Michael Suantak
Michael Suantak is the founder of ASORCOM (Alternative Solutions for Rural Communities) and eimiAI. Operating at the intersection of indigenous rights and decentralized technology, he engineers autonomous, offline-first communication networks in extreme conflict zones, specifically along the India-Myanmar border.
During state-sponsored internet blackouts and kinetic warfare, Michael’s work focuses on keeping community knowledge, medical coordination, and human agency alive. He is the architect of the "Digital Tarzan" philosophy, which advocates for frugal, rugged infrastructure built from the soil up. His field deployments combine 12V DC-native solar power, tactical LoRa mesh networks, HF radio, and localized edge AI to ensure marginalized communities retain cognitive and digital sovereignty when the centralized grid fails.
Michael believes that true autonomy is not given—it is engineered. His ongoing mission is to help rural populations transition from vulnerable digital consumers into resilient digital sovereigns.
Sessions
Join a high-stakes tabletop simulation to architect secure, offline communication networks for a hypothetical conflict zone experiencing a total infrastructure blackout. You will learn to engineer survival communication bridges—bypassing military surveillance and physical danger—using tactical LoRa mesh, HF radio (NVIS), and ancient pre-physics optical cryptography.
Join a collaborative, outdoor game where we completely disconnect from software and digital devices to build the original decentralized networks! Using day-to-night elemental techniques—like mirrors, smoke signals, torches, and acoustic Morse code—groups will take turns transmitting and decoding secret messages across the camp.