DWeb Weekend 2025: Current Science & Grand Challenges

Can we radically redesign the web to be peer-to-peer, private & resilient? Dive into the current tech & big challenges at the DWeb Weekend SF 2025, August 16-17, 10 AM -5PM at the Internet Archive, 300 Funston Avenue in San Francisco.

It’s time to look back at how far the decentralized web has come and the technical challenges ahead. We have put in more than ten years of innovative work towards building genuinely decentralized and distributed networks.

In the last decade, we’ve identified immutable data, cryptographic identities, convergent data structures, and an abundance of in-networking memory as foundational for a decentralized web. All these concepts, which were not available when the Internet was born, today allow us to dare a radical redesign of a distributed digital ecosystem that is offline-first, permissionless, trustworthy, and resilient.

DWeb Weekend SF 2025 is for researchers, builders, and the public to assess our current technological state, learn together, and move forward with intention.

On Saturday, there’ll be roundtables to discuss and share strategies on how to tackle the DWeb’s immediate technical challenges.

On Sunday, we invite you to share a talk, join a technical workshop, or attend a hands-on demonstration by some of the top peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol builders in decentralized tech.

Confirmed speakers include core P2P and decentralized tech developers including Andreas Dzialocha (P-2-Panda), Christian Tschudin (Tiny SSB), David Thompson (Spritely Institute), Ying Tong Lai (Independent Researcher in Applied Cryptography), Greg Slepak (OK Turtles), Michael Toomim (Braid), Eric Harris-Braun (Holochain Foundation), and Duke Dorje (Identikey). Read more about some of our speakers.

Share Your Projects & Knowledge! If you’re interested in presenting a talk, demo or workshop on Sunday August 17, you can. DEADLINE TO APPLY: Saturday August 16 at 12pm PDT.

Questions? Contact [email protected]

📍 Location: Internet Archive, 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco

📅 Date & Time: Saturday & Sunday, Aug 16-17, 10 AM - 5 PM

Some of the top builders of P2P, decentralized tech will be on hand to lead roundtable discussions, document your ideas, share talks, workshops, and hands-on demos.

You'll find:

• Talks on decentralized architectures, edge computing, and peer-to-peer networks
• Demos of Decentralized P2P tech, and self-hosted alternatives
• Discussions of privacy-first principles, self-sovereignty, and reducing dependency on solutions that hold all the control
• Networking with like-minded tech professionals, open-source contributors & potential partners

DWeb Weekend 2025 is led by Research Director, Professor and Associate Research Director, . The event is produced by organizer , and sponsored by the Internet Archive.

AGENDA

DWeb Weekend: Current Science & Grand Challenges - Program

Saturday Aug 16, 2025

“Roundtable Discussions”

9:30 AM Doors Open

10 AM Opening and Framing

Welcome, Presenting DWeb Landscape & Challenges, Agenda setting (selecting roundtables)

11:15 AM Session 1 - DWeb Challenges & Solutions(3 - 5 parallel sessions)

12:00 Roundtable Report backs

12:30 Lunch Provided

14:00 Session 2 - DWeb Challenges & Solutions (3 - 5 parallel sessions)

14:45 Report Back

15:15 Break

15:30 Session 3 - Open Topics (3 - 5 parallel sessions)

16:15 Closing Circle

17:00 END OF DAY ONE

Sunday Aug 17, 2025

“Demo Day”

10:00 Welcome

10:30 Session 1 -- Talks, Workshops & Demos 

11:30 Break

11:45 Session 2 --Talks, Workshops & Demos

12:45 Lunch Provided

14:00 Session 3 --Talks, Workshops & Demos 

15:00 Break

15:15 Session 4 --Talks, Workshops & Demos 

16:15 Closing

17:00 EVENT ENDS

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DWeb Seminar is an event of the of the , a global community connecting the people, projects and protocols essential to building a decentralized web. A web that is more private, reliable, secure and open. We host monthly meetupsat the Internet Archive Headquarters, monthly Tools & Weaving Potlucks at homes in SF, and a monthly discussion group in Oakland.

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