2023:Program/Wikidata

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Here's the page to gather discussions and submissions about Wikidata at Wikimania 2023. The full program is available 2023:Program. An interactive version is available on Eventyay, where you can add sessions to your personal calendar and see more info about speakers.
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Tuesday, August 15, Pre-conference workshops, no live streaming[edit | edit source]

No livestream out to virtual event platform. Speakers can still dial-in to present remotely.

Room 324[edit | edit source]

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10:00 11:00 2:00 3:00 Wikidata Basics: A Workshop for Beginners Asaf Bartov (WMF) Basic Workshops en
11:15 12:45 3:15 4:45 SPARQL: access and analyze data from Wikidata Asaf Bartov (WMF) Basic Workshops en
13:45 14:45 5:45 6:45 Introduction to Open Data: Tools and Techniques for Data Sharing and Collaboration Joris Darlington Quarshie Open Data en
14:45 15:45 6:45 7:45 Creating a Lexeme Database from Scratch Leon Liesener Open Data en
15:45 16:30 7:45 8:30 Using Wikibase and Wikidata for Community Archives My Community Open Data en
17:00 18:00 9:00 10:00 Data use and reuse: Unlocking the Potential of Frictionless Data for Wikidata Open Knowledge Foundation, Nikesh Balami, Shashi Gharti Technology en

Wednesday, August 16[edit | edit source]

Room 324[edit | edit source]

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14:15 16:30 6:15 8:30 How not to lose a volunteer after the first edit: volunteer retention strategies LetsConnect Working group, Leadership Development Working Group Community Initatives en

Thursday, August 17[edit | edit source]

Plenary Hall, Halls 401/402[edit | edit source]

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12:15 12:45 4:15 4:45 State of machine learning on the Wikimedia projects Santhosh Thottingal Technology en
14:15 14:55 6:15 6:55 OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia: Awesome Together! Eugene Alvin Villar (seav), Dennis Raylin Chen Open Data en
14:55 15:15 6:55 7:15 Giving Contexts to Places We Love - The Power of OpenStreetMap and Wikidata James Amattey Open Data en

Room 309[edit | edit source]

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10:00 11:00 2:00 3:00 AI advancements and the Wikimedia projects Maryana Pinchuk, Lydia Pintscher, Shaun Spalding, Leila Zia Technology en
11:55 12:15 3:55 4:15 Intensive Wikidata usage in Wikivoyage - problems, experiences, wishes DerFussi Technology en
15:30 16:30 7:30 8:30 Wikifunctions is here James Forrester & Denny Vrandečić Technology en
17:00 18:00 9:00 10:00 Event Organizer Tools Meetup

Room 310[edit | edit source]

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14:45 15:15 6:45 3:15 WikiCite and Scholia for medicine and beyond Lane Rasberry Research, Science and Medicine en
15:30 16:30 7:30 8:30 Let us upgrade medical practice with Wikidata Houcemeddine Turki, Daniel Mietchen, James Heilman, Mossab Banat Research, Science and Medicine en

Room 311[edit | edit source]

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10:40 11:00 2:40 3:00 Teaching with Wikidata: A Resource for Educators and Students Carla Toro Education en
11:15 12:15 3:15 3:15 Secrets of effective editing workshops antanana Education en
12:15 12:45 3:15 3:45 WikiLearn: a learning and training space for the Wikimedia movement Asaf Bartov (WMF) Education en
16:00 16:30 8:00 8:30 IP Masking: Big Change to Protect Editor Privacy Niharika Kohli, Madi Moss Legal, Advocacy and Risks en

Room 325[edit | edit source]

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10:20 10:40 2:20 2:40 From cross-linking multilingual articles to database entries, how does Wikidata link to the whole world's knowledge - Taiwan Experience Dennis Raylin Chen ESEAP (East, South East Asia, and the Pacific) Region en
10:40 11:00 2:40 3:00 "臺灣 GLAM 的 Wikidata 回顧與展望：以李梅樹紀念館與新樂園藝術空間為例" Allen Wang ESEAP (East, South East Asia, and the Pacific) Region zh-hant

Room 326[edit | edit source]

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10:00 11:00 2:00 3:00 Lessons from the Organizer Lab? How should we train the next generation of campaign organizers in the Wikimedia Movement Alex Stinson Community Initiatives en
11:15 11:35 3:15 3:35 Empowering Participation: A User-Centered Approach to Low-Stakes Edit-a-thons Michelle Chin Community Initiatives en
15:30 16:15 7:30 8:15 The effects of IP address range blocking on contribution to the free knowledge Tochi Precious, Antoni Mtavangu, Bobby Shabangu Equity and Community Health en

Friday, August 18[edit | edit source]

Plenary Hall, Halls 401/402[edit | edit source]

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18:00 18:05 10:00 10:05 Lightning Talk Showcase on Linked Open Data, Research, Science and Medicine Annie Rauwerda
18:15 18:20 10:15 10:20 Another year for Partnering Up for Wikidata! Collaborations for Wikidata Software Development Maria Heuschkel Open Data en
18:20 18:25 10:20 10:25 PopulationFromWikidata' module for place articles Maia Williams Open Data en
18:25 18:30 10:25 10:30 Lightning Talk Showcase on Linked Open Data, and Wild Ideas Wojciech Pędzich
18:30 18:35 10:30 10:35 Wikidata Software Collaboration project, first year retrospective from Wikimedia Indonesia Raisha Abdillah Open Data en

Room 309[edit | edit source]

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11:45 12:45 3:45 4:45 Modelling, mapping and bridging knowledge gaps in gender and diversity Netha Hussain, Galder Gonzalez, Daniele Metilli, Chiara Paolini, Masana Mulaudzi Equity and Community Health en
15:30 16:00 7:30 8:00 Wikispecies and Wikidata: Where next? Andy Mabbett Open Data en
16:15 16:30 8:15 8:30 It's on Meta, but discoverable – organizational knowledge in a structured form Tore Danielsson, Alicia Fagerving Open Data en

Room 310[edit | edit source]

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16:10 16:30 8:10 8:30 Add your country to the Wikidata Govdirectory Jan Ainali, Abbe98 Open Data en

Room 311[edit | edit source]

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10:20 11:00 2:20 3:00 Co-creating platforms and products: how the Wikimedia Cloud Services team works with the larger Wikimedia technical community to build and maintain Cloud VPS, Toolforge, Quarry, PAWS, and more Bryan Davis, Andrew Bogott, Taavi Väänänen, YiFei Zhu Technology en
16:00 16:30 8:00 8:30 Empowering Wikidata and Wikipedia with Generative AI: Unlocking the Potential of Scholarly Publications Houcemeddine Turki Technology en

Room 324[edit | edit source]

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10:30 11:00 2:30 3:00 What I've learned from my 5-years PhD journey: Exploring Wikidata as a learning platform Shani Evenstein Sigalov Research, Science and Medicine en
14:35 14:55 6:35 6:55 A Nation's Dissertations: The New Zealand Thesis Project DrThneed/Tamsin Braisher ESEAP (East, South East Asia, and the Pacific) Region en

Room 325[edit | edit source]

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11:15 11:35 3:15 3:35 Internet Archive: The Annual Wikimania Update Mark Graham GLAM, Heritage and Culture en
11:35 11:55 3:35 3:55 100,000 institutions on the Wikimedia projects: A new strategy to activate in a simple way all the institutions around the world Iolanda Pensa GLAM, Heritage and Culture en
15:30 15:50 7:30 7:50 Engaging With Underrepresented Languages Dnshitobu, Goodness Ignatius Equity and Community Health en

Room 326[edit | edit source]

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10:10 10:30 2:10 2:30 The whole GLAM package: a workflow for turning the richness of GLAM knowledge and collections into great wiki contribution Heidi Meudt (Stitchbird2), Lucy Schrader ESEAP (East, South East Asia, and the Pacific) Region en
14:15 14:45 6:15 6:45 Scaling Wikidata Query Service - unlimited access to all the world’s knowledge for everyone is hard Lydia Pintscher Open Data en
14:45 15:15 6:45 7:15 Attributing the sum of all human knowledge: WikiCite discussion Phoebe Ayers Open Data en
15:50 16:20 7:50 8:20 Wikidata for Education Dnshitobu Education en

Room 307 (No livestreaming, No cameras)[edit | edit source]

No livestream out to virtual event platform, no recording. Speakers can still dial-in to present remotely.

