Festival2012/ReMo

Brief

Dear Webmakers

We want everyone to tap the full creative power of the web.

The Mozilla Festival is a magnet for people interested in learning about – and playing with – the future of the web. Mozilla has grown over the past 15 years into an organisation that plugs directly into what the web can and will become. We see the Festival as an opportunity to draw as many interested people as possible into the conversation about what tech can do.

And it’s not just about tech. It’s about anyone and everyone interested in the possibilities the web has to offer, coming together and sharing their skills and expertise.

We want to move people from using the web to making the web.

Part of this move leverages new skills and attitudes. That’s why the Mozilla Festival focuses on small, peer-learning sessions. Another part of this move is about tools and content. That’s why we’re also excited about the sessions that explore the edges of the web and aim to build shared, viable solutions.

The sweet spot is in collaboration across skill-sets and in learning by making. Together.

-- Mark Surman, Executive Director of Mozilla

Where

The Mozilla Festival will be hosted at Ravensbourne, a wired media and design campus located in East London next to the O2 concert arena. It spans nine floors, combining maker labs with impromptu classrooms and bleeding-edge tech.

How

We’re replacing darkened lecture halls with nine floors of maker labs bursting with passionate people — all building and teaching the web in real time. To make this work, we need people of all different skills and persuasions.

Goals

• Make things with the tools Mozilla and others are creating.
• Learn who is building what, how we can share and help each other.
• Imagine making in 100 years: what future are we building?
• Design the things we want to build next, especially for mobile.
• Fuel leaders who want to invent, teach and organize.

Roles

Who

Travel

Arriving in London

Arriving at Heathrow

When arriving in Heathrow you should collect any bagagge you have and make your way to the Underground/Tube which should be sign posted. This will put you on the Piccadilly Line, heading Eastbound into London (Dark Blue Line).

You need to change at Green Park and get on an Eastbound train on the Jubilee Line getting off at Waterloo (Grey Line).

From Waterloo tube station leave to street level, and walk south for approximately 5 minutes. Walking Directions Map

Arriving at Gatwick

When arriving in Gatwick you should head to the train station in the airport and get a train to London Victoria. Once in London Victoria head to the Underground/Tube and get on an Eastbound Circle or District Line train (Yellow or Green Line).

At Westminster you need to change onto the Jubilee Line (Grey Line) heading Eastbound getting off at Waterloo.

From Waterloo tube station leave to street level, and walk south for approximately 5 minutes. Walking Directions Map

Getting Between Hotel and Venue

To get between the hotel and the venue we will be taking the Jubilee Line from Waterloo to North Greenwich where it is a short walk round toward the O2 arena which lies directly opposite the venue.

Map / Points of Interest

Useful information

Accommodation

Sponsored Mozilla Reps will be staying in the Westminster Bridge Park Plaza.

Logistics

Food and Drink

Emergency Contact Info

Non-emergency Police

You can contact the police service on 101 when there is not an emergency should you need to report any theft or non-emergency crime.

Emergency Services

All the emergency services in the United Kingdom are available through one phone number. This is 999. Upon dialing you will be connected to an operator who will ask the nature of the emergency, as well as which service(s) you require.

Calls from landlines are recommended to guarantee the number works however while being in the UK your mobile network should redirect 999 to the emergency services as well.

Note: you can also use 112