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Translation is provided in Buildings 1, 2, and 3: instructions for enabling live translation are at 2021:Language Support.

When sessions end, tables in Building 6 (unconference) are assigned to continue the conversation:

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Speakers: if you plan to be at a different table, please announce at the beginning of your session.





Saturday, August 14

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Building 1 – Mainstage
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Unconference and Social Space

Welcome session
Speakers: Phoebe Ayers, Iolanda Pensa, Joel Letang, Sandister Tei, Gnangarra, Jess Wade and Jimmy Wales
Plenary session Ideal for newcomers

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Cook-along: Drunken Noodles
Speakers: Chef Hnoi
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Email campaigning for onboarding new volunteers
Speakers: Merle von Wittich (WMDE) and Hanna Klein (WMDE)
Lecture Ideal for newcomers

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A variety of approaches to teaching students in Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia, Wikiversity, Wikidata, Wikivoyage, Wiki camp and beyond)
Speakers: Ferdinando Traversa
Maristella Gatto
Andrew Krizhanovsky
Nebojsa Ratkovic

Panel discussion


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Transposing the EU Copyright Reform in 28+ countries
Speakers: Dimi Dimitrov and Teresa Nobre
Panel discussion Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

en

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Wikipedian in Residence in the Battle for Cultural Heritage
Speakers: Gorana Gomirac
Lecture Ideal for newcomers

en

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Unconference and Social Space

Product Platform Strategy from the Wikimedia Foundation
Speakers: Carol Dunn, Margeigh Novotny and Amanda Bittaker
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

en

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Section Translation-New Ways to Contribute on Mobile Devices
Speakers: Runa Bhattacharjee, Engineering Director, Language & Inuka teams, WMF
Amir Aharoni, Language Strategist, Language team, WMF
Pau Giner, Principal UX Designer and Product Manager, Language team, WMF
Nik Gkountas, Senior Software Engineer, Language team, WMF

Lecture Ideal for newcomers

en

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Sharing decolonization strategies throughout Wikimedia projects
Speakers: Ian Ramjohn, Mariana Fossatti, Luisina Ferrante
Panel discussion Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

en

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Knowledge Equity – A Collection of Voices to Pave the Path
Speakers: Lilli Iliev (WMDE)
Anna Mazgal (WMDE)
Nicola Zeuner (WMDE)
Allison Davenport (WMF)

Round table Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

en

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Mapping the present and future of the Wiki philosophy: challenges and opportunities
Speakers: Abraham Samma
Lecture Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

en

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100 years of Weather Observations from the Meteorological Service of Canada in Wikimedia Commons
Speakers: Miguel Tremblay, Environment and Climate change Canada
Ha-Loan Phan, Wikimédia Canada, Pierre Choffet

Lightning talks Ideal for newcomers

en

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Unpacking the Foundation Board
Speakers: Dariusz Jemielniak, Esra'a Al Shafei, Dr. James Heilman, Nataliia Tymkiv, Raju Narisetti and Shani Evenstein
Mixed Format Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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The Afrocine Project: Learnings from organizing a Pan-African Campaign
Speakers: Sam Oyeyele, Winnie Kabinte, Antoni Mtavangu, Alaafiabami Oladipupo, and Camelia Boban
Panel discussion Ideal for newcomers

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Lingua Libre: What is it and how to take part in it?
Speakers: Lucas Prégaldiny (WikiLucas00)
Workshop Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

en

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Building a Wikimedia Community: an example of Wikimedians of DRCongo User Group
Speakers: Abel Lifaefi Mbula
Lecture Ideal for newcomers

en

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Building a successful Wikimedia Community of African students
Speakers: Bolaji Alabi, Alaafiabami Oladipupo and Isaac Oloruntimilehin
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Experiences of organizing Tamil Wikipedia 16 Years Celebrations
Speakers: Sivakosaran
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Wikimedia Poland: Building a Holistic Support Infrastructure
Speakers: Łukasz Garczewski (Chief Operating Officer, Wikimedia Poland)
Paulina Studniczka,
Klara Sielicka-Baryłka (Education Specialist, Wikimedia Poland)
Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska (Community Support Officer, Wikimedia Poland)
Wojciech Pędzich

