Computational Law and Blockchain Festival SF

The first annual Computational Law & Blockchain Festival (#clbfest2018) is a three-day global event bringing together coders, designers, lawyers, policymakers, researchers, and students to co-create the future of law, legal practice, and policy. In the spirit of decentralization, the Festival will be hosted simultaneously at independent, self-organized nodes in cities around the world.

Welcome to your SF/Bay Area node! We're excited to be hosting all three activity tracks at the Impact Hub in SF, generous host to an ongoing series of events at the intersection of Blockchain and Impact.

The Festival is designed to be as inclusive as possible, with activity tracks for participants of all backgrounds, interests, and skill levels:

LEARN

New to computational law or blockchain technology? Need a blockchain 101? Want to learn how to write a smart contract? Learn the basics from local and global experts at our educational sessions and workshops.

HACK

Are you a coder, or designer, or a legal/policy expert interested in hacking with a team? Take part in our Global Challenge, a distributed, 24-hour hackathon that challenges participants to build open-source computational law and blockchain-for-law uses cases with a chance to win awesome prizes.

DISCUSS

Interested in policy implications of blockchain technology? Join our Global Symposium, a distributed policy hack to discuss core issues related to blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies with the goal of contributing to a free and open global survey of those issues.

How can you get involved?

1. Sponsor or speak: Would your company or organization like to provide financial or in-kind support to a node or nodes? Are you an expert who would like to teach a workshop, moderate a policy discussion, or mentor or judge hackathon participants? Please email us at sflegalhackers at Gmail dot com for more information on how you can help our local node to have a successful Festival (note: please include your city, country, and company/organization in the email so we can put you in touch with the right person).

2. Attend in person or remotely: The Festival welcomes enthusiasts of all ages, genders, backgrounds, skill levels, and disciplines, and will be free to attend and participate. Please secure your ticket to confirm your interest and stay informed as we update details!

We'll be hosting an informational event for those who want to learn more and organize ahead of the weekend, and will be announcing local sponsors and prizes in the run up to the event!

To stay up to date and to join the discussion in the run up to the event, please also sign up to our:

Discord group https://discord.gg/NYdtwJa and

Meetup page https://www.meetup.com/SFLegalHackers/events/248112278/

More details on the global events and sponsors here:
http://legalhackers.org/clbfest2018/