Metagov | Icebreaker

Metagov | Icebreaker

Members

Ammar Manla Hasan

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I'm a blockchain researcher and builder, journalist, editor and literary translator, who played leading roles in blockchain, media and culture projects across the MENA region, most prominently founding the Taxir Initiative, and serving for 6 years as assistant editor then Editor-In-Chief of Ma3azef, the leading Arab music magazine. Over a decade, I worked as a war-reporter in ISIS-controlled Ar Raqqa, interviewed senior researchers at Amnesty International and Time’s people of the year, taught courses on creative non-fiction and cultural writing at the Counter Academy and Tarkeeza, led projects for the Febrayer Network, spearheaded efforts around developing the first Arabic blockchain glossary, co-curated the first major symposium on Arab music in almost a century and an art exhibition on Popular Modernism, and most importantly, owned the cryptocurrency section on 9gag, and created memes that inspired debates in media. I have collaborated (individually or representing a collective) with MetaGov, Arab Blockchain Week, Sharjah Art Foundation, Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Boiler Room, NTS Radio, Arturia, Le Guess Who? Festival, Roskilde Festival, Simsara, Tarkeeza, Dar El Nimer Gallery, Solana Foundation, Decentraland, Bread and Net, AFAC and AbjaDAO amongst others.

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Joshua is the author of Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It, writer and podcaster behind The Blockchain Socialist and a co-founder of Breadchain Cooperative.

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CEO of Crystal aOS (Techstars ‘25)

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Versatile Technologist

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For research, see www.joshuatan.com/research. For an updated CV, including publications, see https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQpArkB2Rxct3dq7ws624R75nBEyCdGWw15gZVp2Km0_IpLwQywUwviWEMGadmVVAGOWn-acEwBQCna/pub

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Designing methods for the madness, so our complexity cannot be weaponized against us

Dr Kelsie Nabben GAICD

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Researcher - the social implications of decentralised technologies & Governance

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Ecosystem Growth Lead at Stellar Development Foundation

Eugene Leventhal

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Blockchain enthusiast looking into its applications in financial services, supply chain/logistics, and education/nonprofit space as a whole. Always happy to chat about blockchain or any other innovative technology, as well as social impact (specifically education and eliminating food waste). Check out: Consequential - https://www.cmu.edu/block-center/podcast-consequential/index.html History of Drugs in Society - https://historyofdrugsinsociety.podbean.com/ Heinz Radio - https://heinz-radio.com CMU Blockchain Group - http://blockchain.cs.cmu.edu Previous speaking/teaching engagements include: - Ran a 6-part event series on Being Human in the 21st Century and the History of Drugs in Society - Taught a few lectures as part of the Blockchain Fundamentals Course at Heinz College, CMU, 95810 (Spring 2018, Fall 2018) - Presented at a student and general community presentations at CMU or University of Pittsburgh (Fall 2017 - Fall 2018) - Spoke at a TiE Blockchain Panel (May 2018) - Spoke at an Inclusive Innovation panel on Blockchain (April 2018) - Spoke at a Blockchain for Social Impact Panel the Consensys house in SXSW (March 2018) - Spoke at the inaugural Blockchain for Social Impact conference (November 2017)

Jake Hirsch-Allen

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I work with governments, think tanks, AI institutes and tech companies helping society build a healthier relationship with technology and strengthening democracy and human rights. I advise startups, non-profits, investors and foundations on AI policy and how to improve education, employment and social service systems, particularly in their use of tech. My work has spanned international criminal law and intellectual property law, global health, software development entrepreneurship and education. I speak regularly on society's relationship to tech, AI policy, the future of work and learning. Most recently I worked with North America's governments, workforce development organizations, colleges and universities to leverage LinkedIn Talent Solutions to close skills gaps and increase sustainable employment. I am passionate about supporting disadvantaged groups such as newcomers and refugees, indigenous populations, the formerly incarcerated and people with disabilities. I founded Lighthouse Labs, Canada's leading immersive software development bootcamp which operates in 6 cities. I co-founded Hacking Health and have advised a number of tech startups and non-profits. I managed the non-profit behind the Health Impact Fund, a new means of incentivizing access to medicines, and I taught global health at McMaster University, I have clerked for the Supreme Court of Israel and articled at an intellectual property litigation boutique. I was the Executive Director of McGill’s International Criminal Law Clinic and Chair of the Global Education Platform's Technology Committee. I have worked for Global Affairs Canada, McGill’s Centre for IP Policy and UofT’s Munk Center. I also interned at Human Rights Watch and on defense teams at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.