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== Overview == | |||
November 7 - 9 2025 | '''From November 7 - 9 2025 the 15th Edition of Mozilla Festival was held in Barcelona, Spain at Poble Espanol.''' | ||
Mozilla Festival 2025 | '''Headline speakers included:''' | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGncgzccEtw 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. | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTrAzGu6Fu8 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. | |||
'''This year’s festival highlights included:''' | |||
* 2,195 attendees | |||
* Over 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 | |||
* ~3 Million reached across paid and organic digital platforms | |||
* the beginning of a new multi-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, and partners. | |||
For more information see: https://www.mozillafestival.org/ | |||
== 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. | |||
* [https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/what-we-do/grantmaking/incubator/ INCUBATOR]: Mozilla Foundation [https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/meet-mozilla/press-center/mozilla-experimental-incubator-launch/ announced] its new Incubator, which will help values-aligned technologies move from prototype to sustainability. | |||
** In 2025, this Incubator will give out $1 million in new AI & Democracy awards to address the urgent challenges artificial intelligence poses to democratic institutions, information ecosystems, and civic participation. | |||
* [https://datacollective.mozillafoundation.org MOZILLA DATA COLLECTIVE]: Mozilla Foundation announced the launch of the Mozilla Data Collective, a community-powered data value exchange that allows communities to benefit from and be compensated for their data. | |||
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8p2HNao_8 Watch the launch session] | |||
[[Category:Mozilla Festival]] | [[Category:Mozilla Festival]] | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
* [[Mozilla Festival]] | * [[Mozilla Festival]] | ||