Research:Labs2/Hackathons/November 9th, 2013/Meetups

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Local and virtual meetups will take place across the globe. To participate in the hackathon, choose the meetup group that suits you best and add your name to the list of attendees. Note the if none of the local meetups will work for you, consider joining a virtual meetup group. You can also sign up for the local meetups (or create new ones) via meetup.com.

The meetup groups are split into groups based on common timezones. See global synchronization for more discussion about how groups will be able to work together despite timezone differences.


Date Friday, 8 Nov Saturday, 9 Nov Sunday, 10 Nov
hour (UTC) ... 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 ...
    Evanston, IL    
  Virtual (Asia/Oceania)    
Perth, AU    
    Virtual (Europe/Africa)    
  Oxford, UK      
  Rio de Janeiro, BR    
    Mannheim, DE  
      Virtual (Americas)  
    Minneapolis, MN  
    Seattle, WA  
    San Francisco, CA  

Key: scheduled timingapprox timingconference

Virtual groups[edit]

Asia/Oceania (0100-1000 UTC)[edit]

Virtual (Asia/Oceania)[edit]

If you can't make it to any of the locations, you can attend virtually. This group will meet online only.

Europe/Africa (0900-1800 UTC)[edit]

Virtual (Europe/Africa)[edit]

If you can't make it to any of the locations, you can attend virtually. This group will meet online only. Note that this group is still in need of a host.

Americas (1700-0200 UTC)[edit]

Virtual (Americas)[edit]

If you can't make it to any of the locations, you can attend virtually. This group will meet online only.

Local groups[edit]

Asia/Oceania (0100-1000 UTC)[edit]

Perth, AU[edit]

LauraHale will host a space in Perth, Australia. Details to be TBA.

Wuhan, China   [ create info page ][edit]

hanteng will (very likely) co-host a space with local researchers in Wuhan, China. Details to be TBA. only managed to have a close meetups with one local researcher. The outline and notes on the research discussion and questions will be shared soon. hanteng 汉腾 非常有可能和中国武汉当地研究者共同主持一研究交流聚会。议程待确定。

  • hanteng "廖汉腾"
  • Mr. Bing Zhang
  • Your name here... 「请留下您的称呼(ID或实名皆可)」

Europe/Africa (0900-1800 UTC)[edit]

Oxford, UK[edit]

Taha Yasseri will host a space at the Oxford Internet Institute.

Mannheim, DE[edit]

A meeting will be held by attendees at a Wikipedia workshop hosted by ZEW after 16:00 UTC+1 The meeting will convene in Café Bernstein. You can join at ZEW (L7,1) at 16:00 or any time after 16:30 (+/-) in the Café.

Americas (1700-0200 UTC)[edit]

Rio de Janeiro, BR[edit]

HAndrade (WMF) will host a space at a venue to be confirmed in Rio de Janeiro.

Minneapolis, MN[edit]

EpochFail and Nettrom will host a space in Keller Hall at the University of Minnesota.

Evanston, IL[edit]

Aaron Shaw will host a space on the Northwestern University campus (Friday, November 8 from 10am-6pm in the Northwestern Knight Lab (Fisk Hall, 1845 Sheridan Road, Room 111, Evanston, IL). Afterwards, participants are also invited to a reception at the Bat 17, a nearby bar/restaurant). Note that this hackathon will begin on November 8!

San Francisco, CA[edit]

DarTar will host a space at the Wikimedia Foundation headquarters.

Seattle, WA[edit]

Jtmorgan will host a space in Sieg Hall on the University of Washington.