Friday 20 July

All day events:

Room Montreal   Mexico City   Esino Lario   London   Hong Kong   Room
08:00 – 09:00
Registration & Meetups
08:00 – 09:00
09:00 – 10:00
Welcome Session    
09:00 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30
Break
10:00 – 10:30
AFRICA   COMMUNITIES COLLABORATION GLAM WIKIDATA
10:30 – 11:00 What tools do we need for small Wikis to increase content and quality?

Helmoony
    

Wikimedia Commons and GLAM needs around the world

SandraF (WMF), Jmorgan (WMF)
    

10:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 12:00 Building tools to serve diverse users: Community Centered Software Development

Lea Voget (WMDE), Birgit Müller (WMDE)
      

11:00 – 12:00
12:00 – 12:30 The quotation of oral sources in a decolonization context

Bobbyshabangu, Stefanie Kastner (Goethe Institut)
    

How to start a developer community in your country, the AWMD way

Flixtey, Alangi Derick
    

Senior Citizens write Wikipedia

Keren - WMIL
  

#1lib1ref: Reaching 5 million librarians around the world

Ocaasi (WMF)
    

12:00 – 12:30
12:30 – 13:00
Lunch
From 13:00 – Lightning talks ( ) & Meetups (  &  )
12:30 – 13:00
13:00 – 14:00 13:00 – 14:00
OUTREACH STRATEGY ACCESS ADVOCACY WIKIDATA
14:00 – 14:30 Helping new editors not to hit brick walls: a guide

Effeietsanders (14:00-14:10)
  

Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons and knowledge equity

SandraF (WMF), Abittaker (WMF) + panelists
    

EU Copyright Reform: Google vs. the content industry. Is Wikimedia stuck in the middle?

dimi_z, Ana Mazgal
  

14:00 – 14:30
14:30 – 15:00 Copyright – what could possibly go wrong? Copyfights as a global challenge

a2namzg, JGerlach (WMF)
    

14:30 – 15:00
15:00 – 15:30 Coolest Projects of Wikimedia Chapters - Be Inspired

Deror Avi
      

15:00 – 15:30
15:30 – 16:00
Break
15:30 – 16:00
COMMUNITIES COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
16:00 – 16:30 Wikidata Babel workshop

Kvardek du
      

Building a Better Harassment Reporting System

TBolliger (WMF), SPoore (WMF)
    

Using artificial intelligence to keep Wikipedia open

EpochFail
    

16:00 – 16:30
16:30 – 17:00 16:30 – 17:00
17:00 – 18:00 17:00 – 18:00
18:00 – 20:00
Meetups
18:00 – 20:00
20:00 – 21:30
Poster Reception  
Featuring 30+ poster presenters, artists from the art exhibition, and complimentary drinks & dessert
20:00 – 21:30
21:30 – Late
Meetups
21:30 – Late

Saturday 21 July

All day events:

Room Montreal   Mexico City   Esino Lario   London   Hong Kong   Room
08:00 – 09:00
Registration & Meetups
08:00 – 09:00
9:00 – 10:00 9:00 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30
Break
10:00 – 10:30
Topic RESEARCH LANGUAGE EDUCATION OUTREACH GLAM Topic
10:30 – 11:00 The State of Research in Knowledge Gaps

SalimJah, Cervisiarius, RYazdanian, LZia_(WMF), Miriam_(WMF), Diego_(WMF), BMansurov_(WMF)
      

Documenting rural areas by WikiTakes activities

Estevoaei, Rodelar, Millars, Gini10
    

10:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:30 How majorities can support minority languages

Jon Harald Søby (WMNO), Astrid Carlsen (WMNO), Amqui, Barrioflores
    

Activating the next generation : Wikipedia in Schools

Islahaddow, Anthere
    

What everyone can learn from Wiki Loves Monuments in the European Year of Cultural Heritage

Martin Rulsch (WMDE), Maria Heuschkel (WMDE)
      

How can the Wikimedia community work better with experts? Using open license text to collaborate, a case study from UNESCO

