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28 – 30 April, 2023
Hyderabad, India


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Themes
  • Diversity
  • Collaboration
  • Technology
  • Wikimedia Vibrance
  • Engagement & Growth

The program for WikiConference has introduced a design that focuses on a single theme per session. The WCI program aims to build connections across interests, and ideas and identify requirements that are critical to the success of our movement in our region. All the sessions are divided into five different sub-themes.

Day 0

On 27th April, participants will arrive one day before the conference begins at the hotel and gather for the opening dinner on the premises at 7 pm.





Friday, 28 April 2023

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Day 1
Time Sessions Type
9:00 am - 9:30 am Opening to the conference:
Welcome & Introductions
Housekeeping (including timekeeping)
T&S Announcement (Shared in advance)
Maryana’s opening remarks
Organizers' Briefing
Diversity
9:30 am - 10:30 am How do we become more diverse as a movement? Panel Discussion
10:30 am - 11:30 am Towards increasing diversity Learning Activity
11:30 am - 12:00 noon Announcements & Tea Break


12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Journey of Santali Wikipedia, challenges and possibility Indic Community Showcase
(Room: Istana)
Encouraging the community to work on bridging Gender gap and diversity- a practitioner's story Indic Community Showcase
(Room: Deori)
Introduction of Doteli language and Wikipedia
Language: English, Doteli, and Hindi
Gujarati community - Audiobooks project
Promoting Assamese Wikipedia: The role and duties of Wikipedians
Language: Assamese
Kashmiri Wikipedia's Story
Writing for wiki-my experiences
Language: Telugu
Welcoming Angika Wikipedia
Q&A Q&A
Collaboration
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm Tamil Wikisource 2016-2022
Language: Tamil/English
Indic Showcase
(Room: Istana)
Relicensing and Digitisation Indic Showcase
(Room: Deori)
The story behind the creation of a dictionary and encyclopedia for endangered language
/Kannada/Tulu
Ten years of Assamese Wikisource
Language: Assamese
Strengthening the bonds by holding each other's hands IIAB, an introduction and necessary modification
Language: English/Hindi
Reflection and Q&A Reflection and Q&A


1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch


2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Engaging with partners in the movement! South Asia edition
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Wikimedia Foundation APP conversation - Focus on collaboration with SA Communities Panel Discussion
3:15 pm - 3:25 pm Break & Transfers


3:25 pm - 3:50 pm Feminism and Folklore
Language: Tamil/English
Global Showcase
(Room: Istana)
ESEAP Hub Global Showcase
(Room: Deori)
WikiLearn Language Diversity Hub
Wikisource Loves Manuscripts Let's Connect
Reflection and Q&A Reflection and Q&A
3:50 PM - 4:50 pm Strengthening the bonds through peer support for targets of harassment Workshop
(Room: Istana)
Digital Security Basics
Workshop
(Room: Deori)
4:50 pm - 5:00 pm Recap of Day and Intro to Day 2


5:00 pm - 5:45 pm Cultural Performance
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Dinner

Saturday, 29 April 2023

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Day 2
Time Sessions Type
Technology
9:00 am to 9:10 am Announcements and Day's overview
9:10 am to 10:10 am Role of Technology in Open Knowledge Panel Discussion
10:10 am to 10:40 am Indic Wikimedia Developers User Group Showcase
Smart way to improve the Wikimedia contribution by using Tech tools - Spell4Wiki, SpotWikiEdit, QuickWiktionary
Langugage: English/Tamil
The usage of Pywikibot in Tamil Wikisource
Langugage: English/Tamil
10:40 am to 11:00 am Tea Break
11:00 pm - 12:00 pm How to map and bridge the knowledge gaps in health-related articles on Wikipedia? Indic Community Showcase
(Room: Istana)
Localisation Tools Presentation(Room: Deori)
Wiki Loves Literature/Hindi Content Translation Workshop Workshop
(Room: Deori)


How Data donation to Wikidata helps Wikimedia projects
"Wiki_Patrika"- a community e-megazine
Language: Hindi/Assamese
Q&A
Gender Gap in leadership with respect to South Asia
Reimagining Oral Citations through Open Culture and filmmaking
Wiki For Human Rights/Climate Change Global Showcase
(Room: Istana)
Wikibase
Q&A
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm Break & Transfers
12:10 pm - 1:10 pm Sip and Chat with the Wikimedia Foundation Leadership and Board of Trustees Panel Discussion
1:10 pm - 1:15 pm Introduction to the upcoming parallel sessions
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Lunch
Wikimedia Vibrance
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Wikimedia Vibrance Panel Discussion
(Room: Istana)
Modeling our languages with Lexemes Extended Workshop
(Room: Deori)
3:15 pm - 3:40 pm Wiki Loves Photographs - How to photograph monuments and food Showcase
(Room: Istana)
3:40 pm - 4:00 pm Linking Wikidata with Wikivoyage
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm Structured Data in Wikidata and Commons
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Closing, Next Steps and Information on Special Dinner/Day 3
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Tea Break
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Unconference (Istana and Deori)
7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Special Dinner

Sunday, 30 April 2023

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Day 3
Time Sessions Type
9:00 am - 9:50 am Group Photo
9:50 am - 10:00 am Day Overview and Excursion Update
Engagement & Growth
10:00 am - 11:00 am Engagement & Growth Panel Discussion
11:00 am - 11:20 am Break
Future
11:20 am - 12:20 pm Feedback session Activity
12:20 pm - 1:00 pm Celebrating Bonds and WikiCelebrate Workshop
1:00 pm - 1:20 pm Closing Notes/Speech
1:20 pm onwards Late Lunch and departure for excursion
7:30 pm - 10 pm