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

Goals

1. Make things with the tools Mozilla and others are creating
2. Learn who is building what, how we can share and help each other
3. Blend a year of events into a sustained webmaking party
4. Design the things we want to build next, especially for mobile
5. Coach leaders who want to invent, teach and organize.

Suggestions

Suggestions for Mozfest 2014

Upcoming Dates

• February 18: Save the Date. Dates and location announced
• April 15: Space Wranglers and themes identified.
• May 20: Call for session proposals
• June 25: Registration opens, Festival site relaunch
• July 31: Session proposals due
• August - September: Facilitator calls
• September 30: Draft schedule ready
• September - November: Mozpubs in London
• October 24 - 26: Mozfest!

Themes

• Suggestions? Email festival@mozilla.org.
• Themes from last year:

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
• Senior Curator: Michelle Thorne
• Participation Architect: Aspiration Tech
• Website and Comms: StudioMoFo
• Volunteer Coordinator: Spike
• Sponsorship Lead: TBD

Roadmap

Feb:

• Confirm main venue
• Design update requested
• Save the Date sent

March:

• Mozfest team in place
• Roadmap vetted
• Festival vision + goals published
• New festival CSS deployed on site

April:

• Reserve hotel
• Approve budget
• Main venue contract signed
• Find party venue
• Determine main festival formats

May:

• Draft schedule online (not agenda, just tent poles)
• Stage manager in place + keynotes curated
• Secure festival headliners

June:

• Start regular blog posting
• Kick off local events (Mozpubs)
• Determine post-festival arc
• Sponsorship search begins
• Marketing begins, inc. via partner channels
• Call for Proposals

July:

• Recruit volunteers
• Registration online, inc. staff + facilitator sign-ups
• Personal invitations + invitations to the lists

August:

• Call for Proposals ends
• Planning meetings with all facilitators
• Initial draft of space use
• All facilitator and staff travel booked
• Documentation team in place (photography, video, media tent)

Sept:

• All sub-contracted services finalized, inc. catering, printing, transport, AV, etc.
• Finalized space layouts, inc. AV
• Detailed agenda 90% complete

Oct:

• All materials printed
• Volunteer training
• Press conference
• Facilitator briefing

Nov:

• Evaluation

Dec:

• Relax!