MozFest Virtual 2023 & MozFest House: Amsterdam

Emergent Encounters Movement Building Happy Hour 1
Language: English (mozilla)

Welcome to the Emergent Encounters Gardens of MozFest! The internet is like a garden: a living, breathing ecosystem that's constantly in flux. And just like a garden, we have to take care of the internet. We have to nurture it, protect it and preserve it for future generations. That's where you come in - we’re inviting you to be a gardener!

Take the opportunity to explore the four gardens and meet fellow gardeners, review seedlings that have been planted or ask any questions you may have to one of the available botanists. Transform any ideas you may have by sowing your seeds so that it can blossom into a fruitful encounter!

At the Happy Hours, we then celebrate the fruits of today’s reaping. Every day we focus on one of the themed gardens and the seeds that have been planted during the day: share best practices and insights, take a break and have a chat, get inspired and meet with fellow gardeners. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to share a fun activity, have a laugh together and there’s ample space to build on something you’ve got brewing.

After each Happy Hour, the botanists will gather your seeds of ideas and perspectives and plant it in the Greenhouse for one big final harvesting party on Friday!

See also: Spatial Chat

Philo van Kemenade creates tools, stories and things in between to amplify human connection with arts and culture. At Gradual, he is helping communities around the world connect and exchange over common interests. He works on innovative user interfaces for audiovisual collections at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.