Mixed Format Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Co-creating pedagogical strategies with teachers: Wikimedia Chile’s Education program experience during Covid-19 pandemic
Speakers: Rocío Aravena
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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From Encyclopedia to Big Data: Past, present and future of Wikipedia data as a research source
Speakers: Slavina Stefanova
Lightning talks Ideal for newcomers

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To translate or not to translate by the machine is the question
Speakers: Radhika Mamidi
Lecture Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Gender inequalities in the Catalan Wikipedia categories
Speakers: Mercè Piqueras
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Quiz
Speakers: James Forrester, Sam Klein, Phoebe Ayers, Deryck Chan
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The Wikimedia Foundation in conversation with community members
Speakers: Lisa Gruwell, Chief Advancement Officer in conversation with User:Sandiooses
Amanda Keton, General Counsel in conversation with User:Xeno
Toby Negrin, Chief Product Officer in conversation with User:Alangi Derick
User:Emnamizouni (moderator)

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Education, Wikimedia Projects and Digital Literacy during COVID-19 Pandemic
Speakers: Luisina Ferrante (WMAR), Coordinadora del Programa de Educación y Derechos Humanos, Wikimedia Argentina
Fernando Archuby, Grupo de Wikimedistas de La Plata
Florencia Guastavino (WMAR), Asistente de Proyectos Educativos, Wikimedia Argentina
Olga Lidia Paredes Alcoreza (Wikimedia Bolivia)
Rocío Aravena (Wikimedia Chile)
Florencia Claes (Wikimedia España)
Alejandro José Reyes Wikimedia México

Mixed Format Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Creating a tool that lets people listen to Wikipedia
Speakers: Sebastian Berlin (WMSE)
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Developing a strategy, involving the entire organization
Speakers: Josefine Hellroth Larsson (Wikimedia Sverige)
Case Study Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

en

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Global templates, component templates
Speakers: Amir Aharoni, Adam Wight
Lecture Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

en

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How to innovate in free knowledge? – New pathways to promote new projects and attract innovators for free knowledge from across the world
Speakers: Kannika Thaimai, Program Lead, WMDE
Lecture Ideal for newcomers

en

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Cross-wiki ideological conflict and Wikimedia's vision of knowledge equity
Speakers: Deryck Chan
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

en

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Wikimedia and GLAM in the Global South
Speakers: Nassima Chahboun, Houcemeddine Turki, Olushola, Isaac, Joy Agyepong, Isla Haddow-Flood, Antoni Mtavangu, Ayokanmi Kaizen, Alice Kibombo, Clifford Anderson
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Photography documentation of built heritage of rural West Bengal for Wikimedia Commons
Speakers: Amitabha Gupta
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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What do you eat intermediary liability with?
Speakers: Amalia Toledo
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Importance of reliable sources: citing dictionaries, glossaries and atlas as an example
Speakers: Sandra Hanbo
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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How to find tools to improve your workflows
Speakers: Bryan Davis, Principal Software Engineer, WMF
Lightning talks Ideal for newcomers

en

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Documenting Women Artists in the University of Salford Art Collection Through Wikidata
Speakers: Enrique Tabone
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Engaging with partners in the movement! WMF's approach
Speakers: Jorge Vargas
Lecture Ideal for advanced understanding of Wikimedia

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From the Brussels War Room: Current Legislative Files Important for Wikimedia
Speakers: Anna Mazgal & Dimi Dimitrov
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia
Speakers: Denny Vrandečić (WMF)
Adam Baso (WMF)
James Forrester (WMF)
Genoveva Galarza (WMF)
Arthur Lorenzi
Cory Massaro (WMF)
Quiddity (WMF)
Lindsay Wardell
Arthur Smith
Lucas Werkmeister

Panel discussion Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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An overview of the COVID-19-related content of Wikimedia projects
Speakers: Daniel Mietchen and Netha Hussain
Lecture Ideal for newcomers

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Wikimedia Movement and the Paradox of Open
Speakers: Alek Tarkowski, Anna Mazgal, Tanveer Hassan
Round table Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Women's Biographies, beyond Wikipedia: Wikibooks!
Speakers: Camelia Boban, WikiDonne
Luigi Catalani, Basilicata Wiki
Lorenza Colicigno, Gender Citizenship Committee
Daniela de Scisciolo, CIDI Potenza

Case Study Ideal for newcomers

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Creating a Wiki Time Capsule and the first 24 hour Global Edit-a-thon
Speakers: Sherry Antoine
Lecture Ideal for newcomers

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After the lifting of the block: Case study of Turkey
Speakers: Basak and Khutuck
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Editing the Wiki Way: software and the future of editing
Speakers: Peter Pelberg (WMF), Marshall Miller (WMF), Leaderboard, ValeJappo and Enterprisey
Round table Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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East African regional commitments for the future, a human collaborative reality
Speakers: Douglas Ssebaggala, Antoni Mtavangu and Winnie Kabintie
Celebration Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Wikipedia is Gamified: Prove me wrong
Speakers: Destokado
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Wikispore and Innovating Free Knowledge
Speakers: Richard Knipel
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Wiki Loves Women Focus Group Members programme
Speakers: Candy Khohliwe
Lightning talks Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Social space continues in Building 1 & Building 6



Sunday, August 15

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Wikimedian of the Year 2021

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State of GLAM Wiki in 2021
Speakers: Andrew Lih: Wikimedia Strategist, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Smithsonian Institution
Dominic Byrd-McDevitt: Data Fellow, Digital Public Library of America
Éder Porto: Products and Resources, Wiki Movimento Brasil
Érica Azzellini: Communications Manager, Wiki Movimento Brasil
Fiona Romeo: Senior Manager, GLAM and Culture, Wikimedia Foundation
Giovanna Fontenelle: Program Officer, GLAM and Culture, Wikimedia Foundation
Siobhan Leachman: co-organizer of the Wikipedians in Wellington Meetup and the Aotearoa New Zealand Online Meetup
Susanna Ånäs: GLAM coordinator, Wikimedia Finland/AvoinGLAM

Round table Ideal for newcomers

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Wikipedia 20: a collaborative collage
Speakers: Mariana Fossatti
Celebration Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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WikiCite-Recent achievements, what happens next?
Speakers: Liam Wyatt, Phoebe Ayers and others
Round table Ideal for advanced understanding of Wikimedia

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Revisiting the AfroCROWD Juneteenth Wiki Civil Rights Conference of 2020
Speakers: Sherry Antoine (host), Alexandria Lockett, PHD, Brandon Sullivan, Linda Fletcher, Laurie Bridges, Olushola Olaniyan, Rosie Stevenson Goodnight, Adele Vrana, Pete Forsyth. With words from Anasuya Seguptana, Euphemia Uwandu, Wiki Vibrance
Panel discussion Ideal for newcomers

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Unconference and Social Space

GLAMs and Open Access: The Met Museum and the Smithsonian Institution as Case Studies
Speakers: Andrew Lih and Kelly Doyle
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Editing with machine learning: a case study on link recommendations
Speakers: Kosta Harlan, Software Engineer, Growth Team, WMF
Martin Gerlach, Research Scientist, Research Team Marshall Miller, Product Manager, Growth Team, WMF
Morten Warncke-Wang, Staff Data Scientist, Growth Team, WMF
Rita Ho, Principal User Experience Designer, Growth Team, WMF

Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Wikipedia and the Weird: covering humorous and unusual topics with respect and fairness
Speakers: Yitzi Litt
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Peer-support networks - a working model for the support of targets of harassment in the Wikimedia movement?
Speakers: Lea Volz, Christel Steigenberger, Justice Okai-Allotey & Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska
Mixed Format Ideal for newcomers

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Attracting experts to contribute to Wikimedia movement
Speakers: Diptanshu Das
Lecture Ideal for advanced understanding of Wikimedia

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One Thousand and One WikiProjects (Perspectives)
Speakers: Mohammed Bachounda
Lightning talks Ideal for newcomers

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Wikipedia20, 15 ans d’engagement bénévole au service de la connaissance libre en Côte d’Ivoire
Speakers: Donatien Kangah
Mixed Format Ideal for newcomers

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Can we rid Wikipedia of its content gender gap? Views from Women in Red
Speakers: Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight & Roger Bamkin, Antiqueight, Brenda Wahler, Camelia Boban, Ewan McAndrew, HickoryOughtShirt?4, Lucy Moore, Penny Richards, Jess Wade, Carol Ann Whitehead, SusunW
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Wikilearn: pilot results and open questions on a new online learning platform for the movement
Speakers: Asaf Bartov (WMF) & Simona Ramkisson (WMF)
Round table Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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The Catalan Challenge: Amical Wikimedia's role in knitting diverse geographical areas and people together
Speakers: Claudi Balaguer
Lecture Ideal for newcomers

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Indicators for the Wikimedia Projects
Speakers: Marc Miquel, Pablo Aragón (WMF), Martin Gerlach (WMF), Miriam Redi (WMF), David Laniado, Cristian Consonni
Mixed Format Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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English as a lingua franca of the Wikimedia movement: how do we ensure people's inclusion?
Speakers: Anna Torres, Ivan Martinez, Celio Costa, + 2 more
Panel discussion Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Creative Commons license stewardship: 20 years and beyond.
Speakers: Kat Walsh & Sarah Hinchliff Pearson
Round table Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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WikiAfrica Hour: The Xperience
Speakers: Ceslause Ogbonnaya
Round table Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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GLAM Collaboration and Global Competitions: The India Office Records (IOR) Wikimedia Project and the Two Centuries of Indian Print Project (2CIP) at the British Library
Speakers: Lucy Hinnie, Tom Derrick and Dominic Kane
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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RedWarn and improving Wiki counter vandalism into the 2020's
Speakers: Ed Englefield & Chlod Alejandro
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Changing the self censoring tradition: One librarian at the time
Speakers: Claudia Serbanuta & Strainu
Mixed Format Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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How can I help? Reviving a wiki of which I do not speak the language
Speakers: Ciell
Lecture Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Copyright Trolling and the Commons
Speakers: Kat Walsh and Sarah Hinchliff Pearson
Panel discussion Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Structured data on Commons: today and tomorrow
Speakers: Andrew Lih, Wikimedia Strategist for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wikimedia Strategist and Wikimedian-at-large for the Smithsonian Institution
Carly Bogen, Senior Program Manager, Structured Data, WMF
Giovanna Fontenelle, Program Officer, GLAM and Culture, WMF
Fiona Romeo, Senior Manager, GLAM and Culture, WMF
Dominic Byrd-McDevitt

Round table Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Internet Archive and Wikimedia: a virtuous collaboration
Speakers: Mark Graham
Lecture Ideal for newcomers

