2026-07-11 –, The Seedbed
How do we transition from intense technical, political, and social alignment into long-term, sustained action? Closing out the D:Food/Web track, this 60-minute session steps away from structured presentations to harvest the collective wisdom generated over the last four days. Grounded in a live, community-drawn canvas co-created by participants throughout the week, this closing circle blends intuitive art with structured dialogue. Led by Jenni Ottilie Keppler alongside the track co-organizers, we will look back at our shared journey—from ethical tech frameworks and data sovereignty to somatic intelligence and AI curiosity engines—to map out our collective horizons, solidify cross-border partnerships, and anchor our work in a spirit of shared joy and resilience.
Session Overview:
- Gathering Around the Canvas (15 minutes): We will open the circle by anchoring the room around the ongoing, large-scale collective art piece co-created on the tables throughout the camp. Participants will look at the emergent illustrations, shared lessons, and patterns captured in colored pencil over the four days.
- Reflective Harvest & Open Mic (25 minutes): A facilitated open dialogue inviting international fellows and track attendees to share their core takeaways, unexpected moments of friction, and the deep insights that shifted their perspectives on technological sovereignty.
- Weaving Next Steps (15 minutes): Translating our collective sensemaking into real-world momentum. We will dedicate this time to pinning down future cross-platform integrations, collaborative research tracks, and upcoming shared resource flows.
- Closing Care Ritual (5 minutes): A brief, grounded closing moment to step away from our screens, honor the labor of the community, and celebrate the trust and relationships built across territories.
Anna Lynton is a designer, technologist, and community facilitator. Her work is rooted in supporting community autonomy, local innovation, and tech sovereignty, with roles across the open ag tech ecosystem including with OpenTEAM and the Grassroots Innovations Assembly for Agroecology. As a steward of Float, her work centers on decentralized governance, community-led processes, and advancing the autonomy of food producers.
Jenni [Yenni] is a Visual Scribe, Systems Thinker, and designer of the D:FOOD/WEB Track's ongoing Creative Sensemaking Space. Jenni focuses on creating playful, intuitive visual canvases that allow for mapping pathways for answering complex questions. Her aspiration is to invite and make space for joy in times of crisis.
For this year her focus is learning more about community-led governance.
She grew up outside of Berlin just an hour away from Alte Hölle but has always felt the call to the West Coast of North America. Since 2022 she has been living in the Cascadia Region and feels fully rooted on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, where she is a community organizer.
To be a fully happy human Jenni loves to spend her time with dance, nature connection, massage exchanges, and meaningful conversations.
She is part of the CGO Group (Community Governed Organizations) and the SEED Neighborhood Cooperative
Please check out her portfolio here:
www.OTTILIE.cc
To be filled out by Samuel