Wikimania

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Wikimania conference logo, designed in 2006 by Tlogmer, text added by Guillom

Wikimania is a conference held yearly for users of the Wikimedia Foundation projects, including Wikipedia, Wikinews, etc.

The first conference was held in Frankfurt, Germany, on August 4-8, 2005. The second conference was held in Boston, USA (on August 4-6, 2006), the third one was held in Taipei, Taiwan (on August 3-5, 2007), the fourth Wikimania was held in Alexandria, Egypt (on July 17-19, 2008) and the fifth Wikimania 2009 was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina (on August 26-28). Wikimania 2010 will be held in Gdańsk, Poland (on July 9-11).

See also the Wikipedia article (in German, English, French, Indonesian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Chinese and Dutch).

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[edit] Past Wikimanias

[edit] Wikimania 2005

Wikimania 2005 was held in Frankfurt am Main from 4-8 August 2005.

[edit] Planning/Organization

General information:

  • Official wiki: wikimania2005.wikimedia.org
  • Location: Haus der Jugend, a youth hostel with conference rooms and on-site dorms in Frankfurt am Main
  • Attendance:
  • Conference languages: primarily English, German
  • Cost to attend:
  • Accommodation: on-site at the Haus der Jugend
  • Sponsors: [1]
  • Link to photos:
  • Media stories:

Program:

  • Keynote speakers: Jimmy Wales, Ward Cunningham, Richard Stallman, Ross Mayfield
  • Program information: Researchers and speakers presented studies and experiments on Wikipedia and other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, on wiki culture and technology, and on the world of free knowledge. The program included presentations, workshops, and tutorials to give an overview of the current state of research on wikis and free knowledge projects.
  • Link to CfP:
  • Link to program proceedings:
  • Session videos:
  • Pre- and post- conferences: A separate hacking days session for MediaWiki software developers and Wikimedia hardware maintainers was held on August 1-3.
  • WMF organizational meetings, special meetings: WMF Board panel, open to all conference attendees

Planning:

  • Lead organizers (note! - this is from memory, please add to and/or correct if necessary): Elian, Arne, Delphine -- local general organizers; Angela, Erik, sj, Jakob, Patrick, (others?) -- program; Austin, JamesF -- network, registration; many others, see Wikimania_2005_organisers
  • Planning wiki: mostly on meta
  • Program/registration software used: big pieces of paper on the floor for the program; in-house software written by Austin (?) for registration

[edit] Bid process

[edit] Suggestions/Comments

[edit] Wikimania 2006

Wikimania 2006 was held in Boston in USA on August 4-6, 2006.

General information:

  • Official wiki: wikimania2006.wikimedia.org.
  • Location: Harvard Law School campus buildings
  • Attendance:
  • Conference languages: English
  • Cost to attend:
  • Accommodation:
  • Sponsors: Berkman Center for Internet and Society (partner organization), [2]
  • Link to photos:
  • Media stories:

Program:

  • Keynote speakers: Jimmy Wales, Lawrence Lessig, Brewster Kahle, Mitch Kapor, David Weinberger
  • Program information:
  • Link to CfP:
  • Link to program proceedings:
  • Session videos:
  • Preconferences: Hacking Days beforehand (at OLPC, organized by Ivan Krstic); Citizen journalism post-conference
  • WMF organizational meetings, special meetings: WMF Board panel, open to all conference attendees, chapters meeting, more

Planning:

  • Lead organizers (note!please add to and/or correct if necessary): sj (local general organizer), Delphine (remote general organizer); phoebe (program chair); Austin (registration); Erica (at the Berkman center) (logistics); many others
  • Planning wiki: mostly on meta, teamwiki, some on the '06 wiki
  • Program/registration software used: Indico for the program/CFP (deployed and run by Ivan); '06 wiki for proceedings; in-house software written by Austin for registration


[edit] Wikimania 2007

Wikimania 2007 was held in Taipei on August 3-5, 2007.

General information:

  • Official wiki: wikimania2007.wikimedia.org
  • Location: Chien Tan Oversea Youth Activity Center, a youth hostel with integrated conference rooms and accommodation
  • Attendance:
  • Conference languages: English, Chinese
  • Cost to attend:
  • Accommodation: on-site at CTOYAC, some housed in hotels
  • Sponsors: [3]

Program:

  • Keynote speakers: Joi Ito
  • Program information:
  • Link to CfP:
  • Link to program proceedings:
  • Session videos:
  • Pre- and post- conferences: hacking days, citizen journalism days, WMF Board and Advisory Board retreat
  • WMF organizational meetings, special meetings: WMF Board panel, open to all conference attendees
  • Link to photos:
  • Media stories:

Planning:

  • Lead organizers (note!please add to and/or correct if necessary): [4], Theodoranian, KJ, (local general organizers); Delphine (
  • Planning wiki: mostly on teamwiki, some on the '07 wiki, lots of info in private documents
  • Program/registration software used:

[edit] Wikimania 2008

Wikimania 2008 banner
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Wikimania 2008 was held in Alexandria (Egypt) on July 17-19, 2008.

General information:

Program:

Planning:

  • Lead organizers (note! please add to and/or correct if necessary): Mido (local lead), Delphine (WMF), Biblioteca Alexandrina co-hosted
  • Planning wiki: mostly on teamwiki, some in the program software (pentabarf), some on the '08 wiki, lots in private documents
  • Program/registration software used: program software was pentabarf, registration was just a database and a form

[edit] Wikimania 2009

Wikimanía 2009 Logo

Wikimania 2009 is being held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 26-28, 2009.

General information:

  • Official wiki: wikimania2009.wikimedia.org
  • Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Attendance: 559+ (408 registered, 151 press, ?? sponsors)
  • Conference languages: English, Spanish
  • Cost to attend: USD 45 (early); USD 60 (late); see [5]
  • Accommodation: the Bauen Hotel
  • Sponsors: Full list

Program:

Planning:

  • Lead organizers (note!please add to and/or correct if necessary): Patricio Lorente (lead organizer); Carlos Barcenilla (program); many others
  • Planning wiki: Teamwiki, wikimania2009.wikimedia.org and OCS
  • Program/registration software used: Open Conference Systems installed on the wikimania2009 site by the devs: [6]
  • Bid page:: Buenos Aires

[edit] Future Wikimanias

[edit] Wikimania 2010

Wikimania 2010 will be held in Gdańsk, Poland, in 9-11 July 2010.

General information:

Planning:

[edit] Location choice and bids

[edit] bid process and history

[edit] Jury and criteria

The Wikimania Jury is a group of some 5-15 people who review the submitted bids, public Q&A, and other feedback, and selects the best bid to host Wikimania.

Some past juries:

[edit] Suggestions and comments

[edit] 2005

[edit] 2006

[edit] 2007

[edit] 2008

[edit] Getting involved

Suggestions for getting involved....

  • in this year's wikimania
  • in next year's wikimania
  • unofficial advice for putting in a bid
  • unofficial advice for running a wikimania -- User:Phoebe/Wikimania
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