GovDojo: Governance, AI and Decentralisation
22 October 2025
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Explore how AI can super-charge governance, and how decentralised governance models can power more resilient and sustainable businesses.
Expand your governance capability with innovations in AI and decentralisation.
Discover how:
- leading edge practices and tools are powering governance in startups and innovative corporations
- multi-billion dollar enterprises are being governed with no board or exec
- AI is powering, and even automating governance processes
- decentralisation and AI are powering governance for AI itself
- you can apply these governance insights in your business
Ideal for Founders & Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, Community Builders, and Leaders wanting to build their business in a trustable and powerful way fit for this exponential age.
Enjoy food and drinks throughout the event, with thanks to NEAR Foundation.
Free
Alex Sims
Researcher and Teacher at University of Auckland
Alex is a Professor in the Department of Commercial Law and an Associate at the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies (CBT). She teaches a wide range of commercial law subjects. Her areas of research and publication include blockchain technology, in particular, DAOs (decentralised autonomous organisations), NFTs, the regulation of cryptocurrencies, legal issues surrounding smart contracts and the right to repair. Alex's legacy areas of research and publication are consumer law and intellectual property law (in particular copyright law).
Klaus Bravenboer
Founder of Hack Humanity
Klaus leads Hack Humanity a facilitation and product studio specialised in decentralised governance of AI and blockchains. He is committed to building the technology, social systems, and innovative business models that drive sovereign systems in this exponential age.
Lane Rettig
Head of Research at NEAR Foundation
Lane is a veteran blockchain developer and researcher, currently Head of Research at NEAR Foundation and a core contributor to Spacemesh. Formerly an Ethereum Core Developer at the Ethereum Foundation, he writes and speaks on open protocols, crypto governance, metadata privacy, sci-fi and ultra distance running.
Venue
GridAKL / John Lysaght
101 Pakenham Street West, Wynyard Quarter, Auckland 1010
GridAKL / John Lysaght is more than just a workspace — it's a thriving community of visionaries, innovators and change-makers. GridAKL is home to a diverse mix of startups and small businesses working together to create solutions that make a difference.