Vanni Rinaldi as Part of Who Owns the World? PCC Conference at The New School 2019

Summary

Vanni Rinaldi (Weople, Italy) at Who Owns the World Conference, convened by the Platform Cooperativism Consortium at The New School in November 2019. Vanni is a guest speaker for Global Movement Updates. We are proud to present an overview of activities in several countries. We will hear about successes and failures, too. In quick succession, presenters will offer you a global overview. We’ll go around the world in 90 minutes.

Cooperator by choice and innovator by-election, he was also a journalist and publisher. He founded several companies in the world of communication, internet and Big Data. He is now President of the digital start-up Hoda. The company launched the App- Weople, that is the first People’s Data Bank that act as a People Aggregator on the basis of the EU-GDPR. He is also President of Cooptech that is an incubator dedicated to the technological innovation of the Italian cooperatives, that has carried out various projects in the internet and telecommunications sectors, including CoopVoce: the first Italian virtual cooperative mobile operator. He contributed in 2013 to launch the “Cooperative Commons” Manifesto for a conscious and democratic use of digital technologies. At present, he is in charge of the Legacoop’s programs for innovation technology. Recently wrote the book: From the Co-op to the Co-app: for an ethical sharing of Big Data.