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.
Program
Sunday 2nd June
Morning
Registration & arrivals
Afternoon
🎨 Robotic Art Installation
Vitaly Bulatov
Hands of Influence: The Moral Imprint on Artificial Life
Evening
Monday 3rd June
🔧 Builder Space (All Day)
A space to share, brainstorm, and co-build d/acc.
Morning
1:00 PM Christine Peterson
Open Source: From Then to Now
(Talk)
2:00–3:00 PM Lydia La Roux Existential Hope Salon
Exploring d/acc and long-term futures
Afternoon
🔥 Vitaly Bulatov
Hands of Influence: The Moral Imprint on Artificial Life
Fireside Conversation
Evening
Tuesday 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
1:30–4:30pm Shift Grants Round 001 Announcement of the Cohort 🌟🌟
Lightning talks
Community Q&A
Afternoon
Joscha Bach
Existential Hope for AI
Talk
Evening
Wednesday 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
d/acc Prediction Market
Workshop
Afternoon
Evening
Thursday 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.