Preconference

Participation in pre-conference events requires prior invitation.
For details about pre-conference logistics and bookings, contact Louise Wo <lwowikimedia.org>

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Rooms

Day 1 of the hackathon

The pre-conference events will be across two hotels, very nearby to each other in downtown Cape Town The venue website meeting rooms floorplan diagram and room capacity information. During the conference we are renaming the conference rooms at the main venue (the Cape Sun hotel) after the host cities of previous Wikimanias.

Cape Sun hotel

Montreal is “VOC North”, maximum capacity 325
Mexico City is “VOC South” maximum capacity 325.
Esino Lario is “Paarl”, maximum capacity of 60
London is “Constantia”, maximum capacity of 180
Hong Kong is “Stellenbosch”, maximum capacity of 180
Washington DC is “Villa”, maximum capacity of 100

Sun Square hotel

Castle, maximum capacity 140.
Strand, maximum capacity 70.
Loop, maximum capacity 50.
Wale, maximum capacity 70.

Events

Registration for the main conference is open all day in the Cape Sun hotel, 3rd Floor foyer

Tuesday 17 July
17:00 – 19:00	Happy hour
Wednesday 18 July
Room	Cape Sun hotel, main venue						City Bowl hotel, nearby venue				Elsewhere
Room	Montreal	Mexico City	Washington DC	Esino Lario	London	Hong Kong	Castle	Strand	Loop	Wale
09:00	Hackathon				Learning Days		Decolonising the Internet			Wikimedia and Education
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00										–
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00	Hackathon reception		–	–			–
18:00											Learning Days reception (2nd Floor Foyer)
19:00					Social Media One-Night Stand (Social media training)						Learning Days reception (2nd Floor Foyer)
20:00	Hackathon				Social Media One-Night Stand (Social media training)
20:30 – Late	Hackathon				–	Screening Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
Thursday 19 July
Room	Cape Sun hotel, main venue						City Bowl hotel, nearby venue				Elsewhere
Room	Montreal	Mexico City	Washington DC	Esino Lario	London	Hong Kong	Castle	Strand	Loop	Wale	Room 3206 (32nd floor of Cape Sun hotel, main venue)	Room 3204 (32nd floor of Cape Sun hotel, main venue)	Cape Town Tourism - City Centre office
09:00	Hackathon				Learning Days		Decolonising the Internet			Wikipedia 101 for Librarians	Introduction to Wikimania	WMCON Follow-Up Day	–
10:00													Water sustainability edit-a-thon
11:00
12:00
13:00										–	–
14:00										Globalising Copyright User Rights
15:00
16:00
17:00	–									Public Policy Meetup		–	–
18:00	–									Public Policy Meetup		–	–
19:00 - Late	Welcome reception