FediCon 2025: Connecting the Future of Social Media
A 2-day conference for decentralized social networks, the Fediverse, and the Social Web.
Discover What’s Next for Social
Have you ever thought social-media could be… better?
Whether you’re building tomorrow’s platforms, fighting for digital rights, or just tired of corporate algorithms controlling your friends list, FediCon 2025 is where the future of the internet meets — face-to-face.
Who Is FediCon For?
Indie Creators, Business Owners, Early Adopters: Get ahead by exploring new tools and platforms designed for openness, freedom, and resiliency.
Activists, Journalists, Advocates: Learn how the Fediverse powers movements and protects speech — beyond Big Tech’s ever-shifting policies and risks.
Engineers, Developers, Admins: Deep dives, advanced protocol sessions, and world-class networking with Fediverse pioneers and devs.
Curious Newbies: What is “decentralized social media?” What even is the Fediverse? We promise: after FediCon, you’ll be able to explain it better than most tech CEOs.
Why Decentralization Matters
Platform risk is real. One rule change or shutdown and your audience vanishes. The Fediverse and other decentralized networks put you — and your community — back in control.
Innovation is happening now. From interoperable photo-sharing to group chats and social blogs, see lightning demos and project showcases.
Meet the Builders, Innovators, Organizers, SysOps, and Pioneers of the Fediverse and the Social Web.
Speakers include the creators and operators of ActivityPub, ActivityStreams, A New Social, Bandwagon, CoSocial.ca, CrowdBucks, DWebYVR, Emissary, FediDB, FediForum, GNU Social, GreatApe, Identi.ca, Loops, NodeBB, Open Social Web Society, OStatus, Pixelfed, Pump.IO, SocialBC.ca, Social Web Foundation, SpaceHost, StatusNet, WeDistribute — as well as the creator of the Fediverse itself.
Featured Speakers
Evan S. Prodromou: Connecting the Social Web
Daniel Supernault: The Fediverse in Action: Building Social Platforms That Users Actually Want
Anuj Ahooja: The Last Network Effect
Ben Page: Fediverse Developer
Boris Mann: Beyond Microblogging: AT Protocol for Building Unique Social Apps
Christopher Joseph Alemany: SocialBC : Starting a Journey in Non-Profit Social Spaces
Chris Trottier: AllYourBases IRL (Panel)
Damon Outlaw: WeDistribute IRL (Panel)
Dawn Walker: Co-Own the Web: CoSocial and Cooperative Digital Infrastructures
Johanna Botari: FediUrbanism: Digital Third Spaces for Community (re)Connection
Johannes Ernst: From Millions to Billions: a Plausible Narrative for How to Grow the Open Social Web
Julian Lam: Solving ActivityPub's Hard Problems — backfill, discovery, permanence, and more
Sean Tilley: WeDistribute IRL (Panel)
Accomodations
If you need help finding accommodations, please see the FediCon where-to-stay page.
https://fedicon.ca/where-to-stay
Venue
UBC Robson Square
800 Robson Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Room
Theatre C300
Official FediCon Website
The official FediCon website is at:
Individual Supporters
FediCon would also like to thank both Crissy Kuchisabishii Geco (@Crissy@tech.lgbt) and Sal Rahman (@manlycoffee@techhub.social) for each of their behind-the-scenes work that helped made FediCon happen.
Community Supporters
This event would not have gotten the following that it did had it not been for Vancouver.dev, and so we'd like to give a special thanks to them for being such a valuable member of the local Vancouver tech community.
Vancouver.dev is a vibrant tech community in Vancouver, bringing developers, and tech enthusiasts through a mix of online and IRL events.
Organizer
FediCon is being organized by Charles Iliya Krempeaux (@reiver@mastodon.social).
If you have any questions or comments, please contact him.