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DESCRIPTION:A brief introduction by **Nils Melzer**\, former UN Special Rap
 porteur on Torture\, on the real life story documented in *The Six Billion
  Dollar Man*.
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LOCATION:Cotton Theatre - Freedom Stage
SUMMARY:Six Billion Dollar Man Intro - Nils Melzer
URL:https://pretalx.bitfest.uk/bitfest-2026/talk/3P73RQ/
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DESCRIPTION:**"Making Time our Money?"** After 30 years on the frontlines o
 f the international system\, Nils Melzer has been working on a manifesto f
 or global governance reform\, and has ended up with a time-based monetary 
 system as its center piece.\n\nThis will be a **fire-starter discussion** 
 in the Socratic style\, bringing together a number of thinkers in the free
 dom space to stress-test the idea for feasibility\, utility\, and scalabil
 ity.
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LOCATION:Edgerton - Freedom Fest Workshops
SUMMARY:Socratic Seminar: A manifesto for global governance reform - Nils M
 elzer\, Ben Arc\, Ben de Waal\, Avi Burra\, Christian Moss\, Constant\, Os
 car Pacey\, Nicholas Anthony
URL:https://pretalx.bitfest.uk/bitfest-2026/talk/9E8WMV/
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DESCRIPTION:**Nils Melzer** served as the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture 
 from 2016 to 2022. Overcoming initial skepticism\, his official investigat
 ion into the case of Julian Assange unmasked a state-led campaign of polit
 ical persecution that violated the Convention against Torture. Author of *
 The Trial of Julian Assange* and featured in Eugene Jarecki’s award-winn
 ing documentary *The Six Billion Dollar Man*\, Nils will be joining this Q
 &A following the film's screening.
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LOCATION:Cotton Theatre - Freedom Stage
SUMMARY:Six Billion Dollar Man - Q&A - Nils Melzer\, Davide Dormino
URL:https://pretalx.bitfest.uk/bitfest-2026/talk/CQ79WH/
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