About
Founder, institutional architecture and contact.
Founder
ARENOMICS Institute was initiated in 2026 by Steven Alber, originator of The Synthetic Economy independent research programme and founder of the broader ARENOMICS ecosystem.
Steven Alber is an independent strategist in technology and the agentic economy, working internationally. He is the conceptual author of The Synthetic Economy research programme (first formulated 30 August 2026), the founder of the ARENOMICS evidence infrastructure and of REPROF.AI, and the founder of KRYONIS Sovereign Systems Limited, Hong Kong.
Attribution on this site is a matter of historical record, not of personal brand. Every substantive research claim the Institute makes is meant to stand on its sources, not on its founder.
Institutional architecture
The Institute's intended structure. Each element is labelled with its current state.
- Four schools
- Mandate & Delegation · Verification & Evidence · Synthetic Enterprise & Organisation · Agent Governance. Proposed
- Founding curriculum
- Three programmes and a five-level formation ladder. In development
- Research programme
- Six-question agenda; working papers forthcoming; hosted alongside, not owning, The Synthetic Economy. Agenda published
- Standards programme
- Six standards families as a development agenda. Planned
- The Arena
- Existing ARENOMICS infrastructure at arenomics.com; adjacent to the Institute; future capstone substrate. Adjacent, existing
- The Registry
- A proposed public catalogue of graduate work — mandates, evidence dossiers, revocations — analogous to a professional body's record. Proposed
- Founding fellowship model
- A proposed small, invited body of practitioners and scholars across standards, regulation, industry and academia whose combined judgement would back the Institute's credentials. No fellows have been announced. Proposed
- Institutional formation
- In progress. Legal and accreditation structures will be stated publicly only when established. In progress
Contact
Research enquiries, objections, corrections, and conversations with practitioners, standards bodies, regulators and insurers who see the same gap.
There is no enrolment, admissions or fee process. The Institute does not yet have physical premises.