Summer of Protocols | Projects| Program Calendar |People
| Dates | Event |
|---|---|
| 3/6/23 | Call for applications, draft of pilot study released |
| 3/10/23 | Virtual town hall for prospective applicants, 15:30 UTC. |
| 3/20/23 | Virtual office hours, 14:30 UTC |
| 3/21/23 | Applications for Summer of Protocols due |
| 3/31/23 | Awards announced, community resources open |
| 4/1/23 - 4/30/23 | Informal program begins, Discord and optional weekly warm-up chats |
| 5/1/23 - 5/21/23 | Bootcamp phase, guest talks (3 weeks) |
| 5/1/23 | Core Researcher Kickoff |
| 5/3/23 | Guest Talk with Geoff Manaugh |
| Codes of Entry: Burglary, Architecture, and the Protocols of “Nakatomi Space” | |
| 5/5/23 | Pilot Study Discussion |
| 5/9/23 | Guest Talk with Scott Moore |
| This Session is Legitimate: An Exploration of Social Rule-Making | |
| 5/10/23 | Research meeting: Drew + Chenoe — Urbanism, built environment |
| 5/10/23 | Guest Talk with Jason Morton |
| Unpacking Money as a Protocol | |
| 5/12/23 | Guest Talk with Cory Levinson |
| Who Writes the Rules of Climate Protocols | |
| 5/16/23 | Guest Talk with Simone Cicero |
| Perspectives on the Platforms vs Protocols Debate: A Reality Check | |
| 5/17/23 | Research meeting: Dorian + David — Tech standards |
| 5/17/23 | Guest Talk with Ian Cheng |
| Neuro Gym | |
| 5/19/23 | Guest Talk with Matt Webb |
| Fiction, Desire, and Belief | |
| 5/23/23 | Guest Talk with Kyle Mathews |
| Designing for Soft Protocols: A Discord Bot Workshop | |
| 5/24/23 | Research meeting: Toby + Kara — Authorship |
| 5/24/23 | Guest Talk with JD Nolen |
| Protocols...The Structural Change that Healthcare Needs But Won't Ask For | |
| 5/26/23 | Guest Talk with Sarah Perry |
| Protocols of Reproducible Science | |
| 5/30/23 | Guest Talk with Renee DiResta |
| A Troll’s Guide to the Internet | |
| 5/31/23 | Research meeting: Angela + Nadia — Transmission, unconscious protocols |
| 5/31/23 | Guest Talk with Dara O’Rourke |
| How to Blow Up a Carbon Data Pipeline | |
| 6/2/23 | Guest Talk with John Bissell |
| In Search of a Protocol for Matter Assembly and Disassembly at Human Scale | |
| 6/6/23 | Guest Talk with Alex Komoroske |
| Gardening Platforms | |
| 6/7/23 | Research meeting: Kei + Sarah — Death, memory |
| 6/7/23 | Guest Talk with Matthew Lutz |
| If You Slip, You Stick: an Army Ant Protocol for Self-Healing Infrastructure | |
| 6/9/23 | Guest Talk with Annemarie Poorterman |
| Protocols for Social Systems Transformation | |
| 6/14/23 | Research meeting: Timber + Rafa — Organizational protocols |
| 6/14/23 | Guest Talk with Christina Dunbar-Hester |
| Directing Signals: Of Politics and Protocols | |
| 6/20/23 | Guest Talk with Jesse Walden |
| Contract Theory and Protocol Design | |
| 6/23/23 | Guest Talk with Evan Miyazono |
| 6/28/23 | Guest Talk with Janine Leger |
| Zuzalu: a first of it's kind IRL pop-up Community | |
| 7/1/23 - 8/15/23 | Accelerator phase, affiliates join the program (8 weeks) |
| 7/5/23 | Affiliate Researcher Kick-off |
| 7/24/23 - 7/27/23 | Summer of Protocols Researcher Retreat ☀️ |
| 8/1/23 | Guest Talk with Mike Masnick |
| The Role of Protocols in Decentralization | |
| 8/2/23 | Guest Talk with Bryan Johnson |
| The Blueprint Protocol | |
| 8/9/23 | Guest Talk with Kazys Varnelis |
| The City as Communications System | |
| 8/15/23 | Draft releases and presentations (2 weeks) |
| 8/31/23 | Program concludes - Final Projects Due |
| 9/1-11/30 | Program staff arranges for suitable publication/dissemination of output |
| 9/13/23 | Guest Talk with Gordon Brander |
| Noosphere: A Protocol for Thought | |
| 9/27/23 | Town Hall with Angela Walch |
| The Protocol System Experience | |
| 12/13/23 | Protocol Kit Launch |
| 12/13/23 | Protocol Town Hall Salon - David Lang |