4th Annual Ownership Economy Summit
About this Event
The 4th Annual Ownership Economy Summit, held in New York City, on October 1st, 2026 will bring together a select group of investors, entrepreneurs, policy-makers, and thought leaders. The event will explore the people and ideas behind the technology, economics, and laws that are reimagining how the economy can work for everyone. Panelists and breakout sessions will feature leaders that are constructing a better economy, one based on broad-based ownership and democratic governance.
The timing couldn’t be more urgent. AI is transforming who creates - and captures - value. Independent work is outgrowing the traditional safety net. Housing and energy costs are straining communities. Data, infrastructure and capital are concentrating in fewer hands.
This summit is about the alternatives already being built:
- Employee ownership, job quality and portable benefits
- AI, data rights and who owns the inputs to intelligence
- Community energy, housing and land stewardship
- Ownership-focused investing and community-controlled capital
- Onchain coordination and programmable governance
- Policy, legal structures and mission-preserving companies
Expect two tracks with one focused on ideas and one more technical, hosted lunch conversations, curated networking, a closing reception and optional dinners—all designed for the people actively moving this field forward. Speakers below.
- Adriana Abizadeh-Barbour - Executive Director, Kensington Corridor Trust
- Andrea Steffes-Tuttle - Founder and Director, The Well Economy Lab; Commissioner, Colorado Employee Ownership Commission
- Anna-Lisa Miller - Executive Director, Ownership Works
- Asher Jay - Chief Network Architect, Shareholder Democracy
- Austin Robey - Founder, Subvert
- Brian Vo - Chief Investment Officer, Connect Humanity
- Caleb Ballou - Co-Founder, Trimtab Impact
- Carl Fredlund - Strategy Director, Mobility Data
- Delilah Rothenberg - Co-Founder and Executive Director, Pre-Distribution Initiative
- Elizabeth A. Bennett - Professor of International Affairs and Director of Political Economy, Lewis & Clark College
- Eric Hoyt - Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Rhode Island
- Golda Velez - Staff Software Engineer, You.com; Executive Advisor, LinkedTrust
- Howard Brodsky - Co-Founder and Chairman, CCA Global Partners
- Illa Burbank - Executive Director, North Carolina Employee Ownership Center
- Jahed Momand - Co-Founder and General Partner, Cerulean Ventures; Co-Founder, Ownership Economy
- Jan Eeckhout - ICREA Research Professor of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Author, The Profit Paradox
- Jason Spicer - Associate Professor, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY
- Jason Wiener - Founding Partner and President, Jason Wiener P.C.
- Jegoo Lee - Associate Professor of Management, University of Rhode Island College of Business
- Jens Lowitzsch - Director, Kelso Institute Europe
- John Dyck - CEO, CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute
- John Garry - General Partner, Garry Elevator
- Juan Dumas - Co-Founder and Partner, MELIQUINA
- Kevin McDonough - Head of Engineering, OpenMined Foundation
- Kevin Owocki - Co-Founder, Gitcoin
- Kristen Cordell - Senior Director of Policy and Learning, Grand Challenges Canada
- Martin Smith - Co-Founder and CEO, CommonShare; Co-Founder, Ownership Economy
- Matthew Epperson - Local Outreach Coordinator, Georgia Center for Employee Ownership; Board Member, Shared Capital Cooperative
- Michelle Moore - CEO, Groundswell
- Molly Blankenship - Associate Vice President, Jobs for the Future
- Rachel Merfalen - Executive Director, Tennessee Center for Employee Ownership; Job Quality Fellow, The Aspen Institute
- Rebecca Kern - Director of Capital and Growth, Catch Together
- Sheila R. Foster - Professor, Columbia University Climate School; Affiliated Faculty, Columbia Law School
- Steven Hill - Journalist; Former Policy Director, Center for Humane Technology
- Thom Townsend - Executive Director, Open Ownership
- Trevor Young-Hyman - Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
- William G. “Bill” Castellano - Professor of Human Resource Management and Director, Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, Rutgers University
- Yev Muchnik - Managing Partner, Launch Legal LLC
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 699.00
