Mozfest/2025
< Mozfest
Overview
The 15th Edition of Mozilla Festival was held at Poble Espanol in Barcelona, Spain, Nov 7 - 9.
Inspired by the 2025 theme of "Unlearning", over 2000 people came together to unlearn the old rules of the internet to imagine new ways to build, connect, and create together. Headline speakers included:
- Ruha Benjamin - Renowned scholar, Dr. Ruha Benjamin, joined Mozilla Foundation’s Executive Director, Nabiha Syed, for a conversation on imagination as an act of radical possibility and a path to new futures.
- Chelsea Manning - The activist and whistleblower shared how her journey—from classified military intelligence to public whistleblowing to life as a network security advocate—has been defined not by what she learned, but by what she had the courage to unlearn.
For more festival highlights see: https://www.mozillafestival.org/en/2025-highlights/
Notable numbers for Mozilla Festival 2025:
- 2,195 attendees
- More than 230 sessions over 3 days
- Participants from 79 countries, 81% who attended the festival for the first time
- Global press presence like TIME and The Guardian, and national Spanish media
- The beginning of a new 3-year partnership with the City of Barcelona
Every one of those numbers reflects the collective strength of Mozilla: from our community, wranglers, and volunteers to our program, production, strategy, comms, platforms, people, legal, finance teams, and partners.
News Announcements at MozFest 2025
- THREE YEAR PARTNERSHIP: Mozilla Foundation Executive Director, Nabiha Syed, and Barcelona’s, Deputy Mayor, Jordi Valls, signed a three-year partnership to host Mozilla Festival in the city through 2027, celebrating Barcelona’s leadership in advancing an open and inclusive digital future.
- MOZILLA DATA COLLECTIVE: The official launch of Mozilla Data Collective, a community-powered data value exchange that allows communities to benefit from and be compensated for their data. (Watch the launch session)
- INCUBATOR: Mozilla Foundation announced its new Incubator, which will help values-aligned technologies move from prototype to sustainability. In 2026, this Incubator will give out $1million in new AI & Democracy awards to address the urgent challenges artificial intelligence poses to democratic institutions, information ecosystems, and civic participation.