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Just one article can change one’s judgement
Speakers: Donia AlDomiaty
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Conflict Resolution: Collective Responsibility
Speakers: Asaf Bartov (WMF)
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Making collection data collaborative
Speakers: Will Kent & Ian Gill
Lightning talks Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Makumbusho: a powerful tool to mobilize local communities and facilitate partnerships with Museums
Speakers: Yamen Bousrih
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How Wiki Education Foundation promotes knowledge equity
Speakers: LiAnna Davis, Ian Ramjohn, Frank Schulenburg, Jami Mathewson & Will Kent
Panel discussion Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Wikimedia Legal History: Past Practice and Future Trends
Speakers: Jacob Rogers (WMF) and Stephen LaPorte (WMF)
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Full coverage of copyright status in heritage institutions
Speakers: Hanno Lans
Lecture Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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10 years of Wikimedia RU contests and problems of international cooperation during the pandemic on the example of the WikiUral 2020 contest
Speakers: Vladimir Medeyko, Director, WMRU
Stas Kozlovsky, Executive Director, WMRU
Dmitry Zhukov
Oleg Abarnikov
Nikolai Litvinov
Gennady Lipunov

Case Study Ideal for newcomers

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Exploring the possibility of outreach in Asia
Speakers: Venus Lui
Lecture Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Newcomer Experience and Content Campaigns
Speakers: Ilana Fried (WMF) and Marshall Miller (WMF)
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Large Scale Wikimedia Projects and Consistency
Speakers: Hilary Thorsen, Susan Radovsky, Will Kent, Sarah Kasten
Lecture Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Documenting social movements through the Wikimedia Projects: Argentina, Chile and Colombia experiences
Speakers: Patricia Diaz Rubio and Luisina Ferrante & Juan Carlos Vargas
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development User Group: Looking at Sustainability Through Wikimedia Lenses
Speakers: Camelia Boban (Wikidonne), Ainali (Wikimedians for Sustainable Development), Joy Agyepong (Wikimedia User Group Ghana), Kiril Simeonovski (Macedonian Wikipedia), Scann (Wikiproyecto Cambio climático), Elisabeth von Muench, and more!
Mixed Format Ideal for newcomers

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Upcoming desktop design and usability improvements: updates and brainstorm
Speakers: Olga Vasileva (WMF)
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Notability under non justice information
Speakers: Adel Nehaoua
Lightning talks Ideal for advanced understanding of Wikimedia

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Providing alternative uncluttered text version of articles: context and overview
Speakers: Mathieu Lovato Stumpf Guntz
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Wikimedia Enterprise: a sneak preview of the APIs and features
Speakers: Ryan Brounley (WMF) and Liam Wyatt (WMF)
Lecture Ideal for advanced understanding of Wikimedia

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Upcoming Project: Empowering Wikimedia strategies through SDGs Implementation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region
Speakers: Nanour Garabedian & Mervat Salam
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Monday, August 16

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GLAMWiki Tour (Africa)

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Cook-along:Beef Fillet with Truffle Pomme Pureé
Speakers: Chef Thando Xiphu
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Wikimedia Australia
Speakers: Alex Lum, Sven Ouzman, Margaret Donald, Kelly Tall, Nathan Sentance, Kirsten Thorpe, Leia Corrie, Emilie Dotte-Saurot, Emily Grey, Sven Ouzman
Mixed Format Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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OCR and other tools for Wikisource
Speakers: Ruthven, Sam Wilson & Natalia Rodriguez (WMF}
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Domain Specific Content Generation using Human Bot Collaboration
Speakers: Praveen Garimella & Vasudeva Varma
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Wikimedia belongs in Education - but how?
Speakers: Dominik Theis, Sailesh Patnaik, Rocio Aravena, Maxwell Beganim, Nur Rahmi Nailah, Ilario Valdelli
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Contribution Gamification in Wikimedia Projects - The Chinese Wikipedia Experience
Speakers: Michael Tse
Lecture Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Wikipedia and the Collaborative Humanities
Speakers: Savannah Cragin & Melanie Kill
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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For Grandmas, Girls and GLAM-Queens: WomenEdit

Speakers: Iva Berlin
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Come on, It’s Wikipedia, not Westeros: A Brief Introduction to the Wikipedia Conspiracy Theory in Japan
Speakers: Kitamura Sae
Lecture Ideal for advanced understanding of Wikimedia

