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April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
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April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
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April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
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April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
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April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
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April 25-27, 2023 • Toronto, Canada •
THE Future
OF COMPUTING
CONFERENCE.

Fission believes the future of the Internet and equitable access to computation at scale demand a distributed and decentralized web. And all systems have limits that must be navigated.

Information traveling at the speed of light hits a physical limit: a causal island. We experience these causal islands in our distributed systems as latency—a function of our proximity to data centers and quality of our connectivity.

Novel approaches to the Future of Computing — programming languages, networks, interfaces, and more — end up stranded on similar causal islands. They propagate within different industries, disciplines, and communities at uneven speeds.

We’re gathering the brightest minds to challenging your idea of what’s possible, and bridging those causal islands together. Learn from diverse and unique perspectives across disciplines, discover exciting new areas of research and development, and make plans for ongoing collaboration.

Join Fission and our partners as we build the future of computing, today.

ANNOUNCED
     SPEAKERS.
talks and    workshops.
Apr 25
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2:15 pm
2:15 pm

Alternative Collective Futures for the Internet

Alternative Collective Futures for the Internet

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Apr 25
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2:30 pm
2:30 pm

The Creation Myths of Computing

The Creation Myths of Computing

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Apr 25
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3:10 pm
3:10 pm

Building humane user interfaces with language models

Building humane user interfaces with language models

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Apr 25
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3:40 pm
3:40 pm

Holistic Local First Software On The P2P Web

Holistic Local First Software On The P2P Web

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Apr 25
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4:10 pm
4:10 pm

Dynamic documents as personal software

Dynamic documents as personal software

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Apr 26
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10:00 am
10:00 am

Programming Before You Program

Programming Before You Program

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Apr 26
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11:00 am
11:00 am

Seamless Services for an Open World

Seamless Services for an Open World

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Apr 26
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1:00 pm
1:00 pm

The Many Stories of Algorithmic Improvisation

The Many Stories of Algorithmic Improvisation

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Apr 26
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2:00 pm
2:00 pm

Idris 2: Quantitative Types in Action

Idris 2: Quantitative Types in Action

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Apr 26
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3:30 pm
3:30 pm

The Hardest Problem in Computer Science: Marketing

The Hardest Problem in Computer Science: Marketing

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Apr 26
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4:30 pm
4:30 pm

Condemned to Compute: How witnessing the last 20 years of computing tells me we’re going to be punished with at least another 20

Condemned to Compute: How witnessing the last 20 years of computing tells me we’re going to be punished with at least another 20

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Apr 27
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10:00 am
10:00 am

Crossing the river by feeling the stones

Crossing the river by feeling the stones

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Apr 27
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11:00 am
11:00 am

Towards Intelligent Application Security

Towards Intelligent Application Security

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Apr 27
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1:00 pm
1:00 pm

Querying Decentralized Data in Rhizomatic Systems

Querying Decentralized Data in Rhizomatic Systems

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Apr 27
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2:00 pm
2:00 pm

Indigitalization: Indigenous Computing Theory

Indigitalization: Indigenous Computing Theory

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Apr 27
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3:30 pm
3:30 pm

How To Write A Joke That Will Still Be Funny In Two Thousand Years

How To Write A Joke That Will Still Be Funny In Two Thousand Years

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Apr 27
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4:30 pm
4:30 pm

The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI

The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI

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   Say hello
To Toronto.
Toronto city landscape

Our inaugural Causal Islands conference will take place in Toronto, ON at the historic Paradise Theatre in the Bloorcourt Village neighborhood. Built in 1937, the theatre features an Art Deco style bar and an award-winning restaurant.

Nestled on Lake Ontario’s northwestern shore, Toronto is a diverse and creative metropolis and the 3rd largest tech hub in North America.

Discover more about Toronto Check out the venue
Plan your travel

meet the

Programming
                      team.
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Brooklyn Zelenka

Co-founder & CTO
Fission

Brooklyn is the co-founder and CTO of Fission. She is a functional programmer focused on distributed systems, formal verification, and PLT & VM design. Her deep interests lie in functional programming, programming language theory, principled software, scalable and fault tolerant systems, and developing teams and she is a sought after speaker and panelist at various conferences.

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Zeeshan Lakhani

Co-founder & co-organizer
Papers We Love

Zeeshan has a B.A. in Moving Image Arts, an M.M. in Music Technology, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University under Frank Pfenning, focused on programming languages/PLT. He is the co-founder and co-organizer of Papers We Love and the PWL conference. Zeeshan is an applied researcher at Fission working on distributed systems, edge and multi-tier computing, identity, and storage.

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Chad Fowler

Partner & CTO
Blueyard Capital

Chad is an experienced technologist, software developer, author, public speaker and senior technology leader. He is currently the Partner and CTO of BlueYard Capital. Previously Chad was Director of Ruby Central and founded the International Ruby Conference and International Rails Conference.

Accessibility

We aim to make Causal Islands inclusive and accessible to everyone. Creating an accessible event benefits individuals with visible or known disabilities and also helps to ensure that everyone, including individuals with non-obvious disabilities and/or chronic health conditions, and people of all ages and body types, are able to fully engage in the program.

Accessibility of the Event

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