The Age of Optionality: Digital Nations & the Future of Governance

Happened on March 22, Saturday, 2025
6:00pm — 08:00pm (GMT+05:30)
Draper Startup House Koramangala
8 slots booked.
Vikram Bharati - Founder, Draper Startup House Shantanu Mahale - Software Engineer at Cleartax Priyanshi Chaturvedi - Strategy Consultant at Deloitte Parv Kumar Goyal - Founder & CEO - Planetary Vimaana Research Labs Ashfin Francis - Creative director and content strategist Harsh Lamba - Working in Finance, BITS Pilani Chaitanya Shivhare - Growth @ BizExpress
Agenda:

For most of history, identity was tied to geography—but the world is changing. We are entering an era where citizenship is digital, governance is decentralized and communities are formed by choice, not birth.  

Join us as we explore the rise of borderless digital nations, governance as a service, and the forces reshaping society—from Bitcoin to DAOs to digital nomad visas. In this age of optionality, people can belong to multiple ‘nations’ at once, with governments competing for citizens like companies compete for customers.  

What does this mean for the future of identity, governance and global mobility? Let’s find out together.

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