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cOSMopolIT - Diversity and Inclusion within OpenStreetMap Italy
Speakers: Anisa Kuci, Chiara Ponti, Federica Gaspari, Lucia Argento
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Moderator Tools on Medium-sized Wikimedia projects
Speakers: Sam Walton
Lightning talks Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Add a pinch of Wikidata to your web browser: Entity Explosion
Speakers: Toby Hudson
Lightning talks Ideal for newcomers

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Community content planning for lesser-resourced wikis
Speakers: Ziko van Dijk
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

en

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Education & GLAM in North Macedonia during COVID-19
Speakers: Zana Violetova, Nikola MacedonianBoy
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

en

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A New Open GLAM Program at Creative Commons
Speakers: Brigitte Vezina
Lightning talks Ideal for newcomers

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Automatically maintained citations with Wikidata and Cite Q
Speakers: Mike Peel and Andy Mabbett
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

en

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The experience of Emirati User group projects
Speakers: Serine Ben Brahim, Hani Yakan, Reda Kerbush & Ahlam Bolooki
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Do Something Doctrine - looking back on the Terrorist Content Regulation in EU
Speakers: Anna Mazgal
Lightning talks Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Shortcutting the Identify topics for impact recommendation by reusing free content
Speakers: Jan Ainali
Lightning talks Ideal for newcomers

en

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WikiBarta - A "zero budget" community magazine for motivating Bengali wikimedia contributors
Speakers: Shabab Mustafa
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

en

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A Gift to the Commons: Public Value Broadcasters
Speakers: Bernd Fiedler (WMDE) & Emilia Haas
Case Study Ideal for newcomers

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Supporting a gentle discussion - Can we raise awareness through research results to bring about change?
Speakers: Lea Volz
Lecture Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Joining forces to increase the knowledge of our native species
Speakers: Malena, Anabela Plos, Cecilia Morgan
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WikiEducation Approach and GLAM Activities of Wikimedia Armenia
Speakers: Mari Avetisyan (WMAM)
Lecture Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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The experiences of WikiGap and WikiForHumanRights. Working with UN experts on topics for impact
Speakers: John Cummings, Alex Stinson & Eric Luth
Panel discussion Ideal for newcomers

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Making feedback loops work for Wikidata
Speakers: Lydia Pintscher (WMDE)
Lightning talks Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Celebrating the Wikipedia Education Program
Speakers: Susanna Mkrtchyan, LiAnna Davis, João Alexandre Peschanski, Filip Maljković & Ziko Van Dijk
Panel discussion Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

en

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Makumbusho: a powerful tool to mobilize local communities and facilitate partnerships with Museums

Speakers: Yamen Bousrih
Lightning talks Ideal for newcomers

en

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How banner campaigns can be requested to reach marginalized groups or contents
Speakers: Martin Rulsch (WMDE)
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Arabic Wikimedians User Group: Connecting Past, Present, and Future
Speakers: Anass Sedrati, Ravan Al-Taie, Nanour Garabedian, Sarmad Said Yaseen
Lecture Ideal for newcomers

ar

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Spotting and understanding translated material in Wikipedia articles
Speakers: Mark Shuttleworth, Janice Pan
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Bridging content gaps through large-scale campaigns: International Wiki Loves Earth and Ukrainian WikiGap
Speakers: Anton Protsiuk, Anastasia Petrova and Mykola Kozlenko
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Towards a more environmentally sustainable Wikimedia Movement
Speakers: Lukas Mezger & Bodhisattwa
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Introducing Curated Commons: A social curation plattform for freely licensed images
Speakers: Christina Rupprecht (WMDE) and Lukas Walenciak (WMDE)
Lightning talks Ideal for newcomers

en

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Wikidata: What happened? Where are we going?
Speakers: Lydia Pintscher (WMDE)
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Conservation through knowledge sharing
Speakers: Ananya Mondal and Sandip Das
Lecture Ideal for newcomers

