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191<img src="/2021/i/youtube-sef-stefan.jpg" srcset="/2021/i/youtube-sef-stefan.jpg 2x" 192 alt="Raiffeisen Blockchain by Stefan Andjelic" class="radius30" style="max-width:60vw;"></a> 193 <div class="ml-30 mw-270 inner"> 194 <div class="f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 color-main">Stefan Andjelic, Blockchain Hub Lead 195 at Raiffeisen Bank International, speaks on the topic of Raiffeisen Blockchain, and what 196 financial institutions are doing with crypto assets.</div> 197 </div> 198 </div> 199 </div> 200 </div> 201 </div> 202 <div class="pb-50 relative block"> 203 <div class="content_20_line"></div> 204 <div class="bg-gray color-heading radius_full w-40 h-40 f-18 medium lh-40 text-center number" 205 style="background-color:#e00;color:#fff;">3</div> 206 <div class="ml-70 pt-10 block_inner" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"> 207 <div class="f-heading f-18 medium"> <strong>Henok "Hen" Tekle</strong> <span 208 style="font-weight:200;">Alphachain</span><br></div><br> 209 <h4>Thinking Critically About Cryptocurrencies</h4> 210 <div class="mt-20 color-heading text-adaptive"> 211 <div></div> 212 <div class="mt-35 d-sm-flex align-items-start video_block"><a 213 href="https://youtube.com/embed/kVM_x1Lzscw?rel=0&showinfo=0" class="relative" 214 target="_blank" data-fancybox="content_20_fancybox"><i class="fas fa-play color-white" 215 style="font-size:5em;filter: drop-shadow(1px 5px 10px #fff8) drop-shadow(-5px -5px 10px #fff8) drop-shadow(5px -5px 10px #fff8);"> 216 </i><img src="/2021/i/youtube-sef-hen.jpg" srcset="/2021/i/youtube-sef-hen.jpg 2x" 217 alt="Thinking Critically About Cryptocurrencies by Henok Tekle" class="radius30" 218 style="max-width:60vw;"></a> 219 <div class="ml-30 mw-270 inner"> 220 <div class="f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 color-main">Henok "Hen" Tekle â an angel 221 investor, advisor, co-founder and managing partner of Alphachain, highlighting the need to be 222 'Thinking Critically About Cryptocurrencies' in a discu
222ssion together with Makoto Takemiya. 223 </div> 224 </div> 225 </div> 226 </div> 227 </div> 228 </div> 229 <div class="pb-50 relative block"> 230 <div class="content_20_line"></div> 231 <div class="bg-gray color-heading radius_full w-40 h-40 f-18 medium lh-40 text-center number" 232 style="background-color:#e00;color:#fff;">4</div> 233 <div class="ml-70 pt-10 block_inner" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"> 234 <div class="f-heading f-18 medium"> <strong>Nikita Gurin</strong> <span 235 style="font-weight:200;">Google</span><br></div><br> 236 <h4>Catching Up: Development Economics & Blockchain</h4> 237 <div class="mt-20 color-heading text-adaptive"> 238 <div>Blockchain and crypto economic systems have a lot of potential to help countries develop and 239 increase output.</div> 240 <div class="mt-35 d-sm-flex align-items-start video_block"><a 241 href="https://youtube.com/embed/iTsxXnk4KRk?rel=0&showinfo=0" class="relative" 242 target="_blank" data-fancybox="content_20_fancybox"><i class="fas fa-play color-white" 243 style="font-size:5em;filter: drop-shadow(1px 5px 10px #fff8) drop-shadow(-5px -5px 10px #fff8) drop-shadow(5px -5px 10px #fff8);"> 244 </i><img src="/2021/i/youtube-sef-nikita.jpg" srcset="/2021/i/youtube-sef-nikita.jpg 2x" 245 alt="Catching Up: Development Economics & Blockchain by Nikita Gurin" class="radius30" 246 style="max-width:60vw;"></a> 247 <div class="ml-30 mw-270 inner"> 248 <div class="f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 color-main">In his presentation, Nikita Gurin, a 249 student of Professor Richard A. Werner, and currently working for Google, is exploring the 250 potential of #blockchain technology in helping developing countries to catch up economically. 251 </div> 252 </div> 253 </div> 254 </div> 255 </div> 256 </div> 257 <div class="pb-50 relative block"> 258 <div class="content_20_line"></div> 259 <div class="bg-gray color-heading radius_full w-40 h-40 f-18 medium lh-40 text-center number" 260 style="background-color:#e00;color:#fff;">5</div> 261 <div class="ml-70 pt-10 block_inner" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"> 262 <div class="f-heading f-18 medium"> <strong>Travin Keith</strong> <span 263 style="font-weight:200;">Immunefi</span><br></div><br> 264 <h4>Security Risks in Crypto: How To Stay Safe?