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Mozfest 2014
This is the sister page to http://2014.mozillafestival.org/ where people can ask questions about travel, suggest venues to hold fringe events and share local London recommendations such as restaurants and pubs. If you want to be more involved in the festival in areas such as the science fair, or have any questions, please let the festival team know at festival@mozilla.org
Festival information
Mozilla festival opens at 18:00 on Friday the 24th of October for registration at Ravensbourne College on Greenwich penninsula.
The first night will start with some welcoming remarks and the science fair will kick the weeks festivities off. The science fair is a chance for participating groups to set up a booth and share with the wandering audience what their organisation is really about.
Saturday and Sunday will open each morning with key notes and then the focus is Sessions, Sessions and more Sessions. The weekends schedule will be released the week preceeding the festival.
Sunday night closes the festival weekend with a Demo party where selected sessions will demo what they built over the weekend.
MoCo involvement in Mozfest
Everyone is welcome to attend Mozfest. There is a free sign-up form<https://sendto.mozilla.org/page/s/mozilla-festival-2014-staff-sign-up> for MoCo staff and if you're bringing volunteers, contact the festival team and we'll sort you out. Travel and accommodation are the responsibility of your team (you can book using Egencia) and there is some recommended hotels outlined below.
Recommended Hotels
The Mozfest Team and MoFo staff are staying in The Park Plaza Westminister Bridge Hotel. Currently we are negoiating a Mozilla Rate for further bookings. Once this is confirmed I will add details here.
Other suggested Hotels
- Citizen M http://www.citizenm.com/
- Central Hotel in Southwark, a few stops from Ravensbourne College on the Jubilee line. Mention Mozfest when booking
- Mondrian Hotel- Sea containser https://www.morganshotelgroup.com/mondrian/mondrian-london/explore
- Working on a discount here too so will update this as soon as we have a festival room rate. This is a brand new hotel opening in October in South Bank
Fringe Events around Mozfest
There are a lot of events taking place in London around the weekend of the 24th - 26th of October. In the coming weeks we will create a page on the main Mozilla festival website and I will add the link to upload your own events on this page. In the meantime please add your events here on this page.
Fringe Events Venue suggestions
Whether you are holding a meeting, a conference or a party when in London we have some suggested venues for you to hire.
- Mondrian Hotel https://www.morganshotelgroup.com/mondrian/mondrian-london/meetings-events which
- has 5 meeting rooms inter-connected and a theatre style space
- Arts Club http://www.1901artsclub.com/venue-hire.html
- Rent an entire Georgian House for your event
- Covent Garden Hotelhttps://www.morganshotelgroup.com/originals/originals-st-martins-lane-london
- 2 meeting rooms across the road from the Mozilla LDN office
- Wallace Space http://www.wallacespace.com/
- Traditional meeting rooms in central London
- South Bank http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/
- Famous venue along the South Bank of the river
Suggested Restaurants and Party Venues
- St Johns https://www.stjohngroup.uk.com/
- Famous English Restaurant not suitable for Vegetarians or Vegans
- Tibits http://www.tibits.ch/en/home.html
- Vegetarian and vegan restaurant in central London
- Dishoom http://www.dishoom.com/
- Bombay street food, with one restaurant in Covent Garden and the other in Shoreditch
- Mangle1 http://www.mangal1.com/
- Delicious Turkish Ocak Basi in Dalson, worth the trip but not suitable for big groups
- Duck and Waffle http://duckandwaffle.com/
- For the dramatic views over london