Chelsea Palmer

Decentralization and technology users’ rights to dignity and autonomy are Chelsea’s areas of passion and knowledge. She has been actively, hands-on participating in exploring and expanding the possibilities of new technologies, diving into applications of such within the social as well as financial structures. She has been presenting on blockchain technologies and potential effects on society, applying decentralization as a community movement and political model, blockchain use cases for global humanitarian work.

Palmer has been a part of Decentralized Dance Party, showcasing the force behind new technology for social good. She understands the expansive reach of blockchain technologies and how such can be used as tools to work on climate solutions. Chelsea has been an Acting Executive Director for the Human Data Commons Foundation, working towards contributing to a world in which consensually contributed personal data can be stored in a fully anonymized format, and accessed for open research which will contribute to collective health and wellness.

Chelsea has MA Community Psychology from Adler University in Vancouver, completing Master's thesis on Analyzing Power In the Information Age and having her community development practicum focused on supporting sustainable consumer practices for the disposal of electronic waste. She also has a certification on Big Data Analytics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BA Contemporary Critical Theory from Bard College at Simon’s Rock.