| Monday, November 18 |
| 9:00 – 10:00 |
1. Introduction and Overview of the Future of Capital Project
- Goals and objectives of the project.
- Reflections on the WAAS September meetings at UN and World Bank
Moderators: Garry Jacobs & Thomas Reuter
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| 10:00 – 11:00 |
2. Global Challenges and Opportunities
- Perceptual frames that define our vision of social opportunities
- Role of money & finance in implementing SDGs and tapping social opportunities
Moderators: Tibor Toth & Jean-Louis Weber
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| 11:30 – 12:30 |
3. Process of Social Evolution
- Historical insights into the process of social change
- Conscious vs subconscious change processes
- Transformations at the national level
- Global social transformations
Moderators: Thomas Reuter & Rodolfo Fiorini
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| 2:00 – 3:00 |
4. Myths and Mysteries about Money
- The role of money & finance as products and instruments of social evolution
- The purpose and function of money as a social organization
- The process of money creation – alternative strategies
- Multiplying money for the common good – opportunities & limitations
- Evolution of money & new forms of money
Moderators: Dragan Đuričin & Frank Dixon
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| 3:00 – 4:00 |
5. Social and Psychological Foundations of Money
- Money as a social network
- Money and human relationships
- Money and social organization
- Money and social evolution
Moderators: Lotta Björklund Larsen & Radmilo Pešić
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| 4:30 – 5: 30 |
6. Open Session Presentations
- From Traditional Currency-based Pricing and Trading to Digital Assets on Virtual Exchanges -- Hazel Henderson (Online)
- Digital Currencies -- Georgios Theodoropoulos
- How to finance our SDGs -- Stefan Brunnhuber (Online)
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| Tuesday, November 19 |
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| 9:00 – 10:00 |
7. The Power of Money
- Concept and evolution of social power
- Different forms of social power & their interconvertibility
- Special characteristics of money as a form of social power
- The relationship between money and other forms of social power
- Historical perspective and future evolution of social power
Moderators: Erich Hoedl & Alberto Zucconi
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| 10:00 – 11:00 |
8. Business & Finance
- Reconciling purpose-driven business models with public good and private profit – the theory of the firm
- Scaling business models that promote the common good
- Policy, regulatory and incentive structures to promote conscious capitalism
- Sustainable Responsible Investing & CSR
Moderator: Elif Çepni & Mariana Bozesan
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| 11:30 – 12:30 |
9. Democracy, Social Equality and Money
- Reconciling individual freedom and social welfare
- Essential conditions for successful democracy and its relation to money, finance and distribution of wealth
Moderators: Pascal Petit & Radmilo Pešić
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| 12:30 – 12:45 |
10. Open Session Presentation
- The Nature of Money – Ketan Patel (Online)
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| 2:00 – 3:00 |
11. Innovative Financial Strategies
- Financing the SDGs, climate challenge and wellbeing
- Digital currencies
Moderators: Lotta Björklund Larsen & Frank Dixon
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| 3:00 – 4:00 |
12. Money, Consciousness and Human Values
- Limitations of prevailing economic theory of money and finance
- Conscious and Conscientious investing
- The human value of money
- Reconciling wealth-creation and wellbeing
Moderators: Garry Jacobs & Lene Rachel Andersen
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| 4:30 – 5:30 |
13. Open Session
- New Currency to Record Ecosystem Capital’s Ecological Value – Jean-Louis Weber
- Rose Bud Economy – Lene Rachel Andersen
- Interrelations between financial, men-made, natural and human capital – Erich Hoedl
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| Wednesday, November 20 |
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| 9:00 – 10:00 |
14. Evolution of Financial Markets
- Different forms of capital and their relationships
- The origin and purpose of financial markets
- The role of financial markets in human development and social evolution
- Governing national and global markets
Moderators: Dragan Đuričin & Natalia Pogozheva
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| 10:00 – 11:00 |
15. Whole Systems Approach
- Aligning social systems to promote real wealth creation and sustainable development
- Systems Change Investing – how it can drive monetary reform
- SCI rating models
Moderators: Frank Dixon & Mariana Bozesan
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| 11:30 – 12:15 |
16. Practical Transition Strategies
- How do we transition and improve current monetary systems?
- What are the key transition leverage points?
- Actions needed in government, general public, corporate/financial
Moderators: Dragan Đuričin & Mariana Bozesan
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| 12:15 -- 1:00 |
17. Steps toward a New Paradigm
- Multi-stakeholder approach
- Multiplying money and social power for beneficial purposes
- Envisioning a world in which Agenda 2030 SDGs have been fully realized
Moderators: Garry Jacobs & Alberto Zucconi
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| 2:00 – 3:30 |
Optional Additional Session |
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