Stewarding the Future with Wise Ancestors – San Francisco 2025

Stewarding the Future with Wise Ancestors: What if every species we sequenced came with a responsibility to its ecosystem, its history, and its future? Aleksandra Smilek of Wise Ancestors shares how their platform connects Indigenous communities and scientists to co-create conservation challenges, track genetic data, and build models aligned with the Nagoya Protocol. Speaker: Aleksandra Smilek (Wise Ancestors) This session was part of the 12th edition of Funding the Commons, held March 15–16, 2025, at the Internet Archive in San Francisco. Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io