</h4> 265 <div class="mt-20 color-heading text-adaptive"> 266 <div></div> 267 <div class="mt-35 d-sm-flex align-items-start video_block"><a 268 href="https://youtube.com/embed/_FELbmL-nDo?rel=0&showinfo=0" class="relative" 269 target="_blank" data-fancybox="content_20_fancybox"><i class="fas fa-play color-white" 270 style="font-size:5em;filter: drop-shadow(1px 5px 10px #fff8) drop-shadow(-5px -5px 10px #fff8) drop-shadow(5px -5px 10px #fff8);"> 271 </i><img src="/2021/i/youtube-sef-travin.jpg" srcset="/2021/i/youtube-sef-travin.jpg 2x" 272 alt="Security Risks in Crypto: How To Stay Safe? by Travin Keith" class="radius30" 273 style="max-width:60vw;"></a> 274 <div class="ml-30 mw-270 inner"> 275 <div class="f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 color-main">If anybody knows anything about 276 security risks in crypto, it would be Travin! The superbly warm welcome he received by the 277 attendees in the chat room during the live event was only more proof of that. Enjoy!</div> 278 </div> 279 </div> 280 </div> 281 </div> 282 </div> 283 <div class="pb-50 relative block" id="werner"> 284 <div class="content_20_line"></div> 285 <div class="bg-gray color-heading radius_full w-40 h-40 f-18 medium lh-40 text-center number" 286 style="background-color:#e00;color:#fff;">6</div> 287 <div class="ml-70 pt-10 block_inner" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"> 288 <div class="f-heading f-18 medium"> <strong>Professor Richard A. Werner</strong> <span 289 style="font-weight:200;">De Montfort University Leicester</span><br></div><br> 290 <h4>Disaggregated Quantity Theory of Credit</h4> 291 <div class="mt-20 color-heading text-adaptive"> 292 <div>Professor Richard A. Werner discusses the Disaggregated Quantity Theory of Credit and how it 293 relates to economic growth.</div> 294 <div class="mt-35 d-sm-flex align-items-start video_block"><a 295 href="https://youtube.com/embed/KEfdlctvHH4?rel=0&showinfo=0" class="relative" 296 target="_blank" data-fancybox="content_20_fancybox"><i class="fas fa-play color-white" 297 style="font-size:5em;filter: drop-shadow(1px 5px 10px #fff8) drop-shadow(-5px -5px 10px #fff8) drop-shadow(5px -5px 10px #fff8);"> 298 </i>
298<img src="/2021/i/youtube-sef-werner.jpg" srcset="/2021/i/youtube-sef-werner.jpg 2x" 299 alt="Disaggregated Quantity Theory of Credit by Professor Richard A. Werner" class="radius30" 300 style="max-width:60vw;"></a> 301 <div class="ml-30 mw-270 inner"> 302 <div class="f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 color-main">What is economic growth? Excursion 303 into the mysterious world of banking.<br><br><span 304 style="font-family: Sora, sans-serif;text-transform: initial;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: 0;font-size: 17px;"><em>'If 305 you can understand everything in this video, you understand SORA'</em><br>âæ¦å®®èª </span> 306 </div> 307 </div> 308 </div> 309 </div> 310 </div> 311 </div> 312 <div class="pb-50 relative block" id="terrill"> 313 <div class="content_20_line"></div> 314 <div class="bg-gray color-heading radius_full w-40 h-40 f-18 medium lh-40 text-center number" 315 style="background-color:#e00;color:#fff;">7</div> 316 <div class="ml-70 pt-10 block_inner" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"> 317 <div class="f-heading f-18 medium"> <strong>Terrill "Terry" Bouricius</strong> <span 318 style="font-weight:200;">Political Scientist, Former Vermont House of Representatives</span><br> 319 </div><br> 320 <h4>Governance by Multi-Body Sortition</h4> 321 <div class="mt-20 color-heading text-adaptive"> 322 <div>Democracy is often misconstrued as denoting a voting-based popularity contest. However, the 323 roots of democracy are based on randomly selecting decision makers.</div> 324 <div class="mt-35 d-sm-flex align-items-start video_block"><a 325 href="https://youtube.com/embed/rqWWCzbcttc?rel=0&showinfo=0" class="relative" 326 target="_blank" data-fancybox="content_20_fancybox"><i class="fas fa-play color-white" 327 style="font-size:5em;filter: drop-shadow(1px 5px 10px #fff8) drop-shadow(-5px -5px 10px #fff8) drop-shadow(5px -5px 10px #fff8);"> 328 </i><img src="/2021/i/youtube-sef-terrill.jpg" srcset="/2021/i/youtube-sef-terrill.jpg 2x" 329 alt="Governance by Multi-Body Sortition by Terrill 'Terry' Bouricius" class="radius30" 330 style="max-width:60vw;"></a> 331 <div class="ml-30 mw-270 inner"> 332 <div class="f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 color-main">Hear Terrill "Terry" Bouricius, a 333 political scientist, former Vermont House of Representatives member, speak about the roots of 334 Athenian democracy and random selection of decision makers via governance by multi-body 335 sortition.