Rica Amaral
Rica Amaral is a creative strategist and entrepreneur working at the intersection of technology, impact, and culture. He is the Co-Lead and Head of Marketing at Celo EU and also serves as Co-Lead of the Celo Regional Council. Rica is a co-founder of PositiveBlockchain and ReFi Lisboa and hosts planta-R, a Portuguese podcast exploring blockchain’s role in regeneration. With over a decade of experience, he focuses on initiatives that merge collective intelligence, decentralized innovation, and sustainable development.
Session
We’ll present the Regional Council model launched in the Celo ecosystem—an innovative governance framework balancing local autonomy with global coordination. By empowering Regional DAOs with decision-making power and accountability tools, we foster decentralization, resilience, and scalable collaboration across ecosystems.