​Protocols for Publishers is an event and workshop series that brings together publishers, developers, and researchers to explore open protocols for a sustainable agentic web.

​Join us in New York City for an evening of presentations and open discussion, where protocol builders and publishers share their thinking about the future of the web.

​You'll hear a discussion about the challenges & opportunities in this space, updates on protocols like MCP, Web Applets, AT Protocol, and Web Payments, then jump into an audience-driven Q&A. Followed by a relaxed mixer with speakers and peers over drinks & light bites.

​Speakers

​Our initial announced speakers. Stay tuned for more!

• ​Web Applets: software that both humans and AI can understand and use together, Rupert Manfredi, Unternet

• ​Building great curated news feeds on AT Protocol, Devin Gaffney, Graze

​Why

​We're on the path to a new kind of web, with an uncertain future: AI-based user agents are now a core interface to the internet for over half-a-billion active users.

​This shift comes as platforms have increasingly seized control of the publisher-reader relationship: search engines are squeezing out web publishers to juice ad revenue, while social platforms have captured audiences with algorithmic reach and paid promotion.

​The rise of new AI super-apps, in place of traditional browsers, is set to make this dynamic exponentially worse.

​How can publishers engage in this platform shift beyond being a dataset to be scraped? How can we avoid being trapped by a new wave of mega-platforms? And how can publishers on the web reach real users, build lasting relationships, and continue to have a equitable business model?

​We believe now is a critical time to get technologists & publishers working together to explore—and define—real answers to these questions.

​One-day forum (invite-only, August 21st)

​Following the evening talks, we're hosting an invite-only forum the following day.

​An invite-only full day of hands-on workshops and focused conversations. We'll rotate through small-group discussions on real-world challenges, witness peer-led demos of protocol integrations, and spend time experimenting with tools. This will be an opportunity to explore real problems and opportunities, and lead to collaborations for future community work.

​Learn more and apply to attend at https://pfp.unternet.co

​Sponsors

​Unternet

​Building a new kind of intelligent computer and the Web Applets open standard for taking actions on the web

​Graze

​Graze helps you build custom, curated, and algorithmic feeds on Bluesky powered by the AT Protocol.

​Thanks to Betaworks for being in-kind sponsor by providing the venue!

​Want to get involved as a sponsor, protocol presenter, pr be invited to the private summit? Fill out the form!