Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group/Events/Conference/2023

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Kazakh Wikimedia Conference took place in September 2-3 2023 in Astana. An event conceived to strengthen the Kazakh-speaking community will include conference part on a first day and a tour part on a second. The working language of the conference is Kazakh, but Russian and English will also be used.

Travel[edit]

Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan, located on the banks of Ishim River, within the Akmola Region, though administered as a city with special status separately from the rest of the region. For more data you can read Wikipedia article, or Wikivoyage guide article on Astana. The city has 2 major railway stations that connects with a whole country and some locations in neighbouring Uzbekistan, Russia and Kyrgyzstan. Its airport located in the outskirts of the city and has flight connections with most of the world.

Venue[edit]

Our conference will be located at the Eurasian National University at 13, Kazhymukan street.

Use the entrance at the centre of the building
Use the entrance at the centre of the building

Interested in participating[edit]

Please, write your name to the lists of participants if you are planning to attend the event. This will help the organizers to understand estimate number of participants and plan everything (venue, katering etc.) according to that numbers.

In-person[edit]

  1. --Kaiyr (talk) 02:44, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  2. --Batyrbek.kz (talk) 17:03, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  3. --Amangeldi Mukhamejan (talk) 11:40, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  4. --Aidyn93 (talk)
  5. --Ниялова_Гүлфайруз (talk)
  6. --Madi Dos (talk)
  7. --Qayrat Sultan (munozara) 08:32, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  8. --Lycanaga (talk) 09:35, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  9. --Ashina
  10. --Салиха
  11. --Рахман999
  12. --Нұрлан Рахымжанов
  13. --Nurtenge (talk)
  14. --AlibiKazken
  15. --Сариев Ербол (talk)
  16. --Алтынай Турахан (talk)
  17. --Рустем Ешпанов
  18. --Muzaffar Turgunov
  19. --Akmaral55
  20. --:Жетпісбай Бекболатұлы
  21. --:Maqsat Arzaman
  22. --:Murat Karibay
  23. Amina Zhemeney
  24. Assyl Baraman
  25. --:Malik Nursultan B (talk) 27 April
  26. Syrlybek Syrlybek (talk) 13:15, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Arsen Madinov Marsenyx (talk) 10:39, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Online[edit]

We are also planning to make a video broadast from the conference and allow online participants to take part in discussions. You can add yourself to the list down below to inform others that you will be participating online.

Link to the translation: https://meet.google.com/rzy-mste-pxp

  1. --Frhdkazan (talk) 15:58, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  2. --AAkhmedova (WMF) (talk) 11:15, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  3. --Uali Aizhan Berikovna (talk) 11:20, 1 Marth 2023 (UTC)
  4. --Hedeyohu22 (talk) 04:48, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  5. --Үміт Оңғарқызы 01:54, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
  6. --Amal Ramadan, 20:08, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Stipends[edit]

We're planning to offer a stipends for community members from other locations. There will be two types of stipends: full ones, that will cover all costs, including travel to the venue and hotel stay, and partial ones, that will cover only travel. To apply for a stipend, create a section on a talk page with your username and write shortly about yourself, your activity in Wikimedia projects and other involvement with Free Knowledge and location from where do you need the transportation from and to. Feel free to share any data you consider important regarding your application. Note that all applications should be in Kazakh.

Program[edit]

First day[edit]

Begin Speaker(s) What End
09:00 Gathering and registration of participants 10:00
10:00 Batyrbek Alimzhanov
Nikolay Bulykin
Opening ceremony 10:10
10:10 Vice principal of ENU Greeting speech 10:20
10:20 Icebreaker with the participants 10:35
10:35 Batyrbek Alimzhanov Current state of the Kazakh Language User Group — statistics and trends 10:55
10:55 Amangeldi Mukhamejan Community logo discussion 11:10
11:10 Coffee break 11:30
11:30 Nikolay Bulykin Speech about using photo tools, such as drones (in Russian) 11:45
12:45 Batyrbek Alimzhanov Presentation and facilitated discussion on the state of the Kazakh language community 13:15
13:15 Nikolay Bulykin Presentation about WLE, announcing the winners (in Russian) 13:30
13:30 Lunch break 14:30
14:30 Presentation about the UCoC, lessons from the global communities on implementing the UCoC (in English) 15:00
15:00 Kaiyr Rysbayev Freedom of Panorama speech 15:15
15:15 Yuliya Sukhomlinova Getting data for Wikipedia from the library (in Russian) 15:30
15:30 Coffee break 15:50
15:50 Yekaterina Borisova How to illustrate Wikipedia and not go mad (in Russian) 16:10
16:10 Nikolay Bulykin How to apply for grants and get results in Wikimedia projects (in Russian) 16:30
16:30 Volunteer speakers from auditory 16:45
16:45 Batyrbek Alimzhanov
Nikolay Bulykin
Closing ceremony 17:00

Second day[edit]

Visit to the national museum of Kazakhstan is planned for the 2nd day. It is located at 54, Tauliesizdik avenue, meetup at 11:00 near the entrance.

Organizers[edit]

This conference sill be organized by Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group along with other Wikimedians.