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Universal Code of Conduct Roundtable
Speakers: Ramzy Muliawan, Mervat Salman, Dariusz Jemelniak, Nataliia Tymkiv, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, Sandra Rientjes, Maggie Dennis, Taylor_49, Barkeep49
Round table Ideal for newcomers

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Hack4OpenGLAM 2021 - Co-creation event for learning, problem-solving and aligning action
Speakers: Susanna Ånäs and Tove Ørsted
Lightning talks Ideal for newcomers

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Thematic weeks as a tool for strengthening the community
Speakers: Ivana Madžarević, Aca
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Increase viewership of Kannada Wikipedia: QR Code project for Indian medicinal plants
Speakers: U.B. Pavanaja and Dhanalakshmi K T
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Inuka projects: designing products for users in growing Wikimedia communities
Speakers: Runa Bhattacharjee, Angie Muigai, Sudhanshu Gautam
Lightning talks Ideal for newcomers

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Tuesday, August 17

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Reflecting on the Past, Present and the Future
Speakers: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Butch Bustria, Phoebe Ayers, Ward Cunningham, Denny Vrandečić, Sal Khan, Winnie Kabintie
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Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom - learning from a pilot project in Bolivia, Morocco and the Philippines
Speakers: Nichole Saad, Melissa Guadalupe Huertas Brahim Faraji, Soukaina Abelhad, Imelda Brazal, Imelda Boquiren, Erlan Vega, Vasanthi Hargyono & Sailesh Patnaik
Mixed Format Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Integrating Wikidata into the Wikimedia projects
Speakers: Mike Peel, Nirali Sahoo, EricaAzzellini, Benoît Prieur and Putnik
Panel discussion Ideal for newcomers

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Wiki Loves Monuments: Beyond the campaign
Speakers: Axel Pettersson, Douglas Scott, Florence Devouard, Isaac Olatunde and Lodewijk Gelauff (moderator)
Panel discussion Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Organizing Wiki Education Program as a Non-credited Work: Motivation is the Pillar
Speakers: Ankan Ghosh Dastider
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Adding content of unknown regions (Algerian experience)
Speakers: Zinou Yahoui
Lightning talks Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Hackathon Showcase

The Future of Wikimania
Speakers: Iolanda Pensa and Phoebe Ayers (Wikimania Steering Committee), Douglas Scott, Kelsi Stine-Rowe & Joel Letang
Round table Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Raising the voices of indigenous communities from Latin America through Wikimedia Projects
Speakers: Angie Cervellera, Shailili Zamora Aray, Oscar Costero, Constanza Veron, Olga Lidia Paredes Alcoreza, Luis Álvaz
Panel discussion Ideal for newcomers

es

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One country in six pictures

Speakers: Ziko van Dijk, Florence Devouard, Olatunde Isaac, Venus Lui
Panel discussion Ideal for newcomers

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VisibleWikiWomen community meetup: how far we’ve come, what future we want to build together
Speakers: Mariana Fossatti, Claudia Pozo
Workshop Ideal for newcomers

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We write Wikipedia. Participation of women in the free and collaborative encyclopedia on the Internet
Speakers: Raquel Ramírez Salgado & Anna Torres
Panel discussion Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Inclusive Product Development: Building With, Not For
Speakers: Margeigh Novotny, Sr. Director of Product Design & Strategy (WMF)
Jaz Tanner, Sr. Product Manager (WMF)

Panel discussion Ideal for newcomers

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The top 9 things to know about safety and inclusion at Wikimedia online events
Speakers: Adélaïde Calais, Wikimédia France
Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Deutschland
Anisa Kuci, Wikimedia Italia
Carla Toro, Wikimedia Chile
Raimund Liebert, Wikimedia Österreich
Flor Méchain, Wikimedia CH
Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska, Wikimedia Polska
Constanza Verón, Wikimedia Argentina
Manfred Werner, Wikimedia Österreich
Vic Sfriso, Wikimedia Argentina
Christel Steigenberger, WMF

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Gawa, the new tool for centralizing biographies to be created and improved in Côte d'Ivoire
Speakers: Yasield and Kod B
Lecture Ideal for advanced understanding of Wikimedia

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Dynamic history map
Speakers: Andres Ferrando
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Partnerships for content, on a global level
Speakers: John Cummings, John Andersson & Josefine Hellroth Larsson
Workshop Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Exploring a cultural gap on Wikimedia: the case of the visual arts
Speakers: Martin Poulter, Waqas Ahmed & Daria Cybulska
Lecture Ideal for newcomers

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Open History Map-Contextualizing in the past with modern tools
Speakers: Marco Montanari
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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A future Wikimedia Language Diversity hub
Speakers: Jon Harald Søby
Workshop Ideal for newcomers

en

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Imagine all images described: Alternative text to images as cohesively structured data on Commons
Speakers: Karsten Hein and Mathieu Lovato Stumpf Guntz
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Neat and tidy: data quality on Wikidata

Speakers: Lydia Pintscher (WMDE)
Lecture Ideal for medium understanding of Wikimedia

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Art+Feminism: Beyond the Edit-a-thon
Speakers: Amber Berson, Kira Wisniewski, Medhavi Gandhi, Melissa Tamani Becerra, Mohammed Sadat Abdulai, Monika Sengul-Jones, Richard Knipel, Sara Clugage, Zita Ursula Zage
Mixed Format Ideal for newcomers

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Wiki Ghonya (how to promote free knowledge using modern music)
Speakers: Mohammed Ben Loulou
Lightning talks Ideal for newcomers

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Wikimedia and Sustainability-Selecting topics for impact
Speakers: Daniel Mietchen & Jan Ainali
Workshop Ideal for newcomers

en

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WikiFemales - To exceed Geographic borders
Speakers: Bara'a Zama'reh, NEW Areen Aby Rumman, Donia ElDomiaty
Lightning talks Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Boosting GLAM partnerships with technology and statistics
Speakers: Debora Lopomo, GLAM Program and Partnership Manager, Wikimedia CH
Ilario Valdelli, Education and Community Manager, Wikimedia CH

Mixed Format Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Movement Strategy 2021 Crash Course
Speakers: MNadzikiewicz (WMF)
Case Study Ideal for newcomers

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How The Wikipedia Library can help you write great articles
Speakers: Sam Walton (WMF)
Lecture Ideal for basic understanding of Wikimedia

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Wikimedia Community in Nigeria: Highlight of our works and the celebration of the people behind the success stories; Challenges, Solutions and Impacts.
Speakers: Olushola & Isaac (moderators), Yinka Maja, Omorodion Okuonghae, Dr. Nkem Osuigwe, Dr. Ngozi, Bukola James, John Joy, Dr. Yemisi Akinbobola
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Preventing misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic: How Wikipedia, public health experts, and news media can collaborate to share trustworthy knowledge in times of crisis
Speakers: Dr. Sanjay Gupta (moderator), CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent
Dr. Julio Frenk, Mexico’s former Minister of Health and current President of the University of Miami
Dr. Netha Hussain, neuroscientist and active contributor to Wikipedia’s COVID-19 coverage
Dr. Elaine O. Nsoesie, Computational Epidemiologist and Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Boston University
Dr. Peter Singer, Special Advisor to the Director-General of the World Health Organization

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Science and storytelling: Why who we talk about matters
Speakers: Jess Wade
Lecture Ideal for newcomers

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Celebratory Toast and Social Time
Speakers: The Wikimania Steering Committee
Celebration Ideal for newcomers

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