Sorry for the late announcement but getting the event to occur has been a matter of constant small adjustments.
Volker will be here on the night of the 8th (Michel arrives later the same night from a previous engagement). For operational reasons here at the School, the talk has to be at 12.00 midday on the 9th. I propose that those of the consortium who can be here come to lunch after the talk, then spend the afternoon in discussion of future plans for peer-to-peer research collaboration. We can then go for dinner with those who are able to stay Here is the announcement for the talk Looking forward to welcoming you here Sean THE WINCHESTER CENTRE FOR GLOBAL FUTURES IN ART DESIGN & MEDIA Invitation for all to attend the next talk in our new Global Futures Speakers' Series, Friday, 9 December 2011, 12:00 13:00 in Lecture Theatre A at WSA: Title: "P2P Economics = Shared Innovation Commons + Mutualist Phyles?" Speaker: Michel Bauwens (founder of the Foundation of Peer-to-Peer Alternatives) Patterns that prefigure a horizontalized future: If the current political economy's DNA is based on combining false material infinity with artificially maintained scarcity, can we imagine a future political economy where this polarity is reversed? Given an increasing amount of evidence collected by the P2P Foundation and other research collectives, we believe that humanity is already actively preparing such a transformation. We'll review the evidence for a major social phase transition. What will be the place of the state, the market and civil society in such a scenario? "Michel Bauwens is the founder of the Foundation for Peer-to-Peer Alternatives and works in collaboration with a global group of researchers in the exploration of peer production, governance, and property. He has co-produced the 3-hour TV documentary Technocalyps with Frank Theys, and co-edited the two-volume book on anthropology of digital society with Salvino Salvaggio. Michel is currently Primavera Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam and external expert at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (2008, 2012). Michel currently lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand, has taught at Payap University and Dhurakij Pandit University's International College. He is a founding member of the Commons Strategies Group.In his first business career, Michel worked for USIA, British Petroleum, riverland Publications, Belgacom, and created two internet start-ups." - from: http://p2pfoundation.net/Michel_Bauwens/Full_Bio