Turning d/acc into a practice
We challenged ourselves to turn decentralized, democratic, differential, defensive acceleration from a meme into a practice, launching the Shift Grants. The 5‑days d/acc Week is where we implement this in as a community.
Join us and experience community building, open builder space, talks, fireside chats and the reveal of the finalists of the Shift Grants.
Speakers
Joscha Bach
CIMC
Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum
Vitaly Bulatov
Cyberpunk Lab Lead
Christine Peterson
Foresight Institute
Ginevra Davis
Author at Palladium
Lou de K
Nodes
Daniel Faggella
Emerj
Aleksandra Smilek
Nodes
Martin Karlsson
coordination.network
Lydia La Roux
Foresight Institute
Danielle Fong
Co-Founder of LightSail Energy
Fatemeh Fannizadeh
Ethereum Foundation Advisor
Petra
Precog Market
Program
Monday 2nd June
Morning
Registration & arrivals
Afternoon
🎨 Robotic Art Installation
Vitaly Bulatov
Hands of Influence: The Moral Imprint on Artificial Life
Evening
Tuesday 3rd June
🔧 Builder Space (All Day)
A space to share, brainstorm, and co-build d/acc.
Morning
1:00 - 1:30 PM Christine Peterson
Open Source: From Then to Now
(Talk)
1:30 - 2:00 PM Vitaly Bulatov
Hands of Influence: The Moral Imprint on Artificial Life
2:00–3:00 PM Lydia La Roux Existential Hope Salon
Exploring d/acc and long-term futures
Afternoon
6:00 - 8:30 PM Joscha Bach
Machine Consciousness.
Talk & Salon
Evening
Wednesday 4th June
🔧 Builder Space (All Day)
A space to share, brainstorm, and co-build d/acc.
Morning
11:00am Vitalik Buterin (Remote Talk)
On the future of decentralization and d/acc
12:00pm d/acc Lunch Social Mixer
Informal gathering and exchange
1:00–3:30pm Shift Grants Round 001 Announcement of the Cohort 🌟🌟
Lightning talks
Community Q&A
Afternoon
Evening
Thursday 5th June
🔧 Builder Space (All Day)
A space to share, brainstorm, and co-build d/acc.
🎙️ Podcast Session X-Hope
Edge Podcast Host: Lou de K
Morning
Ginevra Davis & Daniel Faggella
AI & the Future of Mankind
Talk
Petra
Forecasting d/acc through Prediction Markets
Workshop
Afternoon
Evening
Friday 6th June
🔧 Builder Space (All Day)
A space to share, brainstorm, and co-build d/acc.
Morning
🤖 Martin Karlson
d/acc LLM
Workshop
🌐 d/acc Tech Tree
Workshop
Afternoon
🥂 Closing Shift Grants & d/acc Closing toast + DJ set
🎬 Sci-Fi Movie Night
Long Journey
Evening
What to Expect
Fund d/acc Initiatives
The announcement of Shift Grant round 001 recipients and recipients pitches.
Experiment d/acc through Robotic
Introducing a community of robots that live among the community of Edge Esmeralda.
Refine the frame
Philosophical salons synthesize the latest thinking on thoughtful technological acceleration.
Build in the open
Afternoon activations let builders, artists and funders prototype the tools that d/acc demands.
Live note-taking and synthesis
Each day feeds a shared document that feeds the LLM to help us build a D/acc tech tree.
Dates
2nd to 6th June, 2025
Location
Edge Esmeralda,
California
What is the d/acc week
A 5-day d/acc week where we turn d/acc into practice.
Who's attending
The event will be filled with people who are building towards a brighter future.