</div> 336 </div> 337 </div> 338 </div> 339 </div> 340 </div> 341 <div class="pb-50 relative block"> 342 <div class="content_20_line"></div> 343 <div class="bg-gray color-heading radius_full w-40 h-40 f-18 medium lh-40 text-center number" 344 style="background-color:#e00;color:#fff;">8</div> 345 <div class="ml-70 pt-10 block_inner" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"> 346 <div class="f-heading f-18 medium"> <strong>Gabriel Abed</strong> <span 347 style="font-weight:200;">Appointed Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Barbados</span><br> 348 </div><br> 349 <h4>CBDCs and Economic Development</h4> 350 <div class="mt-20 color-heading text-adaptive"> 351 <div></div> 352 <div class="mt-35 d-sm-flex align-items-start video_block"><a 353 href="https://youtube.com/embed/cHN6ed7T6Qo?rel=0&showinfo=0" class="relative" 354 target="_blank" data-fancybox="content_20_fancybox"><i class="fas fa-play color-white" 355 style="font-size:5em;filter: drop-shadow(1px 5px 10px #fff8) drop-shadow(-5px -5px 10px #fff8) drop-shadow(5px -5px 10px #fff8);"> 356 </i>
356<img src="/2021/i/youtube-sef-abed.jpg" srcset="/2021/i/youtube-sef-abed.jpg 2x" 357 alt="CBDCs and Economic Development by Gabriel Abed" class="radius30" 358 style="max-width:60vw;"></a> 359 <div class="ml-30 mw-270 inner"> 360 <div class="f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 color-main">Gabriel Abed, a true pioneer of 361 digital currencies, and newly appointed Ambassador of Barbados to the United Arab Emirates, 362 sharing his forward thinking insights on the subject of CBDCs and economic development.</div> 363 </div> 364 </div> 365 </div> 366 </div> 367 </div> 368 <div class="pb-50 relative block" id="swanson"><!--div class="content_20_line"></div--> 369 <div class="bg-gray color-heading radius_full w-40 h-40 f-18 medium lh-40 text-center number" 370 style="background-color:#e00;color:#fff;">9</div> 371 <div class="ml-70 pt-10 block_inner" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"> 372 <div class="f-heading f-18 medium"> <strong>Tim Swanson</strong> <span 373 style="font-weight:200;">Clearmatics</span><br></div><br> 374 <h4>DeFi's Dependency on the US Banking System (via USDT/USDC)</h4> 375 <div class="mt-20 color-heading text-adaptive"> 376 <div></div> 377 <div class="mt-35 d-sm-flex align-items-start video_block"><a 378 href="https://youtube.com/embed/dLzCQ7X2wew?rel=0&showinfo=0" class="relative" 379 target="_blank" data-fancybox="content_20_fancybox"><i class="fas fa-play color-white" 380 style="font-size:5em;filter: drop-shadow(1px 5px 10px #fff8) drop-shadow(-5px -5px 10px #fff8) drop-shadow(5px -5px 10px #fff8);"> 381 </i><img src="/2021/i/youtube-sef-tim.jpg" srcset="/2021/i/youtube-sef-tim.jpg 2x" 382 alt="DeFi's Dependency on the US Banking System (via USDT/USDC) by Tim Swanson" 383 class="radius30" style="max-width:60vw;"></a> 384 <div class="ml-30 mw-270 inner"> 385 <div class="f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 color-main">"About 59% of the collateral backing 386 DAI is USDC, and nearly 10% of the total cryptocurrency 'market cap' is now comprised of 387 stablecoins." âTim Swanson, Head of Market Intel at Clearmatics, discusses parasitic 388 stablecoins and DeFi's dependency on the US banking system.</div> 389 </div> 390 </div> 391 </div> 392 </div> 393 </div> 394 <!--div class="pb-50 relative block"><div class="content_20_line"></div><div class="bg-gray color-heading radius_full w-40 h-40 f-18 medium lh-40 text-center number"></div><div class="ml-70 pt-10 block_inner" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"><div class="f-heading f-18 medium"> <strong>Makoto Takemiya</strong> <span style="font-weight:200;">Closing Remarks</span> </div><br><h4>Closing remarks, before networking starts.</h4></div></div--><!--div class="relative block"><div class="content_20_line"></div><div class="bg-gray color-heading radius_full w-40 h-40 f-18 medium lh-40 text-center number"></div><div class="ml-70 pt-10 block_inner" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"><div class="f-heading f-18 medium"> 18:55-20:00 <strong>NETWORKING</strong> </div></div></div--><!--br> <br><div class="text-center"> <a href="https://hopin.com/events/first-sora-economic-forum" class="btn mt-20 lg action-1" target="_blank" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100" style="height:inherit!important;line-height:inherit!important;padding:18px 24px!important;font-size:1.667em!important;font-weight:800;text-transform:uppercase;margin:auto;">Register</a> </div--> 395 </div> 396 </div> 397 </div> 398 </div> 399 </div> 400 </section> 401 <section class="pt-105 pb-100 bg-light text-center team_3" id="speakers"> 402 <div class="container px-xl-0"> 403 <div class="row justify-content-center"> 404 <div class="col-lg-8 col-md-10 col-sm-11" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="0"> 405 <h2 class="small" style="color:#f00;">Speakers</h2> 406 </div> 407 </div> 408 <div class="mt-15 row justify-content-center"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-a-werner-5359ba9/" 409 class="mt-50 col-lg-4 col-md-5 col-sm-6 link color-main" target="_blank"> 410 <div data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="0"><img src="/2021/i/team_3_img_1.jpg"
411 srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" alt="" class="radius10 img-fluid" style="border-radius:50%;"> 412 <div class="mt-20 mb-10 f-22 title text-uppercase" style="line-height:1;"><strong>Professor<br>Richard A. 413 Werner</strong></div> 414 <div class="f-14 semibold sp-20 color-heading" style="line-height:1;font-weight:300;"> <i 415 class="fab fa-linkedin" style="display:block;color:#378fe9;font-size:2em;line-height:1.5;"></i> <img 416 src="/2021/i/[email protected]" srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" 417 alt="De Montfort University Leicester" class="img-fluid" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="0"></div> 418 </div> 419 </a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/makoto-takemiya/" 420 class="mt-50 col-lg-4 col-md-5 col-sm-6 link color-main" target="_blank"> 421 <div data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"><img src="/2021/i/team_3_img_2.jpg" 422 srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" alt="" class="radius10 img-fluid" style="border-radius:50%;"> 423 <div class="mt-20 mb-10 f-22 title text-uppercase" style="line-height:1;"> 424 <strong>Makoto<br>Takemiya</strong> 425 </div> 426 <div class="f-14 semibold sp-20 color-heading" style="line-height:1;font-weight:300;"> <i 427 class="fab fa-linkedin" style="display:block;color:#378fe9;font-size:2em;line-height:1.5;"></i> <img 428 src="/2021/i/[email protected]" srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" alt="SORAMITSU" 429 class="img-fluid" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="200"></div> 430 </div> 431 </a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrill-bouricius-03046bb5/" 432 class="mt-50 col-lg-4 col-md-5 col-sm-6 link color-main" target="_blank"> 433 <div data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="200"><img src="/2021/i/team_3_img_3.jpg" 434 srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" alt="" class="radius10 img-fluid" style="border-radius:50%;"> 435 <div class="mt-20 mb-10 f-22 title text-uppercase" style="line-height:1;"><strong>Terrill 436 "Terry"<br>Bouricius</strong></div> 437 <div class="f-14 semibold sp-20 color-heading" style="line-height:1;font-weight:300;"> <i 438 class="fab fa-linkedin" style="display:block;color:#378fe9;font-size:2em;line-height:1.5;"></i> <img 439 src="/2021/i/[email protected]" srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" 440 alt="Seal of Vermont" class="img-fluid" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="200"></div> 441 </div> 442 </a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/timswanson/" class="mt-50 col-lg-4 col-md-5 col-sm-6 link color-main" 443 target="_blank"> 444 <div data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="300"><img src="/2021/i/team_3_img_8.jpg" 445 srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" alt="" class="radius10 img-fluid" style="border-radius:50%;"> 446 <div