Reminder: DWeb Virtual Meetup Happening Tomorrow April 30

This month’s virtual meetup is tomorrow, Thursday, April 30 at 10am PT | 1pm ET | 7pm CET. We will highlight a few of the projects and content tracks you’ll see at Camp this summer.

Speakers include Will Scott from Protocol Labs, Lars Gierth from Freifunk, and organizers from Community Privacy Residency.

Will is fascinated by network resilience. His work includes internet measurement, privacy-protecting messaging systems, and distributed protocols. He currently works on microproxy networks at Snowstorm and charting digital human rights at Protocol Labs. This presentation will put forth one way of decomposing the problem space, and point towards some of the tipping points that will be focused on in the Anti-Authoritarian Stack content at Camp this summer.

Freifunk is a non-commercial initiative for free wireless networks based in Germany. They're a part of a global movement for free infrastructure and open frequencies to democratize the media through free networks. Lars will share the history and visions of Freifunk, and talk about they're approaching the network build out at Alte Hoelle, the DWeb Camp venue this year.

Community Privacy Residency (CPR) is a 3-week residency bringing together researchers, builders, and community organizers to co-design and build open-source tools for community privacy. They will share the mission and motivations for their project and some of the cutting edge questions on privacy on the decentralized web. The team will be attending Camp this year, just before the residency takes place in the latter half of July.

Join us for a sneak peek of what’s to come at DWeb Camp this summer. Presentations will be followed by audience Q&A with the speakers.

Everything You Want to Know about Camp: DWeb SF In-Person Meetup on May 5

Curious about Camp? Join the DWeb San Francisco community on Tuesday, May 5, from 5-9 PM at Frontier Tower, 14th Floor in San Francisco for "Everything You Want to Know about DWeb Camp."

Come meet friends old and new, learn about the offerings at Camp: Roots Systems which will be in Brandenburg, Germany from July 8-12, 2026.  

AGENDA

5:00PM: Drinks and snacks; meet new friends

6:00PM: Presentation begins

6:05PM: "Everything you Want to Know about DWeb Camp" - Wendy Hanamura, Sr. DWeb Organizer

6:20PM: What Do you Plan to Share at Camp? Lightning talks. This can be a workshop, a talk, a talent, a hobbby; some lead classes in Chi-Gong; others lead mesh networking workshops; we welcome all your passions!

7:00PM: More networking

We invite you to give a lightning talk (5 minutes) about what you'd like to share at Camp. If you'd like to give one, contact dwebcamp@archive.org to sign up. In the subject line, please write "SF Meetup Lightning Talk".

WHEN: Tuesday, May 5, 5-9PM

WHERE: Frontier Tower, 14F: 995 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 (Corner of 6th & Market)

DWeb Camp Early Bird tickets end May 15 | Call for Proposals closes May 8

There’s only a couple weeks left to lock in early bird tickets. If you’ve been thinking about going, now’s a great time to grab your spot before ticket prices increase.

DWeb Camp is a co-created, participatory five-day gathering in nature for builders and dreamers dedicated to building a more decentralized, open, and resilient web.

One of the great benefits of DWeb Camp is the chance to weave together many skill sets, experiences and perspectives. So, don’t forget to submit a proposal if you have an idea for what to share at Camp. 

We encourage you to think outside the box! In addition to talks, workshops, and demos, we'd love to see creative activations such as art installations, readings, games, hackathons, and performances. You are welcome to talk about a variety of topics, such as a movement you’re involved in, a personal interest, an insight you've had at a past Camp, or sharing the output of your DWeb project.

The call is open until 23:59 PT on Friday May 8, 2026.

POSTPONED: DWeb Berlin Node Meetup Now Happening May 21

The DWeb Berlin Node and Foresight Institute are hosting a meetup to celebrate their Berlin community of practitioners, builders, activists and dreamers about decentralized technologies, public & ethical AI, p2p and local-first coordination and more.

WHEN: Thursday, May 21, 18:00 - 22:00 (Berlin time)

WHERE: Foresight Institute Berlin Hub, CIC Berlin

AGENDA & WHAT TO EXPECT:

18:00 - 19:00: Arrival and Mingling

19:00 - 19:30: Lightning talks from DWeb and Foresight team, as well as key collaborators who will join us at Camp this July

19:30 - 20:30: Breakout groups/Fishbowl facilitation for a sneak peek of discourse and topics we will explore at Camp, such as Anti-Authoritarian Stack, Decentralized Hardware/Local Community Networks, Solidarity Tech & Sustainable Instructures

20:30 - 22:00: Drinks, bites, and meeting your future fellow campers and DWeb + Foresight community members

We are looking for Weavers, Links and Super Links, Team Leaders, Space Stewards to help make DWeb Camp 2026 a success before, during and after. DWeb Camp is a non-profit event powered by a year-round team of organizers. Volunteering is a great way to get involved and get to know other campers! We hope everyone will volunteer for at least a few hours during the week. Volunteering can range from helping out in the kitchen for a few hours to leading a Volunteer Team or being the Space Steward of a venue. For more on the volunteering options or how to sign up, check out dwebcamp.org/volunteers.

Get a taste of DWeb Camp

Curious what kinds of conversations happen at DWeb Camp? Wonder no more. We’ve compiled a selection of standout talks from past camps. Dive in to get a feel for the experience or revisit some of your favorites.

Upcoming events

The following is a selection of future DWeb-related events, comprehensively tracked in our DWeb Community Calendar. Have a look there to find out more, or to submit your event!

Edge Esmerelda
May 30 - June 27, 2026
Healdsburg, California
Edge Esmeralda brings together 1,000+ people from the frontiers of tech, science, culture, and policy to prototype what a better society could look like, and begin building it. It is a "popup village" for people who believe the future can be better and are actively working to make it happen. Grounded in four core principles: it’s multidisciplinary, multigenerational, co-created, and healthy by default, Edge Esmeralda is a prototype for something bigger: a permanent village so the lessons learnt will be carried forward to build this long-term vision. The aim is for this to be the healthiest and most productive time of your year — a place to go deep in your work and learn from fellow experts in other fields while incubating novel technology and ways of living.

Secure & Sovereign AI Workshop
July 18 – 19, 2026
Berlin, Germany
The Foresight Institute is hosting the Secure & Sovereign AI Workshop. This workshop convenes leading researchers, engineers, and funders to explore how to make AI an engine of defense in a multipolar human-AI world. Participants will collaborate across three interconnected domains: AI for Secure AI, AI for Private AI and AI for Decentralized & Cooperative AI. Applications are welcome from researchers, builders, and funders with demonstrated expertise or strong interest in advancing AI-first approaches to security, privacy, and decentralized cooperation.

DWeb Camp Cascadia
July 30 - August 3, 2026
Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
​DWeb Camp Cascadia is back for a second year on the beautiful Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada. You're invited to join the camping, cooking, collaborating, sharing projects and ideas, learning, getting creative, dancing, music-making, and being with the land and its stewards. The camp will be a highly participatory experience. Tickets are on sale now. Registration includes meals, programming and camping.