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11:45 12:45 3:45 4:45 Let’s get closer - Let us show you how you can already benefit from Wikidata in your Wikimedia project and chat about how to make it even better Lydia Pintscher, chukwuahachie Sylvester, Alan Ang Open Data en
15:30 15:50 7:30 7:50 wikidata for Korean Qitems Margaret Donald ESEAP (East, South East Asia, and the Pacific) Region en

Saturday, August 19[edit | edit source]

Plenary Hall, Halls 401/402[edit | edit source]

Room 309[edit | edit source]

Start time End time Start time
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10:00 10:30 2:00 2:30 Duplicating Everywhere All at Once Alex Lum / Canley Open Data en
10:45 11:00 2:45 3:00 semanticClimate: Making climate knowledge accessible using Wikidata Shweata N. Hegde Open Data en
15:30 16:30 7:30 8:30 10 Research Findings and How You Can Use Them in Your Work Leila Zia Research, Science and Medicine en

Room 310[edit | edit source]

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10:00 10:30 2:00 2:30 What we can learn from large commercial users Liam Wyatt, Lane Becker Technology en
10:30 11:00 2:30 3:00 Lift Wing: WMF's machine learning model serving infrastructure Wikimedia Machine Learning Team Technology en
11:15 12:00 3:15 4:00 The Future of the Wishlist Survey Runa Bhattacharjee, Sam Wilson, Natalia Rodriguez Technology en
12:00 12:45 4:00 4:45 Structured Data Across Wikimedia: Successes and Learnings Giovanna Fontenelle (WMF), Flavia Doria, Carly Bogen, Marco Fossati, Sofia Matias Technology en
14:15 14:55 6:15 6:55 Wiki Loves SDC – making cultural heritage photos more accessible together Alicia Fagerving GLAM, Heritage and Culture en

Room 311[edit | edit source]

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14:15 14:25 6:15 6:25 Reusing Open Data from various sources to assess gender inequality: from street and school eponyms, to researchers and research quelet Open Data en
14:45 15:15 6:45 7:15 Data Partnerships and the Future of Linked Open Data Kris Litson, Alan Ang Open Data en

Room 324[edit | edit source]

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12:00 12:45 4:00 5:45 The challenges of volunteer committees in the movement Ivan Martinez Equity and Community Health en
15:50 16:30 7:50 8:30 Livestreaming editing Jan Ainali Community Initatives en

Room 308 (Tools Lab/ Hacking Space, No livestreaming, No cameras)[edit | edit source]

No livestream out to virtual event platform, no recording. Speakers can still dial-in to present remotely.

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15:30 15:45 7:30 7:45 The Impact of Wikidata-powered Infoboxes on Minority and Low-resourced Language Wikipedias in Africa Sadik Shahadu Open Data en
15:45 16:00 7:45 8:00 Biodiversity in underrepresented languages using crowdsourcing Dnshitobu, AgnesAbah Open Data en
16:00 16:30 8:00 8:30 Wikidata pink pony session Lydia Pintscher, Alan Ang Open Data en

Post-conference (National Library)[edit | edit source]

Venue will be at the Imagination Room, National Library of Singapore (Lee Kong Chian Reference Library) on August 20. This is not live streamed and a separate registration was done.

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14:00 14:30 6:00 6:30 Connecting Library Metadata to Wikidata: A Semantic Web Approach to Information Discovery Omorodion Okuonghae Libraries en
14:30 15:30 6:30 7:30 Connecting National Library Board Metadata DrThneed/Tamsin Braisher, Pru Mitchell Libraries en
15:45 16:05 7:45 8:05 When African Librarians met Wikidata Alice Kibombo-Ekanya, Nkem Osuigwe PhD, Human Capacity Development & Training (Director), AfLIA Libraries en
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