John Cummings, Celina Recalde
    

11:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 12:00 Including minority languages in Wikimedia projects, a strategic approach

Great11-Bachounda
  

11:30 – 12:00
12:00 – 12:30 12:00 – 12:30
12:30 – 13:00
Lunch
From 13:00 – Lightning talks ( ) & Meetups (  &  )
12:30 – 13:00
13:00 – 14:00 13:00 – 14:00
Topic RESEARCH COMMUNITIES ADVOCACY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY Topic
14:00 – 14:30 Wikimedia vs. Disinformation

dimi_z, JGerlach
  

Introduction to Low Context and High Context: Communicate Effectively Between Cultures

Notafish
        

14:00 – 14:30
14:30 – 15:00 14:30 – 15:00
15:00 – 15:30 One Image at a time; How Governments can help in bridging the information gap on Wikipedia

Saileshpat
    

15:00 – 15:30
15:30 – 16:00
Break
15:30 – 16:00
16:00 – 17:00
Katherine Maher    
Executive Director – Wikimedia Foundation
16:00 – 17:00
17:00 – Late
Meetups
17:00 – Late

Sunday 22 July

All day events:

Room Montreal   Mexico City   Esino Lario   London   Hong Kong   Room
08:00 – 09:00
Registration & Meetups
08:00 – 09:00
9:00 – 10:00
Joy Buolamwini    
The Dangers of Supremely White Data and The Coded Gaze
9:00 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30
Break
10:00 – 10:30
Topic RESEARCH COMMUNITIES TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION COLLABORATION Topic
10:30 – 11:00 Which parts of an article are actually being read?

Tbayer (WMF)
    

Working towards Growing Local Language Content on Wikipedia (GLOW)

JRabah (WMF), JVargas (WMF), Titodutta
    

We learned one thing from organizing the Wikimedia Conference. How could we apply this in the Movement?

Cornelius Kibelka (WMDE), Nicole Ebber (WMDE)
    

10:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:30 Introducing Wikipedia to New Readers

SGill (WMF), ZMcCune (WMF), Hindi volunteer (TBC), Nigerian volunteer (TBC), Sarmad (TBC), Mexican volunteer (TBC)
      

Workshopping event safety

JSutherland (WMF), PEarley (WMF), Kalliope (WMF), Jalexander-WMF
      

11:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 12:00 Pattypan workshop

Yarl
      

11:30 – 12:00
12:00 – 12:30 Beyond the meat grinder: building better new editor experiences through research and dialogue

ARipstra (WMF), Neil P. Quinn-WMF
  

12:00 – 12:30
12:30 – 13:00
Lunch
From 13:00 – Lightning talks ( ) & Meetups (  &  )
12:30 – 13:00
13:00 – 14:00 13:00 – 14:00
Topic TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION OFFLINE EDUCATION COMMUNITIES Topic
14:00 – 14:30 User Experience in Wikipedia: How Can We Improve It?

Marc Miquel
      

What does this mean in ...? - building bridges with machine-readable lexicographical data in Wikidata

Lydia Pintscher (WMDE)
    

Wikipedia and digital equity in Education: digital skills for life and free knowledge for the world

NSaad_(WMF)
      

Building capacity with communities: WMF's Community Capacity Development program

Asaf (WMF)
    

14:00 – 14:30
14:30 – 15:00 Learn how to model the words of your language in Wikidata

Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
      

How to kick-start communities or How to boldly go where no editor has gone before

Gereon K.
  

14:30 – 15:00
15:00 – 15:30 15:00 – 15:30
15:30 – 15:45
Break
15:30 – 16:00
15:45 — 17:30
Closing session    
Featuring: Cape Choir, Jimmy Wales, 2017 Wikimedian of the Year - Felix Nartey,

Announcement of the 2018 winner, presentation by Wikimania 2019 Sweden, & group photo

16:00 – 17:30
17:30 17:30
18:00 – Late
Closing party

(Departure shuttle from hotel at 18:30)

18:00 – Late