The dream of the decentralized web is one where individual users have autonomy and contributors have economic opportunity. The web we have lacks both because it is built upon an economic model that is designed to erode them. Queer communities (among many others) have developed alternative social and economic models through experimentation, out of necessity, and out of deep rooted beliefs that more sustainable ways of living are possible. With these models as a foundation, a decentralized web becomes possible. This talk will focus on the architecture of technical protocols that are most aligned with the dweb that we dream of. https://twitter.com/v_stickykeys Val S. K. Co-Founder Future Proof Val is a dweb software engineer. She is currently a core developer building infrastructure for a free and open source peer-to-peer data protocol called Ceramic, spearheaded by the startup 3Box Labs. She graduated from Cornell University with undergraduate and Masters degrees in Computing and Information Sciences. Upon joining the San Francisco blockchain community in 2017, she began developing software for crypto and web3 startups including BRD, a ConsenSys Tachyon accelerator company, and a Coinbase spinoff. She is currently a mentor for the Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator, She256, and Gitcoin Kernel. She spends her free time educating Black and queer communities on the decentralized web. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6IAiIaQM04

The World of Full-Time NFT Artists Panel Learn from full-time NFT artists in the web3 world. Hear about how their journeys began, their most successful tactics for growing sales and community, and their mental health while navigating a 24/7, international community that never sleeps. Curated by Kira Bursky Owner & Director at All Around Artsy All Around Artsy was founded in 2009 by Kira Bursky, an award-winning filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist. She is inspired by her personal journey with mental health and is driven to tell stories of our ability to transform our minds and hearts into a perspective of infinite possibility. https://twitter.com/AllAroundArtsy Maggie Murray artist and founder of Jojo Sunshine https://twitter.com/jojosunshineart CAM MURDOCH https://twitter.com/cammurdochmusic Domino https://twitter.com/dominosmusic ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQeB-EBr5pU