Financial Freedom Schedule
On June 5, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) will host the seventh annual Financial Freedom track at the 2024 Oslo Freedom Forum.
Oslo, Norway
June 5, 2024
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Break
Coffee and Breakfast
11:00 - 11:05 AM
Intro
Opening Remarks
Alex Gladstein
11:05 - 11:35 AM
Talk
Broken Money
Lyn Alden
11:35 - 11:45 AM
Talk
How Bitcoin Can Fund Counter-terrorism
Hadiya Masieh
11:45 - 12:00 PM
Talk
Designing Better Tools for Activists
Mogashni Naidoo
12:00 - 12:05 PM
Project Spotlight
Project Spotlight: Innovation Hub
Noble Nyangoma
12:05 - 12:15 PM
Talk
Using Bitcoin in a High Fee Environment
Ben Perrin
12:15 - 12:25 PM
Talk
Growing the Africa Bitcoin community
Farida Nabourema
12:25 - 12:30 PM
Talk
Bitcoin Development Fund Announcement
Alex Li
12:30 - 12:45 PM
Talk
CBDC Tracker
Nick Anthony
12:45 - 1:15 PM
Talk
CBDCs in Nigeria, China, and Beyond
Charlene Fadirepo, Nick Anthony, Roger Huang
1:15 - 1:20 PM
Project Spotlight
Project Spotlight: Freedom Fellows
Jhanisse Vaca-Daza
1:20 - 1:25 PM
Project Spotlight
Project Spotlight: CISA Fellowship
Fabian Jahr
1:25 - 1:45 PM
Talk
The State of Financial Freedom
Jack Mallers, Jeff Booth, Troy Cross
1:45 - 2:50 PM
Break
Lunch
2:50- 3:00 PM
Video
Finney Freedom Prize Announcement
3:00 - 3:10 PM
Talk
Transacting privately with Bitcoin
Craig Raw
3:10 - 3:20 PM
Talk
Bringing Women into Bitcoin
Lorraine Marcel
3:20 - 3:30 PM
Talk
Empowering the World with Lightning
Elizabeth Stark, Ayelen Osorio
3:30 - 3:45 PM
Talk
Ecash: The Ultimate Privacy Tool?
Calle
3:45 - 3:50 PM
Project Spotlight
Project Spotlight: Stakwork Bounty Program
Paul Itoi
3:50 - 4:05 PM
Talk
Bitcoin Adoption in South Africa
Luthando Ndabambi, Christian Keroles
4:05 - 4:10 PM
Project Spotlight
Project Spotlight: Announcement
Abubakar Nur Khalil
4:10 - 4:25 PM
Talk
Bitcoin and Democratic Values
Mike Brock, Anna Chekhovich, Peter McCormack
4:25 - 4:40 PM
Talk
The Library of Satoshi
Dulce Villarreal
4:40 - 4:55 PM
Talk
How Africa Strengthens Bitcoin
Femi Longe
4:55 - 5:30 PM
Recap
Freedom Tech: A Conference Recap
Matt Odell, Carla Kirk-Cohen
