Filecoin Unveils FIL Dev Summit Events in Singapore and Iceland

Key highlights:

• First up, the Singapore summit from Sept 12-14 will dig into tooling for their Filecoin Virtual Machine, storage protocols, and how to smoothly onboard clients.
• Meanwhile, across the globe, Iceland’s conference from Sept 25-27 focuses on improving user experience, scaling data storage capabilities, and protocol evolutions.

The Filecoin ecosystem has some big news to share! They recently announced the first-ever FIL Dev Summit, set to take place in September 2023 in both Singapore and Iceland. These events aim to bring together developers, builders, and engaged community members who want to actively contribute to the core protocol and network evolution of Filecoin.

What is FIL Dev Summit?

FIL Dev Summit is being described as an IPFS Thing, but bigger. For those unfamiliar, IPFS Thing was a beloved annual event where the IPFS and Filecoin communities came together to plot the future roadmap.

? Big news! The Filecoin community is thrilled to present the #FILDevSummit23 – where devs & community members shape Filecoin’s protocol, tooling & network. Join us in Singapore (Sept 12-14) & Iceland (Sept 25-27) to help build a decentralized future!?
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— Filecoin Ecosystem (@Filecoin) August 10, 2023

FIL Dev Summit seeks to build on this idea on a larger scale, focusing efforts more intensely on collaborating on Filecoin improvements. The goal is to move the needle forward on Filecoin tooling, network development, and community growth.

Who should attend FIL Dev Summit?

FIL Dev Summit welcomes any developers, builders, or community members who want to get more involved with core Filecoin development. Whether you’re contributing to clients, building storage infrastructure, developing applications on Filecoin, or running core protocol implementations, your insight is valuable.

Both the Singapore and Iceland summits will feature tracks centered around topics like the Filecoin Virtual Machine, storage mining operations, the client onboarding experience, governance structures, and more. There will also be space for technical talks and working sessions. It’s a chance for contributors old and new to roll up their sleeves and directly impact Filecoin.

FIL Dev Summit also encourages participation from those new to Filecoin development. Fresh perspectives from those looking to learn more and get started building are encouraged to join.

What’s on tap for FIL Dev Summit 2023?

The FIL Dev Summit events in Singapore and Iceland will each run for 3 days. While full schedules are still in the works, some tentative tracks and discussion topics have been shared to highlight the types of Filecoin developments the events will cover:

Singapore (September 12-14)

• FVM application & tooling
• SP tooling & stack
• Client protocols & data onboarding
• Filecoin protocol evolution
• Filecoin governance & community

Iceland (September 25-27)

• Client onboarding experience
• FVM & runtimes
• Scalability & compute over Filecoin data
• Filecoin retrievals & data availability
• Filecoin protocol evolution
• Filecoin governance & community

As you can see, the focus will be heavily on technical topics to improve Filecoin for users and developers. But governance and community-building are also critical, so those topics will be woven throughout.

While no guarantees, the FIL Dev Summit announcements could metaphorically be loading the cannons for Filecoin’s next potential bull run.

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Why host events in both Singapore and Iceland?

Singapore and Iceland were chosen as locations to make FIL Dev Summit accessible to Filecoin’s global community.

Singapore brings FIL Dev Summit to Asia for the first time. Iceland is meaningful as a web3 and crypto hub where core Filecoin developers are based.

The back-to-back timing allows interested attendees to join both events and take advantage of the unique focuses of each. However, they are designed so that attendees can choose to join just one or the other based on their goals, budget, and availability.

How can I participate in FIL Dev Summit?

If you’re interested in attending FIL Dev Summit, visit fildev.io to learn more and apply. Tickets start at $150 for general admission. Discounted “early bird” pricing is available for a limited time.

The events are also looking for speaker submissions to lead tracks and sessions. This is a great way to share your Filecoin expertise and lead productive discussions on key topics.

Those needing assistance with travel visas can indicate that during the application process. Limited scholarships are also available for those from underrepresented communities or regions.