serve the commons.

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[The Theme]
The leap down the rabbit-hole: a hands-on biomimicry meetup !

After the introduction and kick-start last week, we will this time go into actual practice, diving down the rabbit-hole of biomimicry.
after a short introduction to make sure everybody is on the same page, we want to explore with you the role of biomimicry with blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI).

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[Schedule]
18:30 - walk-in
19:00 - welcome words
19:05 - meetup introduction
19:25 - summary of last week
19:40 - break
19:50 - video from Marcus Jones, Data Scientist at Ocean Protocol
19:55 - Biomimicry inspiration booster by Saskia Van Den Muijsemberg
20:10 - Brainswarming around the role of biomimicry with blockchain and artificial intelligence
20:40 - wrap-up
20:50 - Q&A and closing
21:00 - borrel
21:30 - end

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[The venue]
IBM innovation space, third floor of the B. Amsterdam building,
Johan Huizingalaan 763a, 1066 VH Amsterdam

B. Amsterdam bring entrepreneurship within everyone’s reach by providing the right spaces, toolset and social environment.

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Answer the call to adventure now!

The organising team
Saskia, Max