ATmosphere Conference 2026: Call for Interest

This is the second ATmosphere Conference, the global conference for the AT Protocol community. We're gathering in Vancouver, Canada, March 26th - 29th. This form is also published to news.atmosphereconf.org.

Topics of Interest

Select all Topics you're interested in learning about:

Creator tools

Business models

Ecosystem growth

Sports and fan relationships

Moderation, trust & safety

Civic & governmental usage

Media and journalism

Social network research

Community building

AI in the ATmosphere

Fighting disinformation

IndieSky: running ATproto infrastructure

Developer tools

Protocol discussions

Private data

Game industry marketing and fan relationships

Other

What other topics are of interest to you? What do you want to learn or discuss?

Do you have any speakers you'd love to see present at the conference? We're interested in both ATProto topics and ones about broader topics

ATProto for Science

ATProto for Science is a one day side event organized and sponsored by the Cosmik Network team.

ATproto for Science will feature topics related to science communications, sense making, research, and more. There will be a mix of prepared topics, open discussion, and unconference community topic selections. It takes place at the same venue as the main ATmosphereConf, but with dedicated space and time before the main conference.

Are you interested in participating in the ATProto for Science

Yes, I'm interested in attending, Thursday would be best

Yes, I'm interested in attending, Friday would be best

Maybe, I'm not sure! Please keep me up to date

No, I'm not interested in the ATProto for Science side event

Pre-Conference Activities

Aside from ATProto for Science, we have the venue booked for Thursday & Friday with space set aside for workshops and gatherings, as well as the opportunity

Typically we'll plan things so there is a morning and an afternoon option in each day.

We're working with some Vancouver Locals volunteer crew to suggest and setup a few activities, and we'll also welcome others to self organize and coordinate.

We've got a selection of technical, less technical, and local activities below from some early organizer commitments. Reach out if you have something to suggest or would like more info on having events alongside the main conference.

And please do write in an "Other" to help us see who else would be interested!

Technical Workshops: Select any you would be interested in

ATProtocol Identity Fundamentals and OAuth/OAuth 2.1 Deep Dive

Hands on OAuth Apps for ATProto

Consuming the Atmosphere: learn how to build and deploy bots that post to the ATmosphere, and read the posts and other data that comes out

Creating the Atmosphere: designing Lexicons to support new apps and app views, re-use social graphs

ATProto on your own hardware: hands on with getting a tiny computer that can run ATProto at home

Build your own social network: using Slices to gather data from across the ATmosphere

Life of a Record: from your PDS to the rest of the ATmosphere

Other

Less Technical Workshops: Select any you would be interested in

Growing the ATmosphere: from global conference to regional meetups, building the ecosystem together

Startups & Investors: building for and investing in the ATmosphere, from apps to infra

Using Bluesky and ATProto to market your game and connect with your fans

The change you want to see in the ATmosphere: creating and leading a Working Group

Other

Vancouver Locals Activities: Select any you would be interested in

Moderate hike or forest walk, or other nature activity

In town sightseeing / guided tours e.g. aquarium, Bloedel conservatory, downtown walking tour

Dining adventure, e.g. Chinese dim-sum or Japanese sushi experience

Other

Is there anything else you'd like us to know or follow up with you on?

Feel free to propose an activity or pitch us an idea, or just ask anything you have questions about.

Please include your name and email address and choose what you want to get notified about

What info do you especially want to be notified about?

Yes, I'm interested in speaking, please send me the call for proposals when it launches

Yes, I want to buy tickets, please send me a link to early bird tickets when they go on sale

Yes, please send me info about ATProto for Science