2025:Program/Fireside Chat with the Wikimedia Foundation Executives

Session title: Fireside Chat with the Wikimedia Foundation Executives

Session type: Panel

Track: Governance & Strategy

Language: en

🎥 Session recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENVArTyCwfE&list=PLhV3K_DS5YfLPVASK2MANk6wSHgWmbULz&t=19345s 🎥

Join the Wikimedia Foundation executives for a casual conversation and open Q&A about priorities, progress and the future.

Description

As at every Wikimania, the Wikimedia Foundation executives will be hosting a fireside chat. The session will begin with a conversation between executives on the stage, covering their reflections on the most pressing global trends facing Wikimedia and how they are leading the Foundation through a changing environment. They'll discuss progress, priorities, opportunities, challenges, and trade-offs, framing the discussion for an audience Q&A or breakout group discussions with the audience.

How does your session relate to the event theme, Wikimania@20 – Inclusivity. Impact. Sustainability?

This session will explore the avenues the Foundation is pursuing to maximize the movement's impact and contribute to a more sustainable future.

What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?

Everyone can participate in this session

Speakers

• