In this 3 day virtual symposium, we invite a curated group of thought leaders, practitioners, policymakers, funders, systems designers, educators, and technologists to come together in action, practice, and theory in service to some of the most pressing needs of our time.

In this 3 day virtual symposium, we invite a curated group of thought leaders, practitioners, policymakers, funders, systems designers, educators, and technologists to come together in action, practice, and theory in service to some of the most pressing needs of our time:

  1. How do we prepare our cities, our built environments, and our communities to be resilient in a time of growing instability? 

  2. What key interventions can we advance in service of more resilient, healthful, and just food systems?

  3. How do we cooperate to avert planetary tipping points while working to regenerate and restore a thriving biosphere?

Participants are invited to engage in a series of cross sectoral discussions, design sprints, and topical roundtables to advance participatory demonstration projects, share models and examples from their own efforts, and cross pollinate theories and frameworks based on these examples of applied action. 

Our intent is to amplify the rich ecosystem of partners we are weaving to co-resource existing needs and strengthen the capacities of each of our initiatives, emerging with tangible plans and context for ongoing, mutually supportive engagement in our collective efforts.

We know that the way forward requires a willingness to positively disrupt concentrations of power, to deepen our practices for self-organizing, to unlearn & relearn, to question our assumptions, and to lean into co-emergence: fully unlocking the potential for a truly cooperative commons in service to a world that works for all. 

Like any of our efforts, this convening will contribute to and inform the ongoing development of the social, digital, and financial tools required to mobilize humanity to liberate our common future. This convening will also serve as the formal launch of Open Future Coalition’s advisory and partner network and the Open Future Fund. 

  • Example sessions:

    Action: An interactive design charrette to advance a certification program in regenerative practice, in partnership with anchor educational & institutional partners in the U.S. & West Africa

    Practice: A roundtable of practitioners, funders, & policymakers sharing learnings from current demonstration projects, with opportunities to participate in skill & value exchange.

    Theory: An interdisciplinary dialogue between community leaders, policymakers, economists, & practitioners exploring the intersections between soil health, community wellness, & economic equity

  • Example sessions:

    Action: An interactive design charrette to advance & fund a portfolio of public, private, & philanthropic partnerships providing essential civic infrastructure in South America, Europe, & the Southern U.S.

    Practice: A roundtable of equitable real estate developers, funders, & policymakers sharing learnings from current demonstration projects, with opportunities to participate in skill & value exchange

    Theory: Restoring the Planetary Commons: Stewardship, Land Sovereignty & Rites of Nature

  • Example sessions:

    Action: An interactive design charrette to advance & fund a portfolio of land restoration efforts in Central & South America, East Africa, & California

    Practice: A roundtable of land restoration projects, funders, & policymakers sharing learnings from current demonstration projects, with opportunities to participate in skill & value exchange

    Theory: A dialogue between scientists & practitioners on the role of Water, Soil, & Trees in cooling the planet

  • Technology, Governance, Media, Finance, & Inner Development

    Example Sessions:

    Conviviality in practice: leveraging living systems design to avert technocratic dystopia

    Legal & social models for multilevel organizing in the commons

    Shifting the narrative: models for citizen science & participatory journalism

    Intergenerational bridge building in a time of transition

Sponsorship Opportunities

  • Sponsor Benefits:

    Logo on all visual materials produced for the event (pre & post)

    Logo on Forum attendee virtual space (including pre & post-event)

    Introduction & acknowledgement at the beginning of sessions

    Organizational spotlight during Forum pre-event (podcasts, networking mixers, webinar)

    Opportunity to suggest additional partners and speakers for relevant tracks

  • Sponsor benefits:

    Logo under track on all visual materials produced for the event (pre & post)

    Logo on Forum attendee virtual space for sponsored track (including pre & post-event)

    Introduction & acknowledgement at the beginning of track sessions

    Opportunity to suggest additional partners and speakers for track

  • Sponsor benefits:

    Name/logo listed under session on event schedule

    Introduction & acknowledgement at the beginning of session

    Opportunity to propose a session

We invite aligned sponsors to support the curation and production of the Forum while standing out as a leader in defining and modeling regenerative practice globally at a moment that demands coordinated action at an unprecedented scale. 

Any excess funds raised will be directed towards the demonstration of coordinative funding mechanisms among project partners in our practice and action tracks. 

To become a Forum sponsor please contact [email protected].

Partnership Opportunities

We’re inviting organizations leading actions & dialogues in the topical areas of our tracks to co-convene the Forum with us as we develop programming that advances each of our ongoing efforts and emergent possibilities.

To become a Forum partner please contact [email protected].

  • Promote event to relevant partners

    Help convene & recommend speakers & attendees

    Help recommend sponsors

    Logo will appear on all pre & post-event materials

    Introduction and acknowledgement at the beginning of sessions

  • Help refine & shape the content of a track

    Help convene & recommend speakers & attendees for track

    Help recommend sponsors for track

    Logo will appear on all pre & post-event materials

    Introduction and acknowledgement at the beginning of track sessions

  • Invitation to propose or help refine & shape the content of a session

    Help convene & recommend speakers & attendees

    Help recommend sponsors for the session

    Name listed as session partner on all pre & post-event materials

    Introduction and acknowledgement at the beginning of session