class="mt-20 mb-10 f-22 title text-uppercase" style="line-height:1;"> <strong>Tim<br>Swanson</strong> 447 </div> 448 <div class="f-14 semibold sp-20 color-heading" style="line-height:1;font-weight:300;"> <i 449 class="fab fa-linkedin" style="display:block;color:#378fe9;font-size:2em;line-height:1.5;"></i> <img 450 src="/2021/i/[email protected]" srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" alt="Clearmatics" 451 class="img-fluid" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="0"></div> 452 </div> 453 </a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielabed/" class="mt-50 col-lg-4 col-md-5 col-sm-6 link color-main" 454 target="_blank"> 455 <div data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="300"><img src="/2021/i/gabriel.jpg" srcset="/2021/i/gabriel.jpg 2x" 456 alt="" class="radius10 img-fluid" style="border-radius:50%;"> 457 <div class="mt-20 mb-10 f-22 title text-uppercase" style="line-height:1;"> <strong>Gabriel<br>Abed</strong> 458 </div> 459 <div class="f-14 semibold sp-20 color-heading" style="line-height:1;font-weight:300;"> <i 460 class="fab fa-linkedin" style="display:block;color:#378fe9;font-size:2em;line-height:1.5;"></i> <img
461 src="/2021/i/abed.png?0" srcset="/2021/i/abed.png?0 2x" alt="Abed" class="img-fluid" data-aos="fade-up" 462 data-aos-delay="0"></div> 463 </div> 464 </a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-andjelic-00b7423b/" 465 class="mt-50 col-lg-4 col-md-5 col-sm-6 link color-main" target="_blank"> 466 <div data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="0"><img src="/2021/i/team_3_img_5.jpg" 467 srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" alt="" class="radius10 img-fluid" style="border-radius:50%;"> 468 <div class="mt-20 mb-10 f-22 title text-uppercase" style="line-height:1;"> 469 <strong>Stefan<br>Andjelic</strong> 470 </div> 471 <div class="f-14 semibold sp-20 color-heading" style="line-height:1;font-weight:300;"> <i 472 class="fab fa-linkedin" style="display:block;color:#378fe9;font-size:2em;line-height:1.5;"></i> <img 473 src="/2021/i/[email protected]" srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" 474 alt="Raiffeisen Bank International" class="img-fluid" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"></div> 475 </div> 476 </a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/travinkeith/" class="mt-50 col-lg-4 col-md-5 col-sm-6 link color-main" 477 target="_blank"> 478 <div data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="300"><img src="/2021/i/team_3_img_4.jpg?0" 479 srcset="/2021/i/[email protected]?0 2x" alt="" class="radius10 img-fluid" style="border-radius:50%;"> 480 <div class="mt-20 mb-10 f-22 title text-uppercase" style="line-height:1;"> <strong>Travin Keith</strong> 481 </div> 482 <div class="f-14 semibold sp-20 color-heading" style="line-height:1;font-weight:300;"> <i 483 class="fab fa-linkedin" style="display:block;color:#378fe9;font-size:2em;line-height:1.5;"></i> <img 484 src="/2021/i/[email protected]" srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" alt="Immunefi" 485 class="img-fluid" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"></div> 486 </div> 487 </a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikitagurin/" class="mt-50 col-lg-4 col-md-5 col-sm-6 link color-main" 488 target="_blank"> 489 <div data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"><img src="/2021/i/team_3_img_6.jpg" 490 srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" alt="" class="radius10 img-fluid" style="border-radius:50%;"> 491 <div class="mt-20 mb-10 f-22 title text-uppercase" style="line-height:1;"> <strong>Nikita Gurin</strong> 492 </div> 493 <div class="f-14 semibold sp-20 color-heading" style="line-height:1;font-weight:300;"> <i 494 class="fab fa-linkedin" style="display:block;color:#378fe9;font-size:2em;line-height:1.5;"></i> <img 495 src="/2021/i/[email protected]" srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" alt="Google" 496 class="img-fluid" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="200"></div> 497 </div> 498 </a><a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/person/henok-tekle" 499 class="mt-50 col-lg-4 col-md-5 col-sm-6 link color-main" target="_blank"> 500 <div data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="200"><img src="/2021/i/team_3_img_7.jpg" 501 srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" alt="" class="radius10 img-fluid" style="border-radius:50%;"> 502 <div class="mt-20 mb-10 f-22 title text-uppercase" style="line-height:1;"> <strong>Henok Tekle</strong> 503 </div> 504 <div class="f-14 semibold sp-20 color-heading" style="line-height:1;font-weight:300;"> <svg width="64" 505 height="64" viewBox="0 0 64 64" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" 506 style="display:block;width:25px;height:25px;margin:16px auto 10px;"> 507 <path fill-rule="evenodd" fill="#0A4063" 508 d="M56,0H8C3.6,0,0,3.6,0,8v48c0,4.4,3.6,8,8,8h48c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8V8C64,3.6,60.4,0,56,0z M14.3,40.1c3.5,1.7,7.7,0.1,9.4-3.4h0.1h5.5c-1.1,4.5-4.6,8-9.1,9.1c-6.6,1.6-13.3-2.5-14.9-9.1c-1.6-6.6,2.5-13.3,9.1-14.9c6.6-1.6,13.3,2.5,14.9,9.1h-5.5c-0.7-1.6-1.9-2.8-3.5-3.6c-3.5-1.7-7.7-0.1-9.4,3.4C9.3,34.3,10.8,38.5,14.3,40.1z M56.8,40.9c-3.9,5.6-11.6,6.9-17.2,3v1.3h-5V9.9h5v13.7c1.8-1.2,3.9-2,6-2.1h0.9c2.6,0,5.2,0.7,7.3,2.2C59.4,27.6,60.7,35.3,56.8,40.9z M53.6,33.7c0,0.3,0,0.6,0,0.9h0v0.2c0,0.3-0.1,0.6-0.2,0.9c-0.1,0.3-0.2,0.6-0.3,0.9v0.1c-1,2-2.8,3.4-4.9,3.9l-0.7,0.1h-0.2c-0.3,0-0.5,0-0.8,0c-0.3,0-0.6,0-1-0.1h-0.2c-0.6-0.1-1.2-0.3-1.8-0.5h-0.1c-0.6-0.3-1.1-0.6-1.6-1.1c-0.5-0.4-0.9-0.9-1.2-1.5c-0.2-0.3-0.3-0.6-0.5-0.9c-0.8-1.9-0.8-4,0.1-5.8c1.1-2.2,3.2-3.8,5.7-4c0.2,0,0.5,0,0.7,0C50.4,26.9,53.5,29.9,53.6,33.7z" /> 509 </svg>
509 <img src="/2021/i/[email protected]" srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" 510 alt="Alphachain" class="img-fluid" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="300"></div> 511 </div> 512 </a></div> 513 </div> 514 </section> 515 <!--section class="pt-0 pb-45 bg-light content_29"><div class="container px-xl-0"><div class="row justify-content-center text-center"><div class="col-lg-8"><div class="row align-items-center justify-content-center no-gutters"><div class="col-sm-3 col-6 mb-35 holder"></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-6 mb-35 holder"></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-6 mb-35 holder"></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-6 mb-35 holder"></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-6 mb-35 holder"></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-6 mb-35 holder"></div><div class="col-sm-3 col-6 mb-35 holder"></div></div></div></div></div></section--> 516 <section class="pt-50 pb-150 bg-light blog_28" id="about"> 517 <div class="container px-xl-0"> 518 <div class="row justify-content-center"> 519 <div class="col-12 col-md-10 col-lg-8 col-xl-6 text-center"> 520 <h1 class="mb-15 f-90 h-40" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="0">ââ</h1> 521 <h4 class="f-32 text-adaptive" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100">For cryptoeconomic systems to be able 522 to compete with contemporary, centralized economic systems, there needs to be a rational economic modelâthis 523 is the key thesis of the SORA economic system.</h4> 524 <p style="line-height:2;font-size:1.5em;font-weight:200;" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100">âMakoto 525 Takemiya, CEO of SORAMITSU</p> 526 </div> 527 </div> 528 </div> 529 </section> 530 <section class="pt-105 pb-30 bg-dark color-white color-filter-dark-4 feature_21" 531 data-bg-src="/2021/i/[email protected]" data-bg-src-2x="/2021/i/[email protected]" id="faq"> 532 <div class="container px-xl-0"> 533 <div class="row"> 534 <div class="col-xl-8 col-lg-10" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="0"> 535 <h2 class="small">Frequently Asked Questions</h2> 536 <div class="mt-35 mb-80 f-22 text-adaptive description" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100">For millennia, 537 human societies have organized into many forms of governance.</div> 538 </div> 539 </div> 540 <div class="row"> 541 <div class="mb-75 col-xl-3 col-lg-4 col-sm-6 block" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="0"> 542 <div class="mb-10 f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 title">What is the SORA Economic Forum?</div> 543 <div class="op-7 text-adaptive">SORA Economic Forum is an event where the community comes together enabling 544 scientists and speakers to discuss how SORA could have an impact on the economic future of the world. This 545 online event will enable a substantive discourse between sc
