We're going afk

A new event series by Lens. First stop: Berlin.

RSVP: <lu.ma/afkberlin>

The first afk event is May 23, in tandem with Berlin Blockchain Week and ETHBerlin. We're excited to celebrate a big milestone announcement with the Lens ecosystem and the Ethereum community.

The energy at each afk will be inspired by every city we visit. Berlin is a no-bs, über cool place that is home to a multitude of blockchain projects and some of the most interesting artists.

Explore immersive pop-up experiences brought to you by the Lens ecosystem, featuring T2, Bonsai and Orb. Enjoy a perfect blend of unique vibes complemented by food catering and beats by renowned DJ and producer, Sound of Fractures.

Enjoy a diverse set of sessions and experiences, with a wide range of topics, from crypto-politics, anonymity, privacy, social digital spaces and financial spaces, scalability and cultural actors.

Speakers attending include:

• Dr. Jaya Klara-Brekke: Chief Strategy Officer at NYM, building privacy-preserving infrastructure for our highly surveilled digital lives.

• Simon Denny: Artist and professor at HBFK Hamburg. Simon’s artwork explores systems of power and influence within present technologies.

• Stani Kulechov: Founder of Aave and Lens, CEO at Avara. Avara’s vision is a people-powered internet that benefits all. 

• Alex Gluchowski: co-inventor of zkSync, co-founder and CEO of Matter Labs. Alex's passion lies in using technology to advance personal freedom, self-ownership, and decentralization.

• Abbey Titcomb: technologist, governance researcher, product strategist, and community developer/leader. Works at Radworks. Board member of the Better Internet Foundation and Optimism Foundation.

• Billy Rennekamp: Entrepreneur-in-Residence at 1kx, founder of Trifle Labs, Folia, and Clovers Network. Previously core contributor at Cosmos. 

• Sirsu: co-founder and brand strategist for blvkhvnd, Project: STADIUM, The Mint Fund, Culture Media and 747 Airlines, a project at the intersection of cryptoeconomics, memecoins and culture.

• María Paula Fernández: Growth at Avara. Previously co-founder at JPG, a curation protocol, and Department of Decentralization/ETHBerlin. 

• Rafathebuilder: Head of Governance at zkSync, insatiable community explorer, researcher and cultural commentator. 

• Sarah Friend: artist, researcher and software engineer. Board of Directors and formerly smart contracts lead at Circles UBI, a blockchain-based community currency that aims to lead to a more equal distribution of wealth.

• Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley: is an Animator/Artist and games developer working predominantly in digital media to communicate the experiences of being a Black Trans person. 

• Sam Hart: head of product and strategy at Skip Protocol, co-founder of Timewave Labs. Sam’s also part of the Other Internet squad, Folia, and maintainer of the Berlin Cybernetics Library.

Unplug, unwind, and celebrate with us at afk: <lu.ma/afkberlin>

Full blog: <app.t2.world/article/clvzgssqi1417721zmc0h7t84ih>