DWeb Weekend 2025

Current Science & Grand Challenges August 16-17, 2025 @ Internet Archive, SF

After more than ten years of pioneering work towards a genuinely decentralized and distributed system, it is time to revisit how far the decentralized web has come.

What is the current science in the peer-2-peer space? What are the immediate technical challenges ahead of us?

In the last decade, we have 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 system that is offline-first, permissionless, trustworthy and resilient.

Join us!

DWeb Weekend 2025 is for researchers, builders, and the public to assess our current technological state, learn together, and move forward at speed. On Saturday, we welcome the public to join 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 P2P protocol builders in decentralized tech.

Interested in presenting a talk, demo, or workshop? Fill out this form!

When & Where

Location: Internet Archive, 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco

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

What to Expect

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

Program

Saturday Aug 16, 2025

"Roundtable Discussions"

10:00

Opening and Framing
Welcome, Presenting DWeb Landscape & Challenges, Agenda setting (selecting roundtables)
11:15

Session 1 - DWeb Challenges & Solutions
3-5 parallel sessions
12:00

Roundtables Report Back
12:30

Lunch Provided
14:00

Session 2 - DWeb Challenges & Solutions
3-5 parallel sessions
14:45

Roundtables Report Back
15:15

Break
15:30

Session 3 - Open Topics
3-5 parallel sessions
16:15

Closing Circle
17:00

End

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

End

Who

DWeb Seminar 2025 is led by Research Director, Professor Christian Tschudin and Associate Research Director, Andreas Dzialocha. The event is produced by DWeb organizer Wendy Hanamura, and sponsored by the Internet Archive.

Find the list of confirmed speakers here.