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Panel: Building the First Web—Lessons for a Decentralized World

Publication date: 2018-08-01

Topics: decentralized web summit 2018, technology, panel, internet, world wide web, information, ISP, data, identity, private, secure, internet archive

August 1st, 4:15pm-5:00pm

Decentralized Web Summit 2018

Front End Stage

Moderators: Wendy Hanamura, Internet Archive, Summit Director & Emcee; Director of Partnerships

Speakers:Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive, Founder

Tim Berners-Lee, Solid/W3C , Founder & Project Director

Mitchell Baker, Mozilla Foundation & Corp, Chairperson

Whitfield Diffie, Cryptic Labs, Chief Scientist

When the architects of the first World Wide Web and the internet looked into the future, they imagined an open and distributed system, encouraging the free flow of knowledge. Today, the internet and Web are dominated by a few large players and ISPs; knowledge sits behind paywalls; our online data is neither private or secure. What lessons would the first builders impart to the DWeb builders of today? Join us for this rare chance to learn from the giants of the field.