FediCon

A Canadian conference for decentralized social networks and the social web

August 1st & 2nd, 2025
Vancouver, BC

Two Days of
Innovation

The first FediCon is a 2 day event featuring a selection of curated speakers, lightning talks & demos about apps, protocol features.

Curated Speakers
Lightning Talks
Live Demos

Conference Timeline

1
Friday, August 1st

Keynote • Deep Dives • Lightning Talks

2
Saturday, August 2nd

Keynote • Demos • Lightning Talks

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Venue

UBC Robson Square

800 Robson Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Room

Theatre C300

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Featured Speakers

Learn from the pioneers and innovators building the decentralized future of social media.

If you would like to present at FediCon 2025, please contact us at hello@fedicon.ca

EP

Evan S. Prodromou

Fediverse Pioneer

Recognized For

ActivityPub, ActivityStreams, Fediverse pioneer, GNU Social, identi.ca, OStatus, pump.io, Social Web Foundation, StatusNet, W3C

Talk Title

Connecting the Social Web

DS

Daniel Supernault

Creator of Pixelfed & Loops

Recognized For

Pixelfed, Loops, FediDB, Sup

Talk Title

The Fediverse in Action: Building Social Platforms That Users Actually Want

AA

Anuj Ahooja

Social Network Innovator

Recognized For

A New Social, sub.club

Talk Title

The Last Network Effect

BP

Ben Page

Fediverse Developer

Recognized For

Bandwagon, Emissary

Talk Title

TBD

BM

Boris Mann

Advocate, Organizer, Tinkerer

Recognized For

ATmosphereConf, CoSocial.ca, DWebYVR

Talk Title

Beyond Microblogging: AT Protocol for Building Unique Social Apps

CJA

Christopher Joseph Alemany

SocialBC (Mastodon) SysOp

Recognized For

SocialBC

Talk Title

SocialBC : Starting a Journey in Non-Profit Social Spaces

CT

Chris Trottier

Fediverse & Social Web Advocate

Recognized For

@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org, #SpaceHost, GreatApe

Talk Title

AllYourBases IRL (Panel)

DO

Damon Outlaw

Fediverse Journalist

Recognized For

WeDistribute

Talk Title

WeDistribute IRL (Panel)

DW

Dawn Walker

Designer, Researcher

Recognized For

CoSocial.ca

Talk Title

Co-Own the Web: CoSocial and Cooperative Digital Infrastructures

JB

Johanna Botari

Managing Barista & Janitor in a Fediverse Café

Recognized For

CoSocial.ca, Wandering.Shop

Talk Title

FediUrbanism: Digital Third Spaces for Community (re)Connection

JE

Johannes Ernst

Entrepreneur, Developer, Organizer

Recognized For

FediForum, Fediverse Developer Network, FediTest, Light-Weight Identity/OpenID

Talk Title

From Millions to Billions: a Plausible Narrative for How to Grow the Open Social Web

JL

Julian Lam

NodeBB Co-Founder & Developer

Recognized For

NodeBB

Talk Title

Solving ActivityPub's Hard Problems — backfill, discovery, permanence, and more

ST

Sean Tilley

Fediverse Journalist

Recognized For

WeDistribute

Talk Title

WeDistribute IRL (Panel)

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Accommodations

If you need help finding accommodations, please see the FediCon where-to-stay page.

Organizer

FediCon is being organized by
@reiver@mastodon.social
(Charles Iliya Krempeaux)

If you have any questions or comments, please contact him.