[MOD} Shourov Bhattacharya – Polynize
Callan Sarre – Cryptocate
Daniel Montaya – ASTA
Joni Pirovich – BADASL
Dr Nataliya Ilyushina – RMIT
Jamie Nuich – Squarepegs
Hamish Jones – Algorand Foundation

If you were all talked out with panels and keynotes on banking and regulation at Blockchain Week 2023, and were craving a fun way to wrap-up the week, then ‘The Great DAO Debate’ was just the ticket, for a lively and light- hearted finish.

Set at the iconic Oshi Gallery, in Melbourne’s famous Smith St Collingwood, surrounded by craft gin and traditional pubs, where both local and international NFT artists were carefully curated and displayed. The gallery was lit up green to celebrate the sponsorship from Algorand, the green and carbon neutral, blockchain.

Every detail was considered, down to our curated Spotify playlist by Marrs Coiro of Polynize.io, playing tunes that almost say DAO, including “Get Down On It” by Kool and the Gang and “Upside Down”, by Diana Ross. The full list can be found here.

The other half to the dynamic Polynize.io duo, Shuorov Bhattacharya, moderated the debate, drawing laughter from the audience. The 3 rounded debate on the topic of “DAOs (Decentralised Autonomous Organisations) will revolutionise the future of corporate governance” drew audience interaction & participation including the opportunity to ask the speakers questions. Shourov designed the great debate in to be an “unpanel”.

Highlights included a very strong introduction to the fundamentals of a DAO’s by Callan Sarre of Cryptocate on the for team, followed by a passionate smack down of DAOs by Hamish Jones. We even had expert legal perspective by Joni Pirovich, including how we can exclude bad actors from participating in a DAO and how the current status of corporate governance, will be shaken up in the future.

But in the end, it was none other than Dr Natalia’s passionate outcry for the global DAO workers’ lack of working rights and Jamie Nuich’s disdain for all pro DAO questions that got the audience over the line. The outcome decided by Marss’ very sophisticated applause meter, revealed that the opposing team took home the win!