Protocols for Publishers✨ Toronto: Showcase

We're on the path to a new kind of web, with an uncertain future: AI-based user agents are fast-becoming a core interface to the internet. Platforms have increasingly seized control of the publisher-reader relationship: search engines are squeezing out web publishers to juice ad revenue, while social platforms have captured audiences with algorithmic reach and paid promotion. How can publishers engage in this platform shift beyond being a dataset to be scraped? How can we avoid being trapped by a new wave of mega-platforms? And how can publishers on the web reach real users, build lasting relationships, and continue to have a equitable business model? Join us for an evening of presentations and open discussion, where protocol builders and publishers share their thinking about the future of the web. You will hear short talks about opportunities in protocol-based publishing that give you control over your content including leveraging AI ethically, new monetization methods, and media provenance across social media. Each talk will include a short Q&A. Following will be a relaxed mixer over drinks and light bites with the speakers and peers. Learn more about PfP✨ and sign up to the mailing list: https://protocolsforpublishers.com Speakers Over the next few days we will be announcing each speaker. Check back to see the full lineup by mid-September. Learn more about each speaker at the PfP✨Toronto event page → And don't forget to apply for the Stakeholder Forum on Tuesday, October 6th Sponsors PfP✨Toronto is convened with the support of: