vTaiwan Open Consultation & Participation Officers Training

June 11-12, 2018 Prime Produce
424 W 54 th St New York, NY 10019

Organized by vNetwork

vNetwork is a a collection of nobodies moved by the work in Taiwan to learn and bring the practices to their cities. Our group meets online and offline. Join us today by signing up for g0v slack.

Claudina Sarahe (CS)

Claudina Sarahe (CS) is an innovation strategist, technologist, organizer, and critical explorer. She heads Composites Collective, a consultancy and think-tank/lab that operates at the intersection of complex systems, design and technology, and society to transform organizations and teams.

Devin Balkind

Devin Balkind is the executive director of Sarapis, a nonprofit that bring open source tools and techniques to nonprofits and governments. He’s passionate about the intersection of open source and participatory democracy movements.

Darshana Narayanan

Darshana Narayanan is a scholar and transnational consultant, whose work bridges Neuroscience and Society. She works on Polis, a conversation tool that breaks open echo chambers. She has a Ph.D. in Psychology & Neuroscience from Princeton University.

Liz Barry

Liz Barry is co-founder and Director of Community Development at the Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science. Motivated by the potential of people working together humanely at scale, her practice bridges place-based grassroots organizing & online commons-based peer production.