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Wikimania 2008 was held in Alexandria (Egypt) on July 17-19, 2008.

General information:

Official wiki: wikimania2008.wikimedia.org.
Location: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Attendance: 625, with quite a few local Egyptians coming and learning about the projects too.
Conference languages: English
Cost to attend: Registration; for a Wikimedia contributor the early bird price was ? and regular registration was ?
Accommodation: Delta Hotel (61 rooms), Windsor Hotel (77 rooms), Metropole Hotel (66 rooms) and Saint marc dorms (around 500 beds)
(Un)official theme song: I Will Revise

Program:

Keynote speakers: Ismail Serageldin, Elaine Metni, Ahmed Tantawi^[1].
Program information: Schedule
Link to CfP: Call for Participation
Link to program proceedings:
Preconferences:
WMF organizational meetings, special meetings: WMF Board panel, open to all conference attendees
Session videos Kaltura,Archived Video Streams, Bibalex Downloads
Program software used:
Program review process used:
Themes: (4 tracks) Wikimedia Communities; Free Knowledge; Technical infrastructure; Scientific track.
Types of submissions: presentations, workshops/open discussions, panels, posters, artistic artifacts.
Parallel sessions: 4-5
Program committee:

Media:

Planning:

Lead organizers (note! please add to and/or correct if necessary): Mido (local lead), Delphine (WMF), Biblioteca Alexandrina co-hosted
Planning wiki: mostly on teamwiki, some in the program software (pentabarf), some on the '08 wiki, lots in private documents
Program/registration software used: program software was pentabarf, registration was just a database and a form
Planning mailing list:
Bid page:: Alexandria (Bids)

Budget and funding:

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اسڪالرشپ بجيٽ:
Total scholarships awarded:
Link to budget breakdown:
Funds from the WMF:
Sponsors:Open Society Institute, WikiHow. Benefactors: Hp, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Raya, Intel, ACT, Kaltura. Friends: Onkosh. Supporters: Wikia Gaming, Wikia Entertainement, eSpace
Registration costs^[2]