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Please note:

  • This schedule may be adjusted as we get closer to the conference.
  • There will be enhanced security (bag checks), so please arrive ahead of time if possible so we can start the program (and, on Saturday and Sunday, so that you can snag the tastiest pastries and piping hot coffee).
  • All attendees are requested to observe the Chatham House Rule: information shared at the event may be used freely, but the identity of speakers and their organizations must not be disclosed. This allows participants to speak candidly without their comments being attributed to them personally. Journalists will also have the opportunity for one-on-one interviews with participants who wish to speak on the record.

UPDATE:

  • Please note that WikiCredCon 2026 Saturday in-person check-in begins at 8:15 AM, at roughly the same time. Be sure to give yourself plenty of time to check in for the conference so we can start on time, and, most importantly, you have a chance at snagging the best pastries.

Friday, April 10

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Time Activity
1 PM – 3 PM Guided walking tours of San Francisco:
  • Discover the Presidio. The Presidio is one of the best preserved historic sites of San Francisco, dating from 1776. Today it is a national park located on the Bay. The tour is offered by SF City Guides - a nonprofit affiliated with the SF Public library. Suggested donation of $25 USD - $30 USD / person. Sign up at the link, selecting the tour date of April 10. If you'd like a ride from and back to the Internet Archive, please message Elena Lappen (talk)
  • Join local Wikimedians on a visit of the de Young museum (please message E mln e (talk) to join).
1 PM – 4 PM Self-guided exploration of San Francisco (suggestions):

Meet on the steps of the Internet Archive (do not go inside until registration).

5:15 PM – 6 PM Registration and security checks at Internet Archive Clement Street entrance (Google Maps link, what3words link).
  • Give yourself time to register and pass through event security, as dinner starts at 6 PM.
6 PM – 7 PM Group Dinner at Internet Archive
7 PM – 8:30 PM Lightning Talks, Session 1/4 — 10 talks (~5 min each)
8:45 PM Day 1 closing

Saturday, April 11

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Time Activity Speaker(s)
8:15 AM – 9 AM Registration and security checks at Internet Archive Clement Street entrance.
  • Do try to give yourself some extra time to check in.
9 AM – 9:40 AM Breakfast and Intros Organizing team
9:40 AM – 10 AM Lightning Talks, Session 2/4 — 3 talks (5 min + 1 min transition each) Various
10:10 AM – 10:55 AM 45-min talk + Q&A
  • Wiki Education's work with generative AI and Wikipedia editing
  • Slides had some non-free images so can't be uploaded to Commons, but were drawn from this blog post
 LiAnna Davis
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM 20-min talk + Q&A
  • Teaching research literacy and identifying reliable sources
Presentation on reliability and research literacy at WikiCredCon 2026.
 Jamie Flood
11:25 AM – 11:45 AM 20-min talk + Q&A
  • Operationalizing information integrity — lessons from Wikimedia Argentina
 Margarita Trovato
12 PM – 12:45 PM Workshop (45 min):

  • Resource Building: "How do we address today's issues around manipulated content and reliable sources?"

Checking for manipulated content and reliable source quality on Wikimedia has gotten harder with the deletion or degradation of government data and the creativity of generative AI. What are all the issues and how can Wikimedians address them in practical ways? Let's collect our stories (like this one, this, or this) and start thinking about how to build a community-based mitigation/response model.

  • Please bring your laptops or be prepared to share with others. Session topic reflects conference survey requests and input.
 Connie Moon Sehat
12:45 PM – 2 PM Lunch + Plenary Fireside Chat Mark Graham w/ special guest
2 PM – 2:45 PM Panel (45 min)
  • Credibility After Search — How Editors, Educators, Journalists, and Toolmakers Respond to AI
2:45 PM – 3 PM Break
3 PM – 3:20 PM 20-min talk + Q&A SuperHamster (Kevin Payravi) and SuperGrey
3:20 PM – 4 PM 20-min talk + Q&A
  • WikiSignals.org — Spreading Credibility. We are building the reliability infrastructure for the internet. Join us. The WikiSignals collaboration's new tool helps editors evaluate reference reliability (project info).
 Barrett Golding
4 PM – 4:20 PM Break
4:20 PM – 5:05 PM Workshop (45 min)
  • Co-working on content credibility tools using AI for fact checking with the Wikimedia Enterprise API. We will have a 20 minute exercise and a subsequent discussion of what the role of AI systems can and should be in protecting information integrity. Please bring your laptop or tablets to participate if possible.
 Swapneel Mehta
5:05 PM – 5:25 PM Lightning Talks, Session 3/4 — 3 talks (5 min + 1 min transition each) Various
5:30 PM – 6:45 PM Dinner
  • 5-minute Wikimedia Dinner Theater: Jennifer 8. Lee, Moving the RSP list into individual pages
6:45 PM – 8 PM Panel + breakout discussions (75 minutes)
  • The Future of Reliable Information Online: How Wikimedia is responding to trends in readers and editors, data attribution and reuse in AI, and government regulation
 Wikimedia Foundation
8 PM – 8:30 PM Day 2 closing + unconference theme selection (goal: surface 8 themes for Sunday breakouts)

Sunday, April 12

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Time Activity Speaker(s)
8:15 AM – 9 AM Registration and security checks at Internet Archive Clement Street entrance.
9 AM – 9:45 AM Breakfast
9:30 AM – 9:55 AM Lightning Talks, Session 4/4
  • 4 talks; start during breakfast
 Various
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM Plenary:
  • Discuss breakouts and organization.
  • Highlight themes from Days 1 & 2 (on whiteboard).
10:30 AM – 12 PM Breakout 1/2 — 8–10 teams on themes surfaced so far at WikiCredCon
12 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch + Presentations:
  • Addressing Reliability in an Era of Information Erosion (Joan Donovan)
  • Special presentation by Electronic Frontier Foundation / Fight for the Future
 Various
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM
  • Internet Archive Lightning Talk 1 (5 min)
  • Internet Archive Lightning Talk 2 (5 min)
1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Breakout 2/2
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Recap of breakout sessions — next steps, online meetups, project follow-through Organizers
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Closing — what's next for WikiCredCon and WikiCred, how to stay in touch, feedback survey Organizers
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