545holars, innovators and leaders of the SORA 546 community to more deeply explore the tokenomics, macroeconomics and governance structures of SORA.</div> 547 </div> 548 <div class="col-1 d-none d-xl-block"></div> 549 <div class="mb-75 col-xl-3 col-lg-4 col-sm-6 block" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"> 550 <div class="mb-10 f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 title">What is the role of experts?</div> 551 <div class="op-7 text-adaptive">In addition to citizens, full-time teams of experts are likely needed to work 552 in the ministries of the SORA Parliament in order to perform analyses and simulations, as well as propose 553 long-term strategic policies. Including domain experts into a democratic process, without having 554 non-democratic domination by a technocratic elite is a very difficult balance to accomplish.</div> 555 </div> 556 <div class="col-1 d-none d-xl-block"></div> 557 <div class="mb-75 col-xl-3 col-lg-4 col-sm-6 block" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="200"> 558 <div class="mb-10 f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 title">What is the end goal of all of this?</div> 559 <div class="op-7 text-adaptive">Because SORA (XOR) aims to be a supranational, global unit of account, store 560 of value, and medium of exchange, the SORA Parliament also needs to be global, so as to avoid a Triffin 561 dilemma. Thus, the end goal of all of this is to create not only a global new economic order, but also a 562 supranational governance system that can go along with it.</div> 563 </div> 564 <div class="col-1 d-none d-xl-block"></div> 565 <div class="mb-75 col-xl-3 col-lg-4 col-sm-6 block" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"> 566 <div class="mb-10 f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 title">Who can participate?</div> 567 <div class="op-7 text-adaptive">Anyone from anywhere in the world can participate in this event.</div> 568 </div> 569 <div class="col-1 d-none d-xl-block"></div> 570 <div class="mb-75 col-xl-3 col-lg-4 col-sm-6 block" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="200"> 571 <div class="mb-10 f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 title">How much does it cost to attend the SORA Economic 572 Forum?</div> 573 <div class="op-7 text-adaptive">It's completely free.</div> 574 </div> 575 <div class="col-1 d-none d-xl-block"></div> 576 <div class="mb-75 col-xl-3 col-lg-4 col-sm-6 block" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="0"> 577 <div class="mb-10 f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 title">Why multi-body sortition?</div> 578 <div class="op-7 text-adaptive">Multi-body sortition allows for collusion- and censorship-resistant 579 governance.</div> 580 </div> 581 <div class="col-1 d-none d-xl-block"></div> 582 <div class="mb-75 col-xl-3 col-lg-4 col-sm-6 block" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"> 583 <div class="mb-10 f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 title">What makes SORA different?</div> 584 <div class="op-7 text-adaptive">Unlike many other blockchain networks and societies that use token voting, 585 SORA utilizes multi-body sortition in order to govern the SORA blockchain network and use of the SORA funds 586 in a decentralized way.</div> 587 </div> 588 <div class="col-1 d-none d-xl-block"></div> 589 <div class="mb-75 col-xl-3 col-lg-4 col-sm-6 block" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="200"> 590 <div class="mb-10 f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 title">What is the purpose of the SORA Parliament?</div> 591 <div class="op-7 text-adaptive">In the SORA Parliament, no single body or committee can both propose and 592 decide something; clear separation of powers allows for careful review and avoids self-selection.</div> 593 </div> 594 <div class="col-1 d-none d-xl-block"></div> 595 <div class="mb-75 col-xl-3 col-lg-4 col-sm-6 block" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="0"> 596 <div class="mb-10 f-14 semibold text-uppercase sp-20 title">What does it mean to be a SORA citizen?</div> 597 <div class="op-7 text-adaptive">Being a SORA citizen is a great honor and a great responsibility.</div> 598 </div> 599 <div class="col-1 d-none d-xl-block"></div> 600 </div> 601 </div> 602 </section> 603 <div class="only-mob"> <img src="/2021/i/[email protected]" alt="Professor Richard A. Werner" data-aos="fade-up" 604 data-aos-delay="0"> </div> 605 <section class="pt-120 pb-20 bg-light blog_16 biog"> 606 <div class="container px-xl-0"> 607 <div class="row justify-content-between"> 608 <div class="mb-50 mb-lg-0 col-12 col-lg-6 d-flex justify-content-center relative"><img
