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Mark Surman (Mozilla), Nils Gilman (Berggruen Institute), and Zizi Papacharissi (University of Illinois-Chicago) discuss how technology can work for democracy at a panel on Day 1 of the Technology and Democracy Conference 2025. Professor Gina Neff, Executive Director of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, moderates the conversation.

Mark Surman is President of Mozilla, the global nonprofit advocating for a more open, equitable internet. Mark has spent three decades building a better internet, from the advent of the web to the rise of AI. Mark was Executive Director of the Mozilla Foundation for 15 years, and also led the creation of Mozilla.ai (a commercial AI R&D lab) and Mozilla Ventures (an impact venture fund with a strong focus on AI).

Nils Gilman is CEO and Executive Vice President of Programmes at the Berggruen Institute where he directs activities and leads the institute's research program. Nils also serves as Deputy Editor of Noema Magazine. Nils was previously Associate Chancellor at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of several books, including most recently: Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for an Age of Crises (2024).

Dr Zizi Papacharissi is UIC Distinguished Professor of Communication and Political Science at the University of Illinois-Chicago and Department Head of Communication. She is also University Scholar and Affiliate Faculty with the Discovery Partners Institute at the University of Illinois System. Her work focuses on the social and political consequences of online media. She has published 10 books, including: After Democracy: Imaging our political future (2021) and the edited volume Trump and the Media (2018). Zizi is the founding and current Editor of the open access journal Social Media & Society.

Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy: https://www.mctd.ac.uk/