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With Mike McCue (Founder, Flipboard), Molly White (Researcher), David Imel (Fediverse Corner), Mike Masnick (Dir., Bluesky), Evan Prodromou (Author, ActivityPub), Evan Prodromou (Founder, RSVP).
Venue, 412 Congress Ave, Austin
Mar 09 (Sun) , 2025 @ 09:00 AM
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Join us to learn about this brave new world of decentralized social media & why it promises a better way for consumers, creators, brands, & even democracy itself.

Located just three blocks from the Austin Convention Center, at the Speakeasy (412 Congress Ave.), the Fediverse House creates a space for strategic conversations, networking opportunities, & refreshments throughout the day. You'll hear from visionaries, builders, & open-source advocates from places like Bluesky, Threads, & the Social Web Foundation.

Please RSVP to this event as a whole and/or any specific segments you plan on attending.

Sunday, March 9
Accelerating Innovation Across the Open Social Web / RSVP to AM sessions

9am - Fediverse House is open! Stop by for coffee & a morning of inspirational talks on the future of social & the internet.

9:30am: Welcome from Mike McCue, CEO & Founder, Flipboard & Surf.Social

9:45am: A Better Web Is Possible with Molly White, Researcher, Software Engineer & Writer

10am - 11am: David Imel's Fediverse Corner with Mike Masnick, Board of Directors, Bluesky; Evan Prodromou, co-author ActivityPub & Research Director, Social Web Foundation; & Peter Cottle, Software Engineer, Threads

11:30am - 1:30pm: Networking session & lunch, presented by the Social Web Foundation

2:30pm - 3:30pm: Developer meetup & book signing with ActivityPub co-founder Evan Prodromou / RSVP

Accelerating Innovation Across the Open Social Web (cont'd) / RSVP to PM sessions

4pm - 4:45pm: TBA

5pm - 5:45pm: Fireside chat with Bluesky CTO Paul Frazee & Flipboard/Surf CEO Mike McCue

6pm - 7pm: Dot Social Live with David Imel, co-host of Waveform podcast, & Mike McCue

The Open Social Social / RSVP

7pm - 10pm: Evening party - refreshments & tunes with your new fedi friends

Monday, March 10
The New Playbook / RSVP

9am - 9:45am: From Walled Gardens to the Open Social Web: The Next Evolution of Brand Storytelling with Gina Michnowicz, CEO & CCO at The Craftsman Agency

10am - 10:45am: Creators & the Fediverse panel TBA with Mia Quagliarello, Head of Creator Community, Flipboard

11am - 11:45am: Building Communities, panel TBA

12:30pm - 2pm: Networking lunch & demo of Surf, a new kind of browser unifying the social web, with Mike McCue

Publishers in the Fediverse / RSVP

3pm: Fireside chat with Cory Doctorow, Journalist & Sci-Fi Author, & Mike McCue

4pm - 4:45pm: Publishers: Audience & Autonomy with 404 Media's Jason Koebler, Texas Observer's Kit O'Connell, & TBA

5pm: Champagne toast

Evening Party / RSVP

7pm - 10pm: Presented by 404 Media
 
 
 
 
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