Upcoming FediForum and Social Web Community Events

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Fediverse Village at HOPE

August 15-17, 2025

HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) is a grass-roots conference for hackers and developers in Queens in New York City. Evan Prodromou will be speaking on Aug 15, and the Social Web Foundation will be organizing a Fediverse Village.

2. Berliner Fediverse Tag

October 4, 2025

Der 2. Berliner Fediverse Tag findet am 4.10.2025 auf der Berliner c-base statt. Er ist eine Konferenz zum Fediverse mit Workshops und Vorträgen für Interessierte, Neulinge und alte Hasen. In German.

FediForum Fall 2025

October 7-8, 2025

FediForum Fall 2025 will again bring together the global community of people who move the Open Social Web forward, for two half-days of online connecting, learning, teaching, debating and building. And starting new projects.

FediForum at SFSCON

November 7-8, 2025

FediForum is partnering with SFSCON, a free software conference in Bolzano, in the Italian alps, on a Fediverse track and more.

Know of an event that should be on this list? Please let us know. We have recently expanded this form for also ask about event code of conduct and other info important to attendees.

Past Events

FediCon Vancouver

August 1-2, 2025

The Fediverse is meeting IRL! FediCon is a Fediverse and Social Web conference in Vancouver (Canada) on August 1st and 2nd. Talks. Demos. Panels. Real humans.

FediForum June 2025

June 5-7, 2025

FediForum June 2025 will again bring together the global community of people who move the Open Social Web forward, for ~~two~~ three half-days of connecting, learning, teaching, debating and building. And starting new projects. With a new advisory board, reconstituted organizing team and an updated format that includes keynotes.

re:publica

May 26-28, 2025

Open Social Web sessions at this festival for the digital society in Berlin, Germany:

1st National Meeting of the Sacix Network

May 21-23, 2025

A national event on Digital Culture and Free Media in São Paulo (SP), Brazil, with the objective of discussing the various aspects of digital and popular sovereignty. The event includes a Workshop on Fediverse, taught by Thiago Skárnio on May 22nd.

15-year anniversary of the Mistpark product family

May 14, 2025

Mistpark/Friendika/Friendica, RedMatrix, Hubzilla, Zap, Roadhouse, Osada, the streams repository, Forte etc. started out 15 years ago. Celebrations will be held in the fediverse, globally across all timezones.

Das Fediverse und seine sozialen Medien

May 06, 2025

Organized by a German federal ministry, Wikimedia Germany and partners, this German-language online event will explore how decentralized platforms like Mastodon and PeerTube offer community-driven, public-interest alternatives to commercial social media. No tech skills required!

IndieWebCamp Düsseldorf

May 03-04, 2025

An all-levels BarCamp-like collaborative side-event before Beyond Tellerand Düsseldorf for two days of intros, demos, brainstorming, creating, teaching, and helping gain more control over our data and lives online!

AHOY! European Social Web Day

April 24, 2025

Let’s build the future for a cooperative, european open social web as a paradigm for a better internet. Focusing on Bluesky & ATProtocol. In Hamburg, Germany.

ATmosphere Conference

March 22-23, 2025

An in-person conference focused on AT Protocol that powers Bluesky and the wider ATmosphere, in Seattle, WA.

Fediverse House at SXSW

March 9-10, 2025

Flipboard + Surf.Social is hosting the first-ever Fediverse House in Austin, Texas, on March 9 and 10, 2025, and is looking to invite FediForum community members into the space. Come listen to panels, network, grab some refreshments, and dream big about the future of social media. Learn more and RSVP here.

DWeb Meetup Seattle

February 28, 2025

“Let’s learn to empower communities through decentralized technology”. Networking and talks including “Identity on the Open Social Web” by Johannes Ernst. More info and registration here.

Social Web at FOSDEM

February 1-2, 2025

Organized by the Social Web Foundation, several events will take place at or in the proximity of this conference in Brussels, Belgium:

Social Web Devroom: Saturday February 1, 15:00-19:00, with talks by open-source Social Web developers.
Social Web BOF: Sunday February 2, 12:00-13:00.
Social Web After-Hours: Sunday February 2, 19:00-21:00, at Hackerspace Brussels (HSBXL).

FediForum September 2024

September 12-14, 2024

Our fourth online unconference, now expanded to three half-days. About 150 attendees joined us from around the world, for almost 50 unconference sessions and 14 demos.

Go to session notes and demo recordings.

FediForum March 2024

March 18-19, 2024

Our third online unconference. About 150 attendees came to see 12 demos, including a first-ever public demo, and participated in about 40 unconference sessions.

Go to session notes and demo recordings.

FediForum September 2023

September 19-20, 2023

Our second online unconference with over 100 attendees, 10 demos, and almost 30 unconference sessions.

Go to session notes and demo recordings.

FediForum March 2023

March 28-29, 2023

Our inaugural online unconference. An experiment! But it worked and started a trend! We had over 50 attendees, 9 demos and over 20 unconference sessions.

Go to session notes and demo recordings.