ESEAP Conference 2024/Report/Kanzcech

It was my first experience attending ESEAP Conference 2024 at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. I attended as scholarship recipient from Indonesia.

Participants from Malaysia and Indonesia

Things learned at the conference

ESEAP Hub

By participating at the ESEAP Conference I get to know more about ESEAP Hub, its activities, committee, members, and future plans.

Various Wikimedia projects and activities

One of the benefits that I get from this conference is becoming more familiar with various Wikimedia projects that I have never learned before, such as Wikidata project for preserving languages. I also have the priviledge to learn from various participants from different countries, wiki clubs and communities who have held amazing activities and projects over the years. Moreover, the conference also serves as a platform to try new Wikimedia projects and collaborate with other Wikimedians in the ESEAP region and across the world.

Diversity of culture, people and languages

During the three-day conference I was captivated by the beauty of Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah, Malaysia. I was eager to explore the diversity Kota Kinabalu offers and appreciate the beauty of different culture, people and languages. We are lucky to visit Mari Mari Cultural Village to learn more about Sabah, its traditional people and culture. Moreover, I also met many new Wikimedians across the region with their own unique sets of culture, languages, and experiences.

Cultural village trip

Things the participant contributed or participated in or since the conference

As Speaker

My lightning talk session

At ligtning talk session (Day 2), I present my experience in creating a wiki club at Universitas Brawijaya titled Creating a wiki club in a university & encouraging students' engagement on wikimedia projects. Using the case study of Universitas Brawijaya, I share my experiences, opportunities and challenges in creating and maintaining a wiki club at the university level and supporting my students to engage with Wikimedia projects.

As a participant

Indonesian scholars and participants at the ESEAP conference

As a participant, I attended the following sessions:

Pre-conference: Thursday, 09 May 2024

• Welcome Sunset Reception & Dinner and Cultural performance

I come late to the welcome dinner due to evening flight.

Day 1: Friday, 10 May 2024

• Opening Ceremony
• ESEAP Hub (1) – Introduction
• Wikidata

1. Can Oral Hokkien Language be Written? How Can Wikidata help?
2. Wikidata Data Partnerships: Use Cases for the Region

• Language workshop

1. Harmonizing Voices with WikiTutur: Wiktionary and Lingua Libre Collaboration for Language Preservation

• GLAM

1. WikiNaskah: Digitization of Manuscripts as a Massive Effort to Provide Resources for the Development of the Sundanese Wikisource (Wikipabukon)
2. Wikimedia Australia’s Partnership with Alice Springs Public Library: Adding an Image Collection to Wikimedia Commons
3. Lisa's Wikipedia Bookclub and other initiatives from Aotearoa New Zealand

• Cultural Village Trip Activities at Mari Mari Cultural Village

Day 2: Saturday, 11 May 2024

• ESEAP Hub (2) – Meetup
• Equity

1. Indonesian Vulgarities in Wiktionary
2. Women@Work: More than Just a Wikimedia Contribution

• Malay Heritage

1. How to Encourage Women in Mainland China to Actively Participate in the Wikimedia Global Movement

• Malay Heritage

1. Preserving The Manuscripts Of The Malay World Using Wikisource
2. WikiMelayu: Inheriting the Malay AudioVisual Heritage of North Sumatra
3. Transforming Boarding School Students through Wikipedia

• Campaigns

1. Optimizing the Role of Social Media as a Learning and Collaboration Platform
2. Burn out! – Experience of Taiwan GLAM Program
3. WikiDunong: An Eduwiki Initiative in the Philippines
4. Beyond Borders, Beyond Images: The Impact of the Commons Photography User Group's Activities and Partnerships on Global Knowledge Sharing
5. Beyond Borders, Beyond Images: The Impact of the Commons Photography User Group's Activities and Partnerships on Global Knowledge Sharing

• Live Band, Karaoke Party, Dinner Buffet, and Game Session

Day 3: Sunday, 12 May 2024

• Around our Region

1. WikiRenjana: Perpetuating Sundanese Culinary on Wikibooks Indonesia to Maintain Cultural Heritage
2. What is WANZ?
3. Human Rights Day in the Philippines: A Community Outreach
4. Facing the Heritage Language Crisis, We Provide Promotion and Teaching through Wikipedia
5. Uniting networks for free knowledge

• Copyright

1. Free the Freedom of Panorama in ESEAP
2. Awareness of Copyright Issues in South Korea
3. VideoCutTool: Streamlining Video Campaigns on Wikimedia Commons

• ESEAP Hub (3) – Future Plan
• ESEAP Hub (4) – The Plan
• Closing Ceremony

Future plans

1. Be more involved at the regional level by attending regional conference/meetups/workshop in the future
2. Have collaborative project(s) with Wikimedians in the ESEAP region
3. Encourage students at my university and others to engage more with Wikimedia projects
4. Utilize my knowledge and experience from this conference to contribute to Wikimedia projects and communities

Comments/suggestions about the conference

I would like to thank the organizers, ESEAP committee, volunteers, and participants for making the conference possible. Overall I am satisfied with the conference, the accommodation, and food/beverages provided, although I have some comments and suggestions to improve in the future.

• Time management should be improved. There are several delays due to various reasons and one event (cultural village trip) was organized in late evening. In my opinion, it would be better to organize the trip on less hectic day in the afternoon (or morning).
• Alongside participants' reports, there should be an organizing committee report posted at the Meta-wiki page detailing what they have done, what went well/wrong, budget management, and lessons learned. So everyone can access and may provide input on what should and could be done to improve the conference.
• Provide contact person(s) phone number so we know exactly who we should contact in case of emergency, flight delays, airport transfers, lost & found, etc.