609 src="/2021/i/blog_16_img_1.jpg" srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" alt="Professor Richard A. Werner" 610 class="col-lg-20 px-0 absolute img-block" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="0"><img 611 src="/2021/i/blog_16_img_2.jpg" srcset="/2021/i/[email protected] 2x" alt="Professor Richard A. Werner" 612 class="col-lg-10 mt-520 px-0 absolute img-block" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="100"></div> 613 <div class="col-6 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 pl-xl-0 d-flex justify-content-xl-end relative"> 614 <div class="col-xl-10 px-0"> 615 <h3 class="mb-20 text-adaptive" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="200" 616 style="font-size:2em;line-height:1.2;">Professor Richard A. Werner</h3> 617 <h5 style="font-weight:300;font-size:1.2em;" class="mb-10" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="200">âFirst 618 Class Honours B.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics,</h5> 619 <h5 style="font-weight:300;font-size:1.2em;" class="mb-10" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="200"> 620 âdoctorate in Economics from the University of Oxford,</h5> 621 <h5 style="font-weight:300;font-size:1.2em;" class="mb-20" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="200">âstudied 622 at the University of Tokyo.</h5> 623 <div class="row" data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="300"> 624 <div class="col-sm-12 col-lg-12 col-xl-12 color-heading f-14 text-adaptive"> 625 <p>Richard is a <strong>Member of Linacre College, Oxford</strong>, and is a university professor in 626 banking and finance. He is also a founding chair of <strong>Local First</strong>, a community interest 627 company establishing not-for-profit community banks in the UK.</p> 628 <p>You can follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/scientificecon" 629 target="_blank">@scientificecon</a>.</p> 630 <p>Richard was a member of the <strong>ECB Shadow Council</strong>. He founded, and has been director of 631 the <strong>Centre for Banking, Finance and Sustainable Development</strong>âthe first research centre 632 to focus on the link between the financial sector and sustainability issues.</p> 633 <p>He was a full-time professor of monetary, macro and development economics (W3) at 634 <strong>Goethe-University Frankfurt</strong>, and Professor of International Banking at the 635 <strong>University of Southampton</strong>. He was assistant professor in economics and finance at 636 <strong>Sophia University, Tokyo</strong>. He has also taught at <strong>Moscow State 637 University</strong>, as well as at a number of other universities. 638 </p> 639 <p>His work experience includes <strong>Jardine Fleming Securities (Asia) Ltd.</strong>, <strong>Bear 640 Stearns Asset Management Ltd.</strong>, managing global macro funds, senior consultant to the 641 <strong>Asian Development Bank</strong> and visiting scholar and visiting researcher at the 642 <strong>Japanese Ministry of Finance</strong> and the <strong>Bank of Japan</strong>, respectively. He 643 was also the first <strong>Shimomura Fellow</strong> at the <strong>Development Bank of 644 Japan</strong>. 645 </p> 646 <p>In 1992, while <strong>European Commission Fellow</strong> at <strong>Oxford Universityâs Institute 647 for Economics and Statistics</strong>, Richard proposed the disaggregation of credit and its impact 648 on asset markets and growth with his <strong>âQuantity Theory of Creditâ</strong>. In 1995, he 649 advanced the concept of âquantitative easingâ in Japan.</p> 650 <h4 style="border-left:2px solid #000;padding-left:20px;margin-left:-20px;">His book <a 651 href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Ac7ap_MAY" target="_blank">âPrinces of the Yenâ</a> was a 652 No. 1 bestseller in Japan, beating Harry Potter for six weeks.<br>
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