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Esteban is the Executive Director for the US Federation of Worker Co-ops and a founding worker-owner in AORTA, a co-op whose facilitation supports organizations fighting for social justice and a solidarity economy. Esteban previously worked at the New Economy Coalition and has worked in co-ops for over 20 years. He is a board member of the American co-op apex organization, the National Cooperative Business Association, known internationally as CLUSA. He is a mayoral appointee and co-chair of the Philadelphia Food Policy Advisory Council and won a Social Innovation Award for Public Policy in 2018.

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Celebrating ten years of digital labor conferences at The New School, Who Owns the World? The State of Platform Cooperativism is the most international gathering of its kind. This much-needed event summoned scholars and founders of platform cooperatives — businesses that use a website, mobile app, or protocol to sell goods or services while relying on democratic decision-making and shared ownership of the platform by workers and users.

Platform Cooperativism is not a fleeting idea but an iterative process that unfolds with the support of community groups and anchor organizations such as universities, cooperative banks, and accelerators. Impulses for a democratic digital transformation come from numerous domains, which is why this event presented theoretical reflections, artistic provocations, and insights from on-the-ground workers, owners, and users.

This conference was convened in 2019 by Trebor Scholz (Director, Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy at The New School ICDE) with support from Michael McHugh, ICDE’s Assistant Director.

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Director of Photography: Haley Snyder
Sound Mixer: Dan RosenHanst