3rd Wikimedia Technology Summit (WTS 2024)/Programme

Wiki Tech for All: Empowering Voices, Expanding Horizons

Mini Hackathon WTS2024 on Thursday, October 3rd at the KRB Auditorium, 4th Floor, Kohli Center on Intelligent Systems (KCIS) at IIIT Hyderabad.

Halls
Istana Ballroom (120 people)	Deori Ballroom (80 people)	Drawing room (40 people)

Day 1


WIKIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT 2024 - DAY 1
TIME	SESSIONS
9:00 - 10:00 AM	Welcome address -- Prof. PJ Narayan The Journey of Wikimedia Technology Summit (WTS)] - Professor Vasudeva Varma, IIITH Introduction to WTS 2024 & Key objectives - Dr Radhika Mamidi,IIITH Wikimedia Foundation's Product and Technology Strategy: An Overview by Praveen Das, WMF Selena Deckelmann (Pre recorded video) on WMF product and tech priority viz a viz south aisa as a region Wikimedia Technology Summit 2024 Essentials: Guideline & Program Overview -- Satdeep Gill (WMF) & Kaveri
10:00 - 10:20 AM	Center\|Introduction to the Wikimedia Movement
10:20 - 10:40 AM	State of Indic Wikimedia Communities (including various Wikimedia projects)
10:40 - 11:00 AM	TEA BREAK
11:00 - 12:05 PM	AI's Impact: A Balancing Act - Panel Discussion
12:10 - 12:35 PM	Shata Sahasra Yagam- By the Community For the Community (Swecha)
12:35 - 13:00 PM	{{Center\|AI based solutions for digital inclusion}} -- Prof. Poonam Goyal from BITS Pilani
1:00- 2:00 PM	LUNCH
2:15 - 2:35 PM	Connecting Data Inspiring Change: Open Data Kerala - Manoj Karingamadathil
2:35 - 2:55 PM	OSGeo-India and community - Talk
2:55 - 3:30 PM	Wikimedia Community lightning talks 1. Empowering Indigenous Voices: Wikimedia’s Role in the International Decade of Indigenous Languages - Boli Cheto 2. Tech for digitizing oral culture on Wikimedia projects - Amrit Sufi 3. From Learner to Leader:My path in Digitization and Wikisource - Kavitha Ganesh, Babitha Shetty 4. Effectiveness of Wikipedia in education as a platform of improving the cognitive ability among students - Pavanaja 5. Wiki Club Journey - Shreya, Dev, Akshat
3:30 - 4:15 PM	Latest features and tools by the Wikimedia Foundation -- Niharika Kohli (WMF) and Sudhanshu Gautam (WMF)
4:15 - 4:35 PM	TEA BREAK
Breakouts	Beginners - Deori Ballroom	Advanced Users - Drawing room
4:35- 5:35 PM	Demo: Tools and Gadgets for Editing Wikipedia, Commons and Wikidata - Ranjithsiji	OpenRefine Workshop: Working with wikitext and structured data on Wikimedia Commons - Workshop - Gnoeee
5:35 - 6:30 PM	'Unconference spaces / Meetups / Free Time'
6:30 PM - 7.30 PM	Cultural Programme
7:30 PM- 10:00 PM	DINNER

Day 2


WIKIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT 2024 - DAY 2
TIME	SESSIONS
9:15-9:30 AM	Recap of Day 1 and Day 2 Schedule
9:30 - 10:30 AM	Addressing Gender Gap in Wikimedia Technology: Panel Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 AM	TEA BREAK
Breakouts	Event Hall Istana Ballroom (120 people)	Event Hall Deori Ballroom (80 people)	Drawing room (40 people)
11:05 - 11:35 PM	Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group (Annual Plan and Updates) - Navya Sri & Vasanth Gopa	Mobile Editing and Growth - Pavan Santhosh (CIS)	Unconference
11:35 - 12:05 PM	Empowering Grassroots Initiatives through Wikimedia (VGLUG)	Data Visualisation tool for WikiProjects Growth Analysis - Mahima Agarwal
12:05 - 12:30 PM	GROUP PHOTO
12:30 - 1:30 PM	LUNCH
Breakouts	Event Hall Istana Ballroom (120 people)	Event Hall Deori Ballroom (80 people)	Drawing room (40 people)
			Tech Helpdesk / Feedback room
1:30 - 1:45 PM	Demo on Voice and Image based User Scripts - Neechalkaran	Ambiguous Pronoun Resolution on Wikipedia Texts
1:45 - 2:00 PM		Internet-in-a-Box, Delivering Wikipedia to Locations Without Internet - Suyash.dwivedi
2:00 - 2:15 PM		Requirement of Mobile App for Wikivoyage Users - Rangan Datta Wiki
2:15 - 2:30 PM	Multiple languages & Internationalisation: Translation Administration on Wikimedia projects - Aafi	IndicWiki content Generation - Jayant
2:30 - 2:45 PM		MT tools for Indian languages - Vandan Mujadia
2:45 - 3:00 PM		Tech for Good: The Road to Wiki and Its Impact on Empowering Future Developers - Ankit Kumar Verma
2:50 - 3:30 PM	TEA BREAK
3:30 - 4:15 PM	Hackathon Showcase
4:15 - 5:15 PM	Future of Wikimedia and Open Source Technology in Indic languages
5:15 - 5:35PM	Next Steps and Vote of Thanks By Krupal Kasyap (IndicWiki) and Dr.Radhika Mamidi (IIIT-H):
5:35 - 7:30 PM	Unconference spaces / Free Time
7:30 PM onwards	SOCIAL DINNER