Bluesky talks and additional sponsors
ATmosphereConf is a volunteer-organized conference about and for the AT Protocol community. Yes, of course the Bluesky team is attending! Read on for more confirmed talks and sponsors joining us in Seattle.
Yes, of course the Bluesky team is joining us in Seattle! We've got a couple of talks to share and more sponsors to thank with this post.
Bluesky Sponsors Speaker & Community Travel Support
Thank you to the Bluesky team for signing up as a named sponsor, to help us cover costs for supporting organizers, speakers, and other community members in traveling to attend in the conference.
We could still use more support to have people join us in person! Get in touch if you're interested in sponsoring!
Bluesky Talks
We've got several members of the team speaking, attending, and participating in group discussions and hacking on AT Protocol topics.
CTO Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com takes us through Where Did We Come From, Where Do We Go, sharing about Bluesky's future plans and a look at the history which led us here.
Head of Protocol Daniel Holmgren @dholms.xyz is going to present on ATproto Ethos: the philosophical principles underlying atproto and the fundamental guarantees that the network gives to developers and participants.
Protocol Engineer Bryan Newbold @bnewbold.net is excited to participate in various working groups and topics like AT Protocol Implementations and
Interoperability, lexicon evolution, relay incentives and many other topics. He wants to host a struggle session - what have developers struggled with implementing at any layer of the system? What have we learned together?
These are all the types of things that will be more like group sessions, discussions, and hacking together to work through these things in person.
Community Sponsor: Blebbit
Tony (aka @verdverm.com as you're more likely to know him as around atproto) has been really leaning into the ATmosphere, being very active in the Developer Discord, Lexicon Community, and by stepping up to support ATmosphereConf with a community sponsorship.
And, he'll be in Seattle and helping out on the ground as a volunteer. We also have some ideas on stickers, mascots, and other design elements around AT Protocol that you'll here more about soon.
Blebbit is "a thoughtful blend of Discord + Reddit + Groups" that Tony is working on launching, and for which you can see some design explorations on the site right now. Thanks Tony for supporting the community!
Community Sponsor: Fedica
The team at Fedica @fedica.com supported Bluesky cross posting and scheduling from very early on, and when we asked, they said yes right away to becoming a Community Sponsor. Samir from their team will be joining us in person in Seattle. Thanks for the support!
Early Bird Tickets Available Now
We released an initial batch of 50 tickets last Thursday, and they sold out pretty quickly, so we opened up another 50. Reduced rates are on until Feb 24th, and are also sliding scale. Pay as low as $99 for two days, the suggested rate of $119, or pay more for your ticket to help support putting on this community conference.
Community Support and Talk Submissions
We mentioned community support. We're prioritizing speakers and builders for the small budget we have for this, so please do submit your talk, and mention in the feedback that you need some travel assistance.
Yes, the call for presentations is still open, and we'll be coordinating group discussion topics right up until the conference plus leave room for birds-of-a-feather (BOF) style groups to grab a room and jam on what they want.
