Skip Main Navigation
Eventbrite
Browse Events
Organise an event
Organise
Help
Log InSign Up
Menu
Page Content
This event has ended.
Transforming Work: How co-operatively owned digital platforms create jobs

May

22

Transforming Work: How co-operatively owned digital platforms create jobs

by Green Industries SA

Actions and Detail Panel

Sales Ended

Date and time

Mon., 22 May 2017

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm ACST

Location

Braggs Lecture Theatre, University of Adelaide

North Terrace

Adelaide, SA 5000

Australia

View map

Description

Digital technologies are opening up new possibilities to help people find or build a livelihood in a world where the nature of work is changing fast.

But many of the digital platforms which have become synonymous with the ‘sharing economy’ or the 'on demand' economy are ‘platform monopolies’. These platforms are worth billions, yet the ones who profit most are the platforms' owners and investors, even though their financial value is generated by everyone who uses them.

These platforms cast off the costs of conventional businesses by treating labour as independent contractors rather than employees - meaning gig economy workers do not enjoy benefits like stable work, superannuation, and leave entitlements.

What if the technological heart of these online platforms was cloned into a cooperative model, democratically operated by everyone who has a stake in them?

Platform Co-operatives, an alternative to venture capital funded platforms, are owned and governed by those who use them, sharing the revenue with the people who make them valuable.

Come and hear from Trebor Scholz, a founder of the platform co-operativism movement and one of network culture's toughest critics of the sharing economy. Learn about the benefits of this model, case studies of how it is being taken up around the world, and how platform co-ops are ‘disrupting the disruptors’.

"Silicon Valley loves a good disruption... So let's give them one." Trebor Scholz

Presented by the Adelaide Festival of Ideas, the Don Dunstan Foundation and Green Industries SA

Braggs Lecture Theatre location - see E11 on this map


Adelaide Festival of IdeasDDF


GISA

Tags

  • Australia Events
  • South Australia Events
  • Things to do in Adelaide, Australia
  • Adelaide Seminars
  • Adelaide Community Seminars
Event ended

Transforming Work: How co-operatively owned digital platforms create jobs


Follow this organiser to stay informed on future events

Green Industries SA

Event creator

Events you might like

  • Business Digital Transformation Networking Event - 7 September 22 - 5.30pm

    Business Digital Transformation Networking Event - 7 September 22 - 5.30pm
    Business Digital Transformation Networking Event - 7 September 22 - 5.30pm

    Wed, Sep 7, 5:30 PM
    Conference Centre, Innovation House • Mawson Lakes, SA
    Free
  • Being Digital Workshops

    Being Digital Workshops
    Being Digital Workshops

    Mon, Sep 5, 10:00 AM
    Gawler Public Library • Gawler, SA
    Free
  • 'How to Transform Your Life'  talk and meditation  by Gen Tsalden

    'How to Transform Your Life' talk and meditation by Gen Tsalden
    'How to Transform Your Life' talk and meditation by Gen Tsalden

    Wed, Sep 21, 2:00 PM
    City of Tea Tree Gully Library • Modbury, SA
    Free
  • Kids Create

    Kids Create
    Kids Create

    Tue, Sep 13, 3:30 PM
    Evanston Gardens Library • Evanston Gardens, SA
    Free
  • Health on the go - digital health tips for travellers

    Health on the go - digital health tips for travellers
    Health on the go - digital health tips for travellers

    Mon, Aug 15, 10:00 AM
    Ngutungka West Lakes • West Lakes, SA
    Free
  • Being Digital: Tech Talks - Technology and Health - Aldinga Library

    Being Digital: Tech Talks - Technology and Health - Aldinga Library
    Being Digital: Tech Talks - Technology and Health - Aldinga Library

    Thu, Aug 25, 10:00 AM
    Aldinga Library • Aldinga Beach, SA
    Free
  • Being Digital - Get to know Your Digital Library

    Being Digital - Get to know Your Digital Library
    Being Digital - Get to know Your Digital Library

    Mon, Aug 15, 11:00 AM
    Payinthi • Prospect, SA
    Free
  • How to be an Active Bystander - FREE Workshop for Licensed Venues Staff

    How to be an Active Bystander - FREE Workshop for Licensed Venues Staff
    How to be an Active Bystander - FREE Workshop for Licensed Venues Staff

    Wed, Aug 17, 1:15 PM
    The Lab • Adelaide, SA
    Free
  • Book Talk: 'How to Transform Your Life' Presented by Gen Kelsang Tsalden

    Book Talk: 'How to Transform Your Life' Presented by Gen Kelsang Tsalden
    Book Talk: 'How to Transform Your Life' Presented by Gen Kelsang Tsalden

    Thu, Sep 22, 10:00 AM
    Park Holme Library • Park Holme, SA
    Free
  • Being Digital - How to use your Smart TV

    Being Digital - How to use your Smart TV
    Being Digital - How to use your Smart TV

    Mon, Sep 19, 2:30 PM
    Blackwood Library • Blackwood, SA
    Free

Site Navigation

Use Eventbrite

  • How it Works
  • Pricing
  • Event Blog

Plan events

  • Online Registration
  • Low Cost Ticketing Solution
  • Event Management Software

Find events

  • Browse Adelaide Events
  • Get the Eventbrite App

Connect with us

  • Report This Event
  • Help Centre
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
  • Community Guidelines
Eventbrite + Ticketfly

© 2022 Eventbrite