Futureproof voice · Vancouver 2026

Brewster Kahle

Founder & Digital Librarian

Internet Archive

October 28–30 · Vancouver

Illustrated Futureproof Festival featured speaker poster for Brewster Kahle, seated at a table with ravens and salmon while a painted river flows through an open door.
Why this voice is here

Brewster brings a librarian's question to the future: who gets to remember, and who gets access?

About

About Brewster Kahle

Brewster Kahle is the founder and digital librarian of the Internet Archive. Since the 1980s, he has built technologies and institutions for discovering, preserving, and sharing knowledge—from WAIS to the Wayback Machine and the Internet Archive. His work is guided by a simple civic ambition: universal access to all knowledge.