Michel Bauwens

Michel Bauwens is the founder of the Foundation for Peer to Peer Alternatives which researches and promotes peer to peer alternatives in all areas of social life. He is a Belgian national now living in Chiang Mai, Thailand, animating a global cybercollective from this tropical mountain city which is at the epicenter of the Asian Renaissance. Before he was a serial internet entrepreneur in his native country, active in extranets/intranets, and interactive marketing. His last job was as eBusiness Strategy Manager for Belgium's largest telco Belgacom. He brings a perspectives that unite a wide experience in the private sector (BP, Belgacom), in government (USIA) and now in civil society.