Mozfest/2014
MozFest is Mozilla's annual festival
for the people who care about
the culture, mechanics and citizenship of the web.
October 24 - 26, 2014 | London, UK
Demos
- Space Wrangler and Facilitators: Please update the demo page
Goals
- Make things with the tools Mozilla and others are creating
- Learn who is building what, how we can share and help each other
- Blend a year of events into a sustained webmaking party
- Design the things we want to build next, especially for mobile
- Coach leaders who want to invent, teach and organize.
Suggestions
Upcoming Dates
- February 18: Save the Date. Dates and location announced
- April 15: Space Wranglers and themes identified
- June 25: Festival site relaunch when Call for Proposals and Registration opens
- August 22: Close Call for Proposals
- August - September: Facilitator calls
- September 30: Draft schedule ready
- July - November: Mozpubs in London
- October 24 - 26: Mozfest!
Themes
- Suggestions? Email festival@mozilla.org.
- Themes for 2014
Anticipated Participants
Nesta, Nominet Trust, MIT Media Lab, Telefonica, Knight Foundation, Sloan Foundation, Internet Archive, US Department of Energy, The Guardian, Chicago Tribune, La Nacion, New York Times, Boston Globe, BBC, Spiegel, ZEIT Online, NPR, WNYC, DIY.org, Goldsmiths University, Dundee University, Ravensbourne College, Imperial College, CDOT, Google, BlackGirlsCode, Mozilla Reps, WebFWD, Creative Commons, P2PU, Shuttleworth Foundation, CERN, National Writing Project, Hive NYC and Hive Chicago, CodeClub, GoCodery, Decoded, TinkerCAD, LA Makerspace, Open Knowledge Foundation, Craftyy, Mind Candy, Eyebeam, Tate, London Zoo, Web Foundation, Zeega.
All making the web they want.
Essentials
- Website: mozillafestival.org
- Mailing list: festival - at - mozilla - . - org
- Hashtag: #mozfest
- IRC: irc://irc.mozilla.org#mozfest
Team
- Festival Producer: Sarah Allen
- Festival Director: Michelle Thorne
- Festival Curator: Misty Avira
- Festival Co-designer and MC: Gunner
- Website and Comms: StudioMoFo
- Volunteer Coordinator: Spike
- Sponsorship Lead: Ben Moskowitz
Roadmap
Feb:
- Confirm main venue
- Design update requested
- Save the Date sent
March:
- Mozfest team in place
- Festival vision + goals published
- New festival CSS deployed on site
April:
- Determine main festival formats
- Site visit
May:
- Mozfest team meet up and roles identified
- Draft schedule online (not agenda, just tent poles)
- Engage Suppliers
- Draft a guide to What makes for a Good Proposal
June:
- Space Wranglers nominated
- Determine session formats
- Tracks identified
- Start regular blog posting
- Determine post-festival arc
- Sponsorship search begins
- Call for Proposals and Registration opens on new website
- Book hotel
July:
- Kick off local events (Mozpubs)
- Recruit volunteers
- Track and review all sessions submitted
- Draft key notes and nominate speakers
- Personal invitations sent out to k
August:
- Call for Proposals ends and successful faciliators notified
- Planning meetings with all facilitators and Space Wranglers
- Initial draft of space use
- Documentation team in place (photography, video, media tent)
Sept:
- All facilitator and staff travel booked
- All sub-contracted services finalized, inc. catering, printing, transport, AV, etc.
- H&S documentation received from all sub-contracted services where applicable
- Finalized space layouts, inc. AV
- Detailed agenda 90% complete
Oct:
- All materials printed
- Volunteer training
- Press conference
- Facilitator briefing
Nov:
- Evaluation
Dec:
- Relax!