Top luminaries, grassroots activists, creative technologists, and interested consumers from around the world gather to share their insights, reflections, and ideas at MozFest. These conversations and collaborations are too good to not share on-demand, all year long.

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MozFest House: Amsterdam

This year, MozFest House: Amsterdam harnessed our collective power to better our digital landscape, build transformative systems, and sustain momentum within our community towards positive human and digital rights progress.

Main Stage Highlights

Technology of the Living
Toshi Reagon, Kosisochukwu Nnebe, Ethel-Ruth Tawe Tawe and moderator J. Bob Alotta

The Intelligence of Voice and Volition. Examining the humanness of technology, and how it first starts with us.
Navigating Deceptive Design and Regulation
Constanta Rosca, Dries Cuijpers and moderator Kush Amlani

Delve into the policy landscape of the EU, discussing existing regulations and initiatives aimed at curbing these practices.
Race, Class, Fame & Harm
Seyi Akiwowo, Symeon Brown and moderator Carys Afoko

Has exploitation expanded and adapted from offline to online? What is the cost of pursuing fame and influence online?
Voice of financial [in]exclusion
Mohamed Bahm, Savannah Koolen and moderator Lawil Karama

Centered around the experiences of the digital finance system for marginalized and excluded groups, specifically undocumented persons.

Fringe Event Highlights

First-Principles Messaging
Ahmed X. Medien and Joel Benge

This workshop emphasizes this significant connection between clear, impactful comms and the adoption of safe and inclusive frameworks in the tech world.

MozFest Virtual 2023

The theme for MozFest 2023 is 'The Collective Power of the People', exploring how movements are core to catalyzing change online, and how people-driven technologies can address critical issues at the intersection of tech and society.

Dialogues and Debates

A Conversation with Angela Davis and Christian Smalls
Angela Davis, Christian Smalls and J. Bob Alotta

Angela Davies and Christian Smalls share their insights and experiences on building and mobilizing grassroots movements for change.
Funding Ethical Technology and The Next Mozilla Chapter
Mitchell Baker, J. Bob Alotta, Imo Udom, Mohamed Nanabhay, Pelonomi Moiloa and moderator Carys Afoko

To strengthen the Mozilla manifesto by responding to the current moment and the evolution in technology.
Making the Fediverse
Steve Teixeira, Anouk Ruhaak, Darius Kazemi, Tarunima Prabhakar and moderator Xiao (Ana) Mina

Mozilla is joining the Fediverse in 2023 to co-create its future. What are its greatest opportunities and limitations? How can we scale methodology and not solutions? What is the public discourse square of the future? Who is building it?

Discussion and Workshop Highlights

Centering Communities in the Data Economy
J. Bob Alotta, Kathleen Siminyu, Keoni Mahelona & Timnit Gebru

Through the lens of indigenous language data this panel explores data practices ranging from extractive to centering communities in decision-making and sharing the data benefits with them.
From Detroit to Egypt - Parables Discussion
Yasmin Elayat, Siwatu-Salama Ra & Sanaa Seif

An exchange between Siwatu-Salama Ra and Sanaa Seif about the links between Octavia E. Butler’s Parables, technology, climate justice, and movements to end criminalization, militarism and colonialism. Moderated by Yasmin Elayat.
AI Séance - AI Cosmologies
Amy Smith, Hope Schroeder and Zivvy Epstein

Applying generative AI to mediumship reifies the magic and unknowability of these black-box machines, yet centers agency on the experience of human creators to manifest artifacts in line with their imagination. Experience our AI-powered séance!