From IIW to the Agentic Internet Workshop
We’re just a few weeks away from the next Internet Identity Workshop (IIW), happening October 21–23, 2025 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. I always look forward to those three days—it’s the one place where the people building the protocols and systems that underpin digital identity come together, set the agenda themselves, and move the work forward in real time.
This year, we’re trying something new. On Friday, October 24, right after IIW wraps up, we’ll be hosting the first-ever Agentic Internet Workshop (AIW) in the same venue. Think of it as IIW’s younger sibling: same open space format, same collaborative energy—but focused squarely on the agentic internet.
Why? Because we’re at an inflection point. Together, we now face the shift toward an internet where agents—AI-powered and otherwise—interact, negotiate, and make decisions on our behalf. Just like IIW gave us space to define protocols like OAuth, OpenID Connect, and Decentralized Identifiers, AIW is meant to give us a neutral ground to figure out the next generation of protocols for an agentic world.
If you’ve got work in this space—or even just a deep curiosity about where it’s headed—I hope you’ll stay the extra day. We’re capping attendance at 200 people to keep it intimate, and pricing starts at $150 for independents and startups.
👉 Learn more and register here
And one more thing: both IIW and AIW depend on sponsors to keep costs low and the community strong. If you or your organization would like to help support either event, please get in touch with me.