Wikimedia Summit 2024/Program
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| Session format |  - Plenary session
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 - Working groups
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| Online participation |  - Live stream and recording
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 - Real time interactive online tool
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| Language support |  - Simultaneous interpretation (French)
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 - AI-based translation software (English subtitles)
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Day 1 - Friday, 19 April 2024[edit]
Note: all times are CEST. Click on the time for the live streamed sessions to check your local time.
| 09-30 - 10:00 | Walk-in Bus shuttle will be organized to commute from the hotel to the venue. |
| 10:00 - 11:40 | Opening Ceremony Greeting from Tobias Lindner, Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office Create a welcoming and safe container for the SummitKeynote from Amitabh Behar, Executive Director of Oxfam
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| 11:40 - 12:10 | Break |
| 12:10 - 13:00 | Charter Gallery Walk Capture the participants' initial feedback on the Movement Charter.
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| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch and Group Photo |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Set up Topic groups Form participants groups that will work on specific topics. All topics can be found here
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| 14:45 - 15:45 | Work session 1: Understand the Charter Role play: How would the Charter work?
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| 15:45 - 16:15 | Break |
| 16:15 - 18:00 | Work Session 2: Discuss Charter Feedback Develop an understanding of the feedback, identify common themes and explore wider considerations
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| 18:00 - 19:30 | Dinner |
| 19:30 - 22:00 | Meetups Register your meetup as soon as possible to help the organizers allocate the meeting spaces in the venue
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Day 2 - Saturday, 20 April 2024[edit]
Note: all times are CEST. Click on the time for the live streamed sessions to check your local time.
| 09-00 - 09:10 | Walk in Bus shuttle will be organized for participants commute from the hotel to the venue | ||
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Opening Welcome, review and preview.
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| 10:15 - 11:55 | Work session 3: Draft initial outputs Develop initial outputs*
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| 11:55 - 12:25 | Break | ||
| 12:25 - 13:00 | Gallery Walk 2: Initial outputs Gather first feedback on the outputs from all Summit participants
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | ||
| - | Movement Charter | Future Affiliate Gatherings | |
| 14:00 - 15:15 | Discuss output feedback
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Prioritising purposes & Learning
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| 15:15 - 15:45 | Break | ||
| - | Movement Charter | Future Affiliate Gatherings | |
| 15:45 - 16:45 | Integrate output feedback
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Visioning & deciding on key characteristics
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| 16:55 - 18:00 | Gallery Walk 3: Improved outputs Gather final feedback on the outputs from all Summit participants
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| 18:00 - 19:15 | Dinner | ||
| 19:15 - 19:25 | Bus shuttle from the venue to the hotel | ||
| 20:40 | Bus shuttle from the hotel to the party location | ||
| 21:00 - 01:00 | Party Bus shuttle from the party location to the hotel: midnight and 01:00 | ||
(*)Outputs may take different forms, including:
- Celebration of the Movement Charter (Great! We like it!)
- Suggestion or improvements (would like this to be changed but can live with it if it’s not; something to consider)
- Deal-breakers and alternative language (as per MCDC request, things that would keep us from voting for the charter)
- Considerations outside or beyond the charter text (such as input into implementation, for supplementary documentation, or things entirely not covered by charter)
Day 3 - Sunday, 21 April 2024[edit]
Note: all times are CEST. Click on the time for the live streamed sessions to check your local time.
| 10-00 - 10:10 | Bus shuttle from the hotel to the venue | ||
| 10-30 - 11:00 | Walk in | ||
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Welcome Summary and preview
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| - | Movement Governance | Future Affiliate Gatherings | Open Space |
| 11:15 - 12:45 | Finalise outputs and create coherence between all of them
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Who is willing to step up and take on responsibility?
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Participants discuss matters related to the implementation of movement strategy.
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| 12:45 - 13:45 | Lunch | ||
| 13:45 - 15:05 | Agree on final output Present final output and agree on it.
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| 15:05 - 15:35 | Break | ||
| 15:35 - 16:30 | Closing Ceremony Recap, gratitude and celebration
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| 16:30 - 20:00 | Sightseeing | ||
| 17:30 - 17:45 | Bus shuttle from the venue to the hotel | ||
Topics for working groups[edit]
Several working groups will be formed to discuss specific aspects of the Movement Charter and movement governance. Participants can choose which working group they want to join based on their interest and expertise. The working groups will generate outputs on their topics. The organizers will form the working groups based on the participants preferences and apply a diversity matrix to ensure plurality of perspectives.
- Global Council: Purpose and resources
[Purpose statement; Global Council budget, Global Council staffing]
- Global Council: Global Council and WMF
[Respective areas of responsibility; Cooperation]
- Global Council: Representation and Composition
[Diversity; Membership Global Council Assembly and Global Council Board; Number and distribution of seats]
- Affiliates and Hubs: Purpose
[Purpose; Mandate; Community representation; Affiliate Budget(s)]
- Affiliates and Hubs: Rights, responsibilities, roles and types
[Types of affiliates; Affiliate strategy/landscape; Movement growth; Sustainability]
- Affiliates and Hubs: Collaborations and capacity building
[Collaboration; Learning and peer support; Decentralization; Capacity building]
- Financial resources: Resource development (fundraising)
[Revenue diversification; Revenue growth; Capacity building for fundraising; Fundraising policy]
- Financial resources: Resource distribution (grantmaking)
[Geographic distribution; Decision-making about funding; Global budget]