Democracy, news tech, and the future of Canadian journalism: 3 event reports
From Toronto, London, and Vancouver.
Report from IETF AIPREF working group in Toronto
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meets three times a year. IETF meetings are usually about 1000 people in-person and the same online, occur over 5 days and have dozens of sessions. In between those flagship meetings many IETF groups will gather for interim meetings, dedicated sessions to focus on
ATmosphereConf 2026
Amongst the blooming cherry blossoms and the busyness of students on reading break preparing for exams, the global AT Protocol community conference ATmosphereConf convened at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver BC from March 26-29. This is the second year of the conference. Although supported by Bluesky PBC,
Interview with Justin Bank from The Independent Journalism Atlas
🎙️This edition of the newsletter features an extended interview with Justin Bank, co-founder of The Independent Journalism Atlas, a new database of creator journalists from around the world launched at the Knight Media Forum last February. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? Sure. I’m a journalist
At work in the ATmosphere
The Executive Summary for the Protocols for Publishers ✨ London Stakeholder Forum (jump to recap here) shipped last week and contained a page with 14 action points distilled out of the conversations in the room. We will be discussing those action points more in the future but here are two that
Event Recap: London 2026
A community of hackers, journalists, bloggers, developers, thought leaders, civil society activists and more gathered at Newspeak House, the independent college of political technology, on February 4th and 5th to participate in the London edition of Protocols for Publishers, discussing future alternatives for publishing on the web. This is the
Parts and wholes
Watch the trends and align for the good.
We're All Set: Final Details for PfP✨London
The last pieces have been locked in for our next in-person event in London. Firstly, we would like to announce or last speaker: Jeremiah Lee from the Interledger Foundation who will be discussing developments in web payments. SPEAKER: WEB PAYMENTS Jeremiah Lee is a program officer for the Interledger Foundation’
How web publishing will change in 2026?
Don't just *think* about what comes next, think about what you can DO about it to make it work for you! Also, PfP✨ London speaker reveal!
More PfP✨ London Updates and a blizzard of festive links
A bonus edition of the Newsletter with some event announcements and a bunch of links
PfP✨ London dates and early speakers
Join us in London on Feb 4-5, 2026 to discuss how we can preserve an open, equitable web, where no one company holds the keys.
Don't let technology happen to you
(a paraphrased quote from our pal Ben Werdmuller.) Last month the votes on the expression of interest form for a PfP✨ event in Europe was heavily leaning towards end of January, but since then has shifted to February as the most popular. Because EU Open Source Week, the EU Open