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Decentralized Web Summit 2018-Front End 2

by: Internet Archive

Publication date: 2018-08-02

Topics: dweb, internet archive

Talk: Jennifer Granick— “The End of the Internet As We Knew It, And What Happens Next” starts here

Talk: Brewster Kahle— “A Game with Many Winners” starts here

Talk: Primavera De Filippi— “Building the Decentralized Stack: The Missing Social Layer” starts here

Talk: Joseph Poon— “The Abundance Game” starts here

Talk: Juan Benet— “DWeb Progress: Where have we been? What's next?” starts here

Talk: “Decentralization by Elimination” starts here

Talk: John Bracken— “How Civic Institutions Can Save Democracy (but first they must save themselves)” starts here

Panel: “Cryptocurrency and the Law” starts here

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Talk: Jennifer Granick—The End of the Internet As We Knew It, And What Happens Next

Thursday August 2nd, 9:00am-9:45am @ [J] Front End Stage

Speakers: Jennifer Granick , ACLU, Surveillance and Cybersecurity Counsel

In 2015, Jennifer Granick gave a keynote at Black Hat Briefings USA assessing the state of the Internet, a revolutionary communications technology for which we've had such high hopes. Even in 2015, “cyberspace" was looking a lot less utopian than it once did. Openness, innovation, and liberty were under threat. People working together to build the decentralized web are fighting to preserve and revitalize these same values. But what are the challenges? In this keynote, Granick brings us up to date.

Type: Law & Policy

Talk: Brewster Kahle—A Game with Many Winners

Thursday August 2nd, 9:45am-10:30am @ [J] Front End Stage

Brewster Kahle , Internet Archive , Founder

Type: Technology

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Talk: Primavera De Filippi—Building the Decentralized Stack: The Missing Social Layer

Thursday August 2nd, 11:00am-11:45am @ [J] Front End Stage

Speakers: Primavera De Filippi , CERSA/CNRS and Berkman-Klein Center / Harvard, Researcher & Faculty Associate

Primavera De Filippi argues that instead of focusing only on the technological layer, we must also look at the missing social layer--how to govern decentralized networks--to ensure the long-term sustainability of these decentralized systems.

Type: Governance

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Talk: Joseph Poon—The Abundance Game

Thursday August 2nd, 11:45am-12:30pm @ [J] Front End Stage

Speakers: Joseph Poon , Lightning Network, Plasma, Co-author

Joseph Poon, co-author of the Lightning Network and Plasma, will share his latest research on crypto-economic incentives and gift economies.

Type: Technology

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Talk: Juan Benet—DWeb Progress: Where have we been? What's next?

Thursday August 2nd, 2:00pm-2:45pm @ [J] Front End Stage

Speakers: Juan Benet , IPFS, Founder

The Decentralized Web movement has made admirable progress in the last few years. But to realize our hopes and dreams, we have much more to do. Let's take a tour and celebrate the significant achievements of many groups and people in the last couple of years. And let's look ahead together, at the promising directions and hard challenges ahead. This talk aims to inspire, to bring us together, and to cheer us on for the road ahead.

Type: Technology

Talk: Decentralization by Elimination

Thursday August 2nd, 2:45pm-3:15pm @ [J] Front End Stage

Speakers: Aya Miyaguchi , Ethereum Foundation, Executive Director

Albert Ni , Ethereum Foundation

Decentralization has become a buzzword. A marketing gimmick. Without the elimination of centralized authorities, there cannot be true decentralization. How does an organization eliminate itself for the better future of the decentralized web? In this talk, Aya Miyaguchi and Albert Ni of the Ethereum Foundation share their best efforts to do just that.

Type: Technology

Talk: How Civic Institutions Can Save Democracy (but first they must save themselves)

Thursday August 2nd, 3:15pm-3:30pm @ [J] Front End Stage

Speakers: John Bracken , Digital Public Library of America, Executive Director

Type: Technology

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Panel: Cryptocurrency and the Law

Thursday August 2nd, 3:30pm-4:30pm @ [J] Front End Stage

Speakers: Marvin Ammori , Protocol Labs, General Counsel

Zooko Wilcox , Zcash, Founder

Ryan Shea , Blockstack, Co-founder

Peter Van Valkenburgh , Coin Center, Director of Research

Althea Allen , OmiseGO, Head of Ecosystem Growth

Hear from both the DWeb founders and practitioners who have been navigating this terrain and lobbying regulators, and some of the legal experts who can answer your questions.

Type: Law & Policy