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Fediverse House
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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). |
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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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