Future of Governance: From Nation-States to Network-States to Network Nations

Future of Governance: From Nation-States to Network-States to Network Nations

Join us for a special public event at Emerge Lakefront where participants of the Network Nations Residency will present their ideas through a series of lightning talks, followed by an open discussion on the future of governance, sovereignty, and collective agency in a networked world.

For the past week, a transdisciplinary group of thinkers, technologists, artists, community builders, futurists, lawyers, entrepreneurs representing have been exploring how network communities can reclaim political agency and prototype new institutional forms - beyond borders, beyond the state, and beyond corporate control.

On Friday, July 18 from 16:00 to 18:00, they’ll share their reflections, frameworks, and real-world questions with the public. Together, we’ll explore how a place like Emerge Lakefront might serve as a living prototype of a Network Nation - and what it means to govern through networks, not hierarchies.

Expect:

✨ Lightning talks on sovereignty, collective governance & digital infrastructure
💬 Open Q&A and dialogue with participants
🌍 A glimpse into how theory meets lived practice at Emerge Lakefront

 Hosted by Sebnem Erener, Experiential Futures Lead at Emerge Lakefront, with co-organisers Primavera De Filippi, Felix Beer, Liav Orgad and Morshed Mannan.

Speakers will include: Monty Bryant (ReFi DAO & Celo Public Goods), Jessy Kate Schingler, Helena Rong, Erica Blair (Burning Man), Patricia Parkinson (Burning Man), Christopher Breedlove (Burning Man), Timour Koster (Edge City), Austin Wade Smith (Regen), Apolinario Passos (Hugging Face), Jake Hartnell (Juno and Stargaze), Jolke Brammer (Hypercerts).

Join us to rethink sovereignty for the networked age.

📍 Emerge Lakefront, Stockholm
📆 Friday, July 18
🕓 16:00–18:00