Wikimedia Futures Lab/es
Purpose
The world is changing around us. As the Wikimedia movement navigates this moment we need to deepen our understanding of how the world and internet are changing around us and how these changes are impacting our people and projects.
Wikimedians have already begun discussing global trends – from declining trust in online information, to the rise of AI-generated content, shifting regulatory landscapes, and more. The “correct” response is not always clear — but our movement’s capacity for collaboration and knowledge sharing uniquely positions us to learn our way forward through uncertainty.
The Wikimedia Futures Lab is a process and convening designed to spark a period of focused experimentation across the movement. It will help us ask what the world needs from us and accelerate our ability to understand what works in this new environment.
Through a series of conversations, the Wikimedia Futures Lab aims to fulfill three goals:
Objetivo 1: Fomentar el sentido de pertenencia al movimiento
- Resultado esperado: los y las participantes adquieren una comprensión de diferentes perspectivas y contextos locales, colaboran para desarrollar un entendimiento compartido de los desafíos y oportunidades, y se imaginan posibles futuros para Wikimedia.
Objetivo 2: Analizar las principales tendencias globales y su impacto en Wikimedia
- Resultado esperado: las y los participantes interactúan con expertos y revisan investigaciones para profundizar la comprensión del Movimiento sobre las principales tendencias que afectan a Wikimedia y discuten cómo los desarrollos globales impactan en los contextos regionales.
Objetivo 3: Proponer y adaptar estrategias para mantener la relevancia
- Resultado esperado: las y los participantes discuten posibles estrategias para responder a estas tendencias y generan las primeras ideas que se podrán desarrollar después del evento.
Wikimedia Futures Lab conversations 2025
Below is a list of workshops hosted by the Futures Lab organizers at different Wikimedia events in 2025.
You can find a summary of these conversations here.
- Wikimania workshop
- Session at the CEE Meeting
- Session at the German WikiCon
- Session at the WikiCon North America
Wikimedia Futures Lab conversations 2026
- In-person event in Frankfurt on January 31 - February 1: See program and participant list.
Information about additional online and in-person conversations in 2026 will follow.
