Attendees will play a game to navigate collapse of big tech and hospice existing social media, using practices of role play and DIY archiving to prepare for the transition to something new, drawing on de Oliveira Andreotti (2021). 90-minute session geared for people who have existing accounts on a platform or service they want to leave, especially Meta (Facebook, Instagram) or X. Attendees will have a richer experience if they have a device for some archiving activities but it is not required to attend the session. No technical experience required and open to all. Note: this activity is open to Vancouver attendees who are not attending the whole conference, in partnership with Our Networks https://ournetworks.ca/

In this workshop, we will ask: what are new social modalities that we can build with the affordances of ATProtocol? This is a cross-disciplinary workshop with people from all tracks to ideate and co-design together possibilities for new social and communal modes on the protocol (not focusing on implementation of ideas). Attendees will walk away with an expansion of future possibilities of what it looks like to be online.

Get feedback on your project and see what's growing! Recent talks about onboarding in the Atmosphere have drawn calls for more user research. This workshop from Germ's CEO Tessa Brown and founding engineer Anna Mistele is an opportunity for builders in the ecosystem to gain immediate insights by conducting research for their products, and for attendees to see new products in action. We're not experts, but rather fellow builders making space for us to learn from each other as a community! Supported by Tynan.

Opening remarks from the ATScience conference organizing team