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SUMMARY:Conference on Voluntary Governance
DESCRIPTION:A two-day event featuring expert talks\, panels\, and a keynote by David Sloan Wilson on voluntary\, decentralized\, and polycentric approaches to governance. \n\n\n\n\nAgenda\, below.\n\n\n\nSaturday\, September 6 \n08:00 AM – Registration and Breakfast \n09:00 AM – Opening Session \n\nWelcoming Remarks | Orientation | Thematic Overview\n\n09:45 AM – Panel 1 | Foundations of Polycentric Governance\nModerator: Paul Aligica\, George Mason University \n\nSlippery Slopes in Political Economy: The Hayek-Samuelson Debate – Vlad Tarko\, University of Arizona\nState Capacity Liberalism – Billy Christmas\, West Virginia University\nDeliberative Polycentricity: A Sketch – Adelin-Costin Dumitru\, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest\nThe Political-Comprehensive Collapse – Alec Crisman\, McGill University\n\n11:15 AM – Coffee Break \n11:30 AM – Panel 2 | Community\, Faith & Identity-Based Self-Governance\nModerator: Aylon Manor\, Center for Governance and Markets\, University of Pittsburgh \n\nFree to Be Unfree? Rights\, Autonomy & Contestation in a Religious Community – Nathan Goodman\, Mercatus Center\, George Mason University\nVoluntary Governance of a Subversive Milieu: Intentional Communities – Mikayla Novak\, Mercatus Center\, George Mason University\nCollective Action in the Sanctuary Movement: Polycentric Protection of Asylum-Seekers – Karla Segovia\, Mercatus Center\, George Mason University\nPolycentric Governance in a Faith Based Field: Islamic Finance – Andrew Smith\, University of Birmingham\n\n01:00 PM – Lunch Break \n02:00 PM – Panel 3 | Designing Constitutional & Metaconstitutional Orders\nModerator: Mikayla Novak\, Mercatus Center\, George Mason University \n\nThe Design of Non-Sovereign Orders – Ali Palida\, Center for Governance and Markets\, University of Pittsburgh\nSelf-Governance and the Rules for Constitutional Change – Eric Scorsone\, University of Virginia\nDoes Public Participation in Constitution-Making Strengthen Property Rights & the Rule of Law? – Jamie Pavlik\, Texas Tech University\nWho Decides What in Utopia? A Subsidiarist Case for Decentralised\, Transparent Decision-Making – Rebecca Lowe\, George Mason University\n\n03:30 PM – Coffee Break \n03:45 PM – Panel 4 | Digital\, Crypto & AI Frontiers in Voluntary Governance\nModerator: Ali Palida\, Center for Governance and Markets\, University of Pittsburgh \n\nPolycentric Digital Constitutionalism: Restraining Cognitive Power in AI-Intensive Markets – Pavel Kuchař\, Palacký University Olomouc\nVoluntary Constitutionalism and the Limits of Blockchain – Sinclair Davidson\, RMIT University\nCrypto Institutional Drift: A Non-Strategic Maximization of Economic Freedom – Marcos Lüdy\, Friedman Hayek Center\, University of CEMA\nVoluntary Governance of AI Models: A Bloomington-School Perspective – Simon Sun\, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University\n\n05:15 PM – Coffee Break \n05:30 PM – Author Meets Critics | The Polycentric Polity as an Infrastructure for the Good Life: Roundtable on David Thunder’s “Polycentric Republic” (2025) \n\nDavid Thunder\, University of Navarra\nPaul Dragos Aligica\, Mercatus Center\, George Mason University\nKaveh Pourvand\, Universidad San Sebastian\n\n07:00 PM – Dinner & Keynote Address \n\nVoluntary Governance\, Viewed Through the Lens of a New Paradigm – David Sloan Wilson\, Prosocial World\n\n\n\n\nSunday\, September 7 \n08:00 AM – Breakfast \n08:30 AM – Panel 5 | Stewarding Commons: Environment\, Space & Heritage\nModerator: Vlad Tarko\, University of Arizona \n\nPanarchy – Aviezer Tucker\, Harvard University\, The University of Ostrava\nVoluntary Environmentalism: Acting Within the Space Created by Constitutional Orders – Ryan Yonk\, American Institute for Economic Research\nMetaconstitutional Rule-Making for Space Sustainability – Miguel Nkegbe\, City St. George’s\, University of London\nThe Success of Local\, Voluntary Organisations Prior to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 – Dominique Lazanski\, Center for Governance and Markets\, University of Pittsburgh\n\n10:00 AM – Coffee Break \n10:15 AM – Panel 6 | Policy Implementation & the Rule of Law in Polycentric Systems\nModerator: Nathan Goodman\, Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy\, Politics\, and Economics \n\nEstablishment Federalism and the Enforcement of the Establishment Clause – David Golemboski\, Augustana University\nSocial Capital and Policy Compliance: An Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccination Rates – Kun Huang\, University of New Mexico\nPolycentric Expertise: Reconciling Democratic Values with Technocratic Necessities – Aylon Manor\, Center for Governance and Markets\, University of Pittsburgh\nCan the Interventionist State Comply with the Rule of Law? – Kaveh Pourvand\, Universidad San Sebastian\n\n11:45 AM – Lunch Break \n12:45 PM – Panel 7 | Normative Visions – Expertise\, Engagement & the Good Life\nModerator: David Diaconu\, University of Bucharest\, National University of Political Studies \n\nWhy People Engage (or Don’t) in Voluntary Governance – Zheng Yang\, California State University\, Dominguez Hills\nInfrastructures of Contention in a Bucharest Gated Community – Alexandru Dincovici\, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration\, Bucharest\nEthnicity\, Representation & Dissent in Romanian Society – David Diaconu\, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration\, Bucharest\n\n01:45 PM – Panel 8 | Free Cities & Autonomous Territories\nModerator: Paul Aligica\, George Mason University \n\nFree Cities: Experiments in Voluntary Governance & Constitutional Systems\, Paul Dragos Aligica\, Mercatus Center\, George Mason University\nSpecial Economic Zones\, Free Zones\, and Autonomous Cities  – Peter Young\, Free Cities Foundation\nMultiple Level Selection\, Institutional Evolution\, and Design Principles – David Sloan Wilson\, Prosocial World\n\n02:45 PM – Closing Remarks
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SUMMARY:The Future of FinTech
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, September 19 at 11:00 AM ET\, the Center for Governance and Markets invites you to the launch of a new virtual series: The Future of Fintech and Development\, which explores how emerging financial technologies are reshaping global development and the delivery of foreign assistance. The series is hosted by Maxwell DeGregorio (SPIA ‘21)\, Senior Associate at Milken Institute Finance at the Milken Institute. \nOur first event\, “Future of FinTech\,” will feature Paul Brigner\, Head of Policy and Strategic Advocacy at Electric Coin Co. (ECC) and a distinguished leader in technology policy. With a career spanning over a decade in software development\, culminating in a senior technical managerial role at Verizon\, Brigner transitioned into policy. He has held significant positions in notable organizations including Verizon\, Internet Society\, the Motion Picture Association of America\, and the Chamber of Digital Commerce.
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SUMMARY:National Digital Currency Strategy
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, September 26 at 11:30 AM ET\, the Center for Governance and Markets will host\, “National Digital Currency Strategy\,” a discussion featuring Tristan Thomas. This is part of a series on the fintech and development\, which is part of our Future of Development assistance series. The series is hosted by Maxwell DeGregorio (SPIA ‘21)\, Senior Associate at Milken Institute Finance at the Milken Institute. \nTristan Thoma is the Executive Director at Impera Strategy\, where he builds national digital infrastructure\, with a focus on digital currency and financial inclusion. He led the re-implementation of the world’s first and only operating national crypto system in El Salvador and has worked with major banks across Latin America on crypto integrations. Tristan has designed over two dozen blockchain models for governments\, Fortune 500 companies\, and startups across five continents. With expertise in system design\, technical architecture\, and digital financial services\, his work supports responsible innovation to advance economic resilience and inclusive growth.
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