Highlights

On Unlearning with Ruha Benjamin

From the biases baked into our digital worlds to the myths that shape our laws and institutions. Ruha Benjamin explores how power operates through the stories we inherit and how breaking free from them can unlock new ways of thinking and building.

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Ruha Benjamin on stage at Mozilla Festival 2025

Awe as an Antidote to the Grid with Jason Silva

In this evocative keynote, Jason Silva invites us to reimagine unlearning not as loss, but as liberation. He explores what happens when we step outside the algorithms and embrace the raw immediacy of awe.

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Jason Silva on stage at Mozilla Fesitval

A World of New Learnings with Chelsea Manning

A World of New Learnings is both a cautionary tale and a call to action: an invitation to let go of the certainties that no longer serve us, to see clearly the systems we participate in, and to consciously build futures rooted in empathy, transparency, and collective care.

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Chelsea Manning on stage at Mozilla Festival

Main Stage Debates

Unlearning Privacy

Alex Hanna, Udbhav Tiwari and Lauren Hendry Parsons

Can data serve the public good without sacrificing privacy? This debate unpacks the balance between openness, control, and protection online.

Unlearning Creativity

Malik Afegbua, Sougwen Chung and Dayo Lamolo

What changes in art, authorship, and bias when machines create alongside humans? This debate explores how imagination evolves when AI joins the canvas.

Unlearning Traditional Product Path

Peter Rojas, Catherine Bracy and Harry Booth

What if tech unlearned growth as the ultimate measure of success? This debate explores how products can be built around care, accountability, and justice.

Unlearning Regulation

Audrey Tang, Francesca Bria and Julie Brill

Can we unlearn old models of regulation to keep pace with rapid innovation? This debate explores new ways to govern technology with fairness and flexibility.

Unlearning Systems

Keoni Mahelona, Luísa Franco Machado and Seyi Akiwowo

Can unlearning dominant ways of knowing help us reimagine our world? This debate explores how Indigenous wisdom and youth resistance inspire change.

Malik Afegbua speaks into a microphone with one arm raised on stage. People in varied outfits stand behind him.

Elder Series: The AI Fashion Show

The Elder Series was born out of Malik Afegbua’s grief after losing his mother, transforming personal loss into a powerful celebration of elders, their wisdom, resilience, and beauty.