We Distribute<p><strong>Fediverse House @ SXSW</strong></p>
<p>🗓️ Start: March 9, 2025 7:00 am<br>⏳ End: March 10, 2025 5:00 pm<br>📍 Location: Speakeasy, 412 Congress Ave. D, 78701, Austin, United States</p><p><em>Note: SXSW ticket purchases are <span>not</span> required for this event.</em></p><p>Flipboard and Surf are excited to host the first-ever Fediverse House at SXSW. Join us to learn about the brave new world of decentralized social media and why it promises a better way for consumers, creators, brands, and even democracy itself.</p><p>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, and refreshments throughout the day. You’ll hear from visionaries, builders, and open-source advocates from places like Bluesky, Threads, the Social Web Foundation, and 404 Media.</p><p><strong>Schedule</strong></p><p><strong>Sunday, March 9</strong></p><p><strong>Accelerating Innovation Across the Open Social Web (Part 1)</strong> /<a href="https://lu.ma/oc052rvr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> RSVP</a></p><ul><li>9am: Fediverse House at SXSW is open! Stop by for coffee and a morning of inspirational talks on the future of social and the internet.</li><li>9:30am: Welcome from <strong>Mike McCue</strong>, CEO and Co-Founder, Flipboard</li><li>9:45am: “A Better Web Is Possible” with <strong>Molly White</strong>, Researcher, Software Engineer and Writer</li><li>10am – 11am: <strong>David Imel</strong>’s “Fediverse Corner” with <strong>Mike Masnick</strong>, Board of Directors, Bluesky; <strong>Evan Prodromou</strong>, Co-author ActivityPub and Research Director, Social Web Foundation; and <strong>Peter Cottle</strong>, Software Engineer, Threads</li><li>11:30am – 1:30pm: Networking session and light lunch, presented by the <strong>Social Web Foundation</strong> </li><li>2pm – 3pm: Developer meetup and book signing with ActivityPub Co-author <strong>Evan Prodromou</strong> /<a href="https://lu.ma/bvump3m6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> RSVP</a></li></ul><p><strong>Accelerating Innovation Across the Open Social Web (Part 2)</strong> /<a href="https://lu.ma/cnr8fi3j" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> RSVP</a></p><ul><li>4pm – 4:45pm: TBA</li><li>5pm – 5:45pm: Fireside chat with Bluesky CTO <strong>Paul Frazee</strong> and <strong>Mike McCue </strong></li><li>6pm – 7pm: “Dot Social Live” with <strong>David Imel</strong>, co-host of <a href="https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/waveform-the-mkbhd-podcast" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Waveform podcast</a>, and <strong>Mike McCue</strong></li></ul><p><strong>The Open Social Social</strong> /<a href="https://lu.ma/vqb0crrl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> RSVP</a></p><ul><li>7pm – 10pm: Evening party — refreshments and tunes with your new fedi friends </li></ul><p><strong>Monday, March 10 </strong></p><p><strong>The New Playbook /</strong><a href="https://lu.ma/dvfp9lri" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> RSVP</a></p><ul><li>9am – 9:45am: “From Walled Gardens to the Open Social Web: The Next Evolution of Brand Storytelling” with <strong>Gina Michnowicz</strong>, CEO and CCO at The Craftsman Agency</li><li>10am – 10:45am: “Creators and the Fediverse,” with <strong>Peter Cottle</strong>, Software Engineer, Threads, and TBA, moderated by <strong>Shira Lazar</strong>, Creator and Founder of <a href="https://flipboard.com/@whatstrending" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What’s Trending</a></li><li>11am – 11:45am: “Building Communities,” with <strong>Rose Wang</strong>, COO, Bluesky, and <strong>Andy Piper</strong>, Developer Relations Lead, Mastodon, moderated by <strong>Mia Quagliarello</strong>, Head of Creator Community, Flipboard</li><li>12:30pm – 2pm: Networking lunch and demo of<a href="https://surf.social/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Surf*</a>, a new kind of browser unifying the social web, with <strong>Mike McCue</strong></li></ul><p><strong>Publishers in the Fediverse /</strong><a href="https://lu.ma/k5meba69" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> <strong>RSVP</strong></a></p><ul><li>3pm: Fireside chat with <a href="https://pluralistic.net/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Cory Doctorow</strong></a>, Journalist and Sci-Fi Author, and <strong>Mike McCue </strong></li><li>4pm – 4:45pm: “Publishers: Audience and Autonomy” with <a href="https://www.404media.co/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">404 Media</a>’s <strong>Jason Koebler</strong>, Texas Observer’s <a href="https://kitoconnell.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Kit O’Connell</strong></a>, and TBA</li></ul><p><strong>404 Media Takeover and</strong> <strong>Evening Party</strong> /<a href="https://lu.ma/hffhi9sn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> RSVP</a></p><ul><li>5pm – 5:45pm: “Generative AI Is Eating the Internet”: 404 Media’s <strong>Sam Cole</strong> and <strong>Jason Koebler</strong> and <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brian-merchant/blood-in-the-machine/9780316487740/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blood in the Machine</a>’s <strong>Brian Merchant</strong> discuss how AI slop is taking over the internet, and how humans can fight back.</li><li>6pm – 6:45 pm: “Indie Media Happy Hour and Q&A”: A free-flowing discussion about how to set up and run an independent media outlet featuring <strong>404 Media</strong> and friends </li><li>7pm – 10pm: Evening party hosted by your friends at <strong>404 Media</strong></li></ul><p><em>To get access before SXSW, go <a href="https://waitlist.surf.social/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> and use SURFSXSW as the referral code.</em></p>
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