A conversation with Dr. Edgar Cahn
Event Information
Description
Dr. Edgar Cahn, creator of Time Dollars and one of the founding fathers of timebanking will be at NESTA for an afternoon seminar on May 10th 2011.
Edgar Cahn is a civil rights activists and a social innovator. He developed a radical new framework for social welfare and social justice that turns recipients of service into co-producers of change.
Join us to hear about the origins and future of timebanking movement in the UK and in the UK. Keynote presentations will be given by Dr. Edgar Cahn and Sam Hopley, CEO of Timebanking UK, followed by interactive discussions about the role that timebanks can play as platforms in public service delivery.
Lunch will be provided at 12:30 and the seminar will start at 13:00.
Agenda
12:30 - Registration & Lunch
13:00 - Welcome from Helen Goulden, NESTA
13:15 - Sam Hopley - timebanking and public services in the UK
13:30 - Edgar Cahn - timebanking and public outcomes in the US
14:00 - Q&A
14:30 - Close and networking