[Open Design & Hardware] Invitation to lead a session at Mozfest this Oct in London

Christian Villum christian.villum at okfn.org
Mon Aug 5 09:35:00 UTC 2013


Very exciting, I'd love to be part of putting a proposal together.
Anyone else planning to go?

-Christian

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On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Kat Braybrooke <kat.braybrooke at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello Open Design + Hardware leaders!
>
> The time for official Mozfest call-outs has come, and I'd like to
> cordially invite each of you as makers, designers, culture hackers and community
> leaders to help lead this year's Mozilla Festival from October 25 - 27 in
> London, UK by proposing a session for our "Build Webmaker Together"
> track!
>
> What is MozFest like? Picture hundreds of passionate people—journalists,
> coders, community leaders, filmmakers, designers, educators, gamers from
> all over the world—immersed in interactive sessions at a cutting-edge media
> and design school on the Thames for 3 days of skill-sharing designed to
> foster collaboration, participation and social change. Come with a concept
> you want to make real, and we'll connect you with a community of fiercely
> unconventional technologists and creators eager to share their skills and
> nurture your ideas. This year, there will be 10 tracks exploring
> different themes from journalism to games to education, with lots of
> hands-on making, fun times, peer learning and epic coffee!
>
> And in the 'Build Webmaker Together' track, we believe  the web is still
> wild. We'll co-design its future with hackable  projects, new memes and
> creativity remixed with digital tools. This   track is all about making and
> co-creation, building creative and wonderful things together that help
> change the world. We'll use the Webmaker.org online toolset and digital
> design methods ranging from the  beautiful to the crazy, with an emphasis
> on participatory, hands-on  sessions that integrate art, film, remix,
> memes, culture hacking and new  perspectives. Details on what we are
> looking for can be found on our planning pad:
> https://webmaker.etherpad.mozilla.org/mozfest2013build
>
>         The call for proposals is now open, and we would love to see you l
> ead a session and help make the "Build Webmaker Together" track one of
> our most vibrant. Send your ideas before the August 31st deadline at
> http://sessions.mozillafestival.org/ and do ping me when you've submitted
> so I can be sure to give your work the attention it deserves. If you'd
> rather participate than lead, the general Mozfest registration form can
> also be found here: http://mzl.la/mozfest13-register
>
>         Already looking forward to Building Webmaker Together this year.
> Let the festival celebrations and world-changing begin!
>
>         // Kat Braybrooke
>         Hacking Popular Culture Liaison, Mozilla
>         kat at mozillafoundation.org
>
>         PS. For those in London, we're hosting a friendly get-together at
> the Mozilla Office for drinks + session chat on Aug 14th at 7pm:
> https://sendto.mozilla.org/page/s/august-mozpub
>         PPS. Please also feel free to forward this to anyone else who you
> think is awesome and might be interested in leading a session at Mozfest!
>
>
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