At its final gathering the COMPARE project, together with ‘old’ and new friends, organizes an interdisciplinary symposium on self-organization, April 27-30th. We explore three main practices of self-organization: engineering and automation, complementary currencies, and urban cooperatives and self-managed spaces. In various locations in Zurich will take place dedicated workshops on the different topics, guided visits, public events, and time for socialization. Our guests are welcome to participate in any parts of the program that they find interesting: see a map with all important locations.
NEW: The first version of the summary report of the symposium is available here.
Monday, April 27th
Self-organization from an engineering perspective
Location: ETH Zurich, Gloriastrasse 35, Room ETZ E.81
9:30-10:00 Welcome
10:00-10:30 Introduction to the COMPARE project (Ileana Apostol and Panayotis Antoniadis, ETH Zurich and nethood.org)
10:30-11:30 Research on self-organization at the Communications Systems Group (Prof. Bernhard Plattner, Markus Happe, ETH Zurich)
11:30-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Guided tour to the ETH’s Flying Machine Arena, for a demo of self-organizing UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vechicles)
13:15-14:30 Lunch at ETH Dozentenfoyer
14:30-16:00 Guided tour in the city of Zurich (on history, urban planning and self-organization) by Philipp Klaus (INURA)
Self-organization and cooperatives
Location: Kraftwerk cooperative, Hardturmstrasse 269, 8005 Zürich
17:00-18:00 Guided visit to the Kraftwerk cooperative (introductory material in English is available in pdf by Andreas Wirz and P.M.)
18:00-19:00 Introduction to the cooperative movement and the case of Kraftwerk (Andreas Wirz, Archipel GmbH, Wohnbaugenossenschaften Zürich)
19:00-21:00 Dinner and discussion
Tuesday, April 28th
Full day workshop on complementary currencies
Location: ETH Zurich, Gloriastrasse 35, Room ETZ E.81
09:00-11:00 Panel: Success stories
Presenters: Claudio Gisler (WIR-Bank), Giuseppe Littera (Sardex.net), Isidor Wallimann (BonNetzBon Basel), Goran Jeras (E-Banka)
Discussant: Jens Martignoni (Flexibles)
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-13:00 Panel: Theory and the big picture
Presenters: Paolo Dini (London School of Economics), Luca Fantacci (Universita Bocconi), Laura Sartori (University of Bologna)
Discussant: Alexandros Kioupkiolis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
13:15-14:15 Lunch at ETH Dozentenfoyer
14:30-16:00 Panel on complementary currencies and cooperatives: combining the elements
Presenters: Jens Martignoni (Flexibles), Lucas Huber (Jeema solutions), Philipp Degens (University of Cologne)
Discussant: Panayotis Antoniadis (ETH Zurich)
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-18:00 Panel: From grassroots movements to global change
Presenters: Philipp Klaus (INURA), Alexandros Kioupkiolis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Brett Scott (independent activist)
Discussant: Ileana Apostol (ETH Zurich)
20:00 Dinner and the discussion continues
Discussion topics: Key design choices, relevant questions, transfer of knowledge etc.
Wednesday, April 29th
Self-organization and cooperatives (cont’d)
Location: Kalkbreite cooperative, Kalkbreitestrasse 2, 8003 Zurich
10:30-12:30 Guided visit to the Kalkbreite cooperative
12:30-13:30 Lunch at Kalkbreite
13:30-16:30 Panel: Self-managed spaces
Location: Kalkbreite Room Flex 3
Presenters: Vesna Tomse (“Wem gehört Zürich?”), Iva Cukic and Marko Aksentijevic (Ministry of Space, Belgrade), Marc Neelen (STEALTH.unlimited, Rotterdam), Marc André Angst (Royal Baden)
Discussant: Philipp Klaus (INURA)
16:30-19:00 Free time
19:00-22:00 The COMPARE Assembly
Location: Hohlzke, Hohlstrasse 612, 8048 Zurich (near Zurich Altstetten station), http://hohlzke.org/
The COMPARE assembly is a semi-public event where locals and visitors will form a big circle sharing our experiences on self-organization, discuss some of the relevant questions that arose during the project timeframe, and draw a few policy suggestions. There will be also a dinner-buffet and opportunities for socialization.
Thursday, April 30th
Day of relaxation … and self-organization
List of participants
Alexandros Kioupkiolis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, https://auth.academia.edu/AlexandrosKioupkiolis
Andreas Wirz, Archipel GmbH, Wohnbaugenossenschaften Zürich, http://www.wbg-zh.ch/startseite/uber-uns/vorstand/
Bernhard Plattner, ETH Zurich, http://www.csg.ethz.ch/people/plattner
Brett Scott, independent activist, http://suitpossum.blogspot.it/
Christian Schmid, ETH Zurich, http://www.soziologie.arch.ethz.ch/en/prof-dr-christian-schmid2
Claudio Gisler, WIR, https://twitter.com/claudiogisler
Fred Frohofer, Neustart Schweiz, http://neustartschweiz.ch
Giuseppe Littera, Sardex.net, http://sardex.net/
Goran Jeras, Ebanka, http://www.ebanka.eu/
Ileana Apostol, ETH Zurich, http://nethood.org/ileana/
Isidor Wallimann, BonNetzBon/Basel, http://www.maxwell.syr.ed/faculty.aspx?id=36507226572&terms=isidor
Iva Čukić, Ministry of Space, Belgrade, http://inura2014belgrade.wordpress.com/team/
Jens Martignoni, Flexibles, http://flexibles.ch
Laura Sartori, University of Bologna, http://www.unibo.it/SitoWebDocente/default.aspx?UPN=l.sartori%40unibo.it/
Luca Fantacci, Universita Bocconi, http://faculty.unibocconi.eu/lucafantacci/
Lucas Huber, Jeema solutions, Zurich, https://jeema.solutions/
Marc André Angst, Royal Baden, http://www.royalbaden.ch
Marc Neelen, STEALTH.unlimited, Rotterdam, http://www.stealth.ultd.net/stealth/
Marko Aksentijevic, Ministry of Space, Belgrade, http://inura2014belgrade.wordpress.com/team/
Markus Happe, ETH Zurich, http://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/~mhappe/
Maximilian Kriegleder, ETH Zurich, http://www.idsc.ethz.ch/people/staff/kriegleder-m
Panayotis Antoniadis, ETH Zurich, http://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/~pantonia/
Paolo Dini, London School of Economics, http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/WhosWho/AcademicStaff/PaoloDini.aspx
Philipp Klaus, INURA Zurich Institute, http://inura.ch/, http://inura.org/
Philipp Degens, Cologne University, https://uni-koeln.academia.edu/PhilippDegens
Res Keller, manager of the Kalkbreite cooperative, Zurich
Vesna Tomse, Zurich, https://ch.linkedin.com/pub/vesna-tomse/3b/b72/5bb