Overview
Bloomberg is thrilled to host Lin Clark and Till Schneidereit of Mozilla to talk about the future of WebAssembly in the following two parts.
1. WebAssembly’s Post-MVP Future
If the web were a video game franchise, then WebAssembly would be its latest hero. During the first part of our journey, our hero completed the first quest – making it possible to play PC games and build applications like AutoCAD on the web. But this journey is far from over! Many a quest awaits; whole worlds are left to explore! The browser, and our hero’s current skill set, is just the beginning.
In this talk, we’ll explore both charted and uncharted areas – from the JavaScript-rich lands of the browser, to the darkest reaches of the blockchain, to the airy heights of the cloud with CDNs, and beyond. And we’ll map out all of the features we need to unlock to take us to these new heights – threading, garbage collection, ES module integration and more!
2. Bringing WebAssembly outside the web with WASI
Earlier this year, we announced WASI, the WebAssembly system interface. With this system interface, WebAssembly can be used outside the browser in a portable and safe way.
As Solomon Hykes, co-founder of Docker, said, “If WASM+WASI existed in 2008, we wouldn’t have needed to create Docker. That’s how important it is. Webassembly on the server is the future of computing.”
But WASI will be useful for so many other use cases, too. In this talk, we’ll explain how WASI works and explore how different use cases can benefit from it.
Agenda
- 18:00 – 19:00
Arrival and reception
- 19:00 – 20:00
Talks
- 20:00 – 21:00
Drinks and networking
Speakers
Lin Clark
Lin Clark makes code cartoons, and is also a Principal Research Engineer at Mozilla. Her focus is on enabling WebAssembly’s use outside of the browser, working closely with Mozilla’s Developer Technologies team on projects such as the WebAssembly system interface (WASI) and the Wasmtime WebAssembly runtime.
Till Schneidereit
When & Where
Thursday 18 July
18:00 – 21:00
Bloomberg L.P
3 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4N 4TQ