MozFest is a unique hybrid: part art, tech and society convening, part maker festival, and the premiere gathering for activists in diverse global movements fighting for a more humane digital world. MozFest is a celebration for, by, and about people who love the internet, showcasing world-changing ideas and technology through exhibitions, talks and interactive sessions.
This year, Festival is focusing on the collective power of people – the change makers, the developers, the artists, the educators, the activists, the learners, the interested – to better our digital landscape, build transformative systems, and sustain momentum within our community towards positive human and digital rights progress.
The next Mozilla Festival will be held from 20th - 24th March 2023. 162 interactive discussions, 125 workshops, 25 Art & Media installations, 32 lightning talks, and 21 social moments make up MozFest Virtual 2023.
MozFest is made up of Spaces which are thematic focus areas that contain sessions and experiences. Within each Space, you can find everything you need: interactive, community-led sessions, inspiring talks, art installations, and community. Here are a few of our favourite sessions on the schedule from each Space:
Utility of Transparency
Reframing Algorithmic Transparency | A lightning talk highlighting the complexity posed by machine learning algorithms and AI technologies.
The World According to TikTok: Mapping Digital Boundaries and Algorithmic Proximities | A session investigating TikTok with the aim of making opaque platform decisions more transparent and holding them accountable.
Tech & Biodiversity
Remixing Public Domain Culture for Climate Awareness: A Creative Workshop | A playful activity remixing public domain cultural heritage to learn about the interplay and alignment between open knowledge and open culture and their roles in addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
“Pictures of Nothing” | An experimental documentary exploring the connections between animal conservation and human surveillance.
Humans Behind the Machine
Uniting the Amazon Mechanical Turk Workers Behind AI: The Challenges of Virtual Global Organising | An open discussion about organising a virtual workforce while providing access for all.
Internet-mediated Sex Work: Exploring Policies, Practices and Designs for a Safer Online Environment for Sex Workers | A discovery session to explore the impact of issues related to privacy, censorship, and the impact of platforms’ designs and algorithms on sex workers’ agency and safety.
Autonomy & Governance
Hijacking Digital Sticky Notes to Make Art | A guided workshop to examine features and micro-interactions of digital sticky notes, hijacking these features to imagine new purposes and ultimately crafting interactive art with sticky notes!
Towards a Data Justice Framework for AI Developers | A workshop to explore how to apply this framework to demographic data collection for the purpose of giving voice and power to those affected by algorithmic systems.
Education & Access
Be Bold: Wiki Women in Red | A round-table discussion addressing society's role in Wikipedia's content gender gap, including its effect on reliable sources and establishing notability.
Learning to Coexist with AI for Access and Inclusion | A lightning talk asking the question: Is the lack of understanding around AI-based technologies blocking the next billion users from underrepresented regions from adopting this new and emerging tech?
Youth Zone
Rabbit Holes Collective | A unique ‘fall down a rabbit hole’ session to connect more deeply with nature through the sharing of personalised/adaptive podcasts.
Go Back & Get It | An interactive art display centering on the stories of young people navigating the digital world.
Radical Inclusion
MozFest Zine Fair & Exhibition 2023 | A party with and for zine lovers and zine makers!
Radical Inclusion Podcast | A podcast on the diversity of humanity, how it's reflected in the digital world, and the issues we see when looking at the future of the internet and AI.
AI Cosmologies
AI Sentience & Deep Ecology: Rethinking Our Philosophy of Nature | A workshop about AI sentience and its relationship with our attitudes about the planet
Meet KOWA An African Ancestral AI | An interactive audio story with KOWA AI, the Knowledge of West Africa AI chatbot that holds the wisdom of elders of the West African Hausa community.
MozFest is part art, tech and society convening, part maker festival, and the premiere gathering for activists in diverse global movements fighting for a more humane digital world. To learn more, visit www.mozillafestival.org.