DWeb Camp 2026

Boris Mann

Boris is a technologist and community builder. He currently splits his time between Ink & Switch's local-first & malleable software focus, and supporting the growth of open social ecosystems. Boris founded the AT Community Fund and ran the last two Atmosphere Conferences, as well as helping found CoSocial, a co-op for open social for Canadians.

He lives in Vancouver, Canada, where he is part of several groups including a creative coworking studio Z-Space and DWebYVR. You can find out more on his website https://bmannconsulting.com


Session

07-09
09:30
60min
Decentralization Trade Offs in AT Protocol and ActivityPub
Boris Mann, Daniel Holmgren, Christine Lemmer-Webber

Christine Lemmer Webber is lead author and co-editor of the W3C ActivityPub specification. Daniel Holmgren is Head of Protocol at Bluesky, working on the AT Protocol specification at the IETF. Join us for a discussion on decentralization trade-offs and other design decisions in the two protocols, and what that means for different architectures, structures, and even future points of convergence.

Moderated by Boris Mann

Open Social Web
Linden Theater