JUST Open Source Stiftung

Tonight is the night! Join us for at zkSpäti for our next panel discussion. Meet our panelists 👇🏾 . We built JUST Open Source Stiftung and The JUST Grant drive awareness about and use of Web3 technologies. Ultimately, we want to help build a decentralized future. For our third Web3 Futures event, we are collaborating with WebZero to tackle the question: What role do institutions play in building digital futures? Innovation doesn't just happen. It takes an institutional mindset that facilitates new business creation, IP ownership, and talent acquisition. Berlin, with its thriving blockchain ecosystem, is doing something right. The question is: what can we teach teach the rest of the world? But also, what do Berlin institutions get wrong? In this panel, we bring together three Berlin institutions (IHK, Berlin Senate, and Stiftung Zukunft) to discuss what role institutions play in building the future of the decentralized web - a mission that is famously anti-institution? Our Panelists: - Anna Borodenko, LL.M., IHK Coordinator for Digitalization, IT Security and AI  - Dr. Isabella Hermann, Stiftung Zukunft Berlin - Norbert Herrmann, Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises, Head of Startup Affairs Learn more about the event here: https://lu.ma/3lwt3xor Apply for The JUST Grant here: https://lnkd.in/dDDHY6Pc

Over the past year, I've been nurturing the JUST Grant at JUST Open Source Stiftung, a mission to support groundbreaking Web3 research that creates real-world impact. We received dozens of incredible applications exploring blockchain's potential to solve complex societal challenges - from reimagining urban governance to transforming global education. Are you a researcher with an innovative Web3 project that can make a difference? I want to hear from you! 👉 If you're working on a project that pushes the boundaries of blockchain technology for social good, drop a comment 'Me' below. Let's collaborate and turn visionary ideas into tangible solutions. #Web3Research #BlockchainForGood #Innovation #SocialImpact

🌟 Introducing the 2024 JUST Grant Awardees: Blockchain Innovators Transforming Society! 🚀 Our annual grant program supports visionary researchers using blockchain technology to address critical societal challenges: 1. Elena Grozdanovska🏙️ Reimagining space making through blockchain-powered governance models 2. Felix Beer 🌐 Professionalizing Web3 governance by creating the first comprehensive competency framework 3. Charlie Fisher 💡 Pioneering a community-driven wealth redistribution mechanism using Web3 technologies 4. Benjamin Heurich 📚 Revolutionizing global education through secure, decentralized blockchain solutions These researchers are pushing the boundaries of blockchain's potential to create meaningful social impact across urban planning, governance, community economics, and education. Learn more about their groundbreaking projects at https://lnkd.in/dDDHY6Pc and comment "me" if you'd like more information for the 2025 intake. #BlockchainForGood #SocialInnovation #Web3 #ResearchGrants2024

Drumroll please... 🥁 MEET OUR GRANT EVALUATORS! Natalie Tillack Kirill Pimenov Afri Schoedon Joanna Rindell These Web3 OGs have been integral in selecting our Top 5 candidates. Learn more about their backgrounds below 👇🏾 Want to learn more about us? Check out justopensource.io/ grants or subscribe to our Luma Calendar to meet us IRL: https://lnkd.in/dgQQ7J5E #web3 #blockchain #research #academia

...and it's June 28th! Cross the T's and dot the I's on your JUST Grant Application! All set? Submit here: https://lnkd.in/dDDHY6Pc

THE COUNTDOWN IS ON!!! T-3.5 days until The JUST Grant deadline. 📃 Apply: https://lnkd.in/dDDHY6Pc ❓ Ask Questions: grants@justopensource.io We believe the key to realizing the Web3 promise of self sovereignty and data custody is to educate the general population about decentralized tech and to support research that drives adoption. If you're a Europe-based researcher interested driving a decentralized future, get your application in today. #web3 #grants #research #europe

And that's a wrap! We hosted four fantastic Web3 Futures events over the last few months and we couldn't be more impressed by our insightful panelists and audience. Here are a few snaps from our Berlin Blockchain Week events. Huge shoutout to Blockchain Lawyers Forum, YPOG, World of Women, WebZero, Dr. Isabella Hermann, Norbert Herrmann, and Anna Borodenko, LL.M. for making our events a success. We'll put on more Web3 Futures events in the future, but for now: IT'S GRANT O'CLOCK! Are you a researcher based in Europe looking for research funding? Check out The JUST Grant and apply by June 28, 2024: https://lnkd.in/dDDHY6Pc

Web3 researchers, academics, scholars, lend me your ears: The JUST Grant is expanding to Europe! Apply here: https://lnkd.in/dDDHY6Pc We originally wanted to go hyperlocal and focus on our home here in Germany. However, we met so many exciting thinkers during Berlin Blockchain Week. As applications pour in and we reflect on our values, we got to thinking 👉🏾 shouldn't we give this opportunity to more folks? We've got TWO deadlines remaining: June 28, 2024 and July 12, 2024. Get your applications in!

It's finally here: Berlin Blockchain Week! We've got two talks planned to make you think about how outside forces shape the success of Web3 projects. May 21 👉🏾 "Blockchain and Open Source: A Look at the Legal Landscape", co-organised with JUST Open Source Stiftung, Blockchain Lawyers Forum, World of Women, and YPOG → Learn about the hashtag #DataAct, hashtag #MiCA, the Cyber Resilience Act, and more → Discover how these regulatory frameworks shape the creation and usage of blockchain solutions built on open-source software → Explore the future of blockchain and its challenges → Eat a yummy breakfast 😝 Register here: https://lu.ma/cy8jbq96 May 22 👉🏾 "Fueling Emerging Technologies: The role of institutions in building digital futures" co-organized by JUST Open Source Stiftung and WebZero. Hear Norbert Herrmann from the Berlin Senate, Dr. Isabella Hermann from Stiftung Zukunft Berlin, and moderator Anna Borodenko, LL.M. from IHK → Explore the role Berlin institutions play in advancing digital development → Discuss policy around talent migration and settlement → Debate the challenges bureaucracy, taxation, and paperwork present for innovators Register here: https://lu.ma/3lwt3xor

Blockchain and breakfast? A perfect match? Almost. Let’s sprinkle a bit of legal talk. On May 21st, we’re co-hosting a talk on Blockchain and Open source for Berlin Blockchain Week. Sign up here: https://lu.ma/cy8jbq96. You can subscribe to our luma calendar to keep up with the cool events we’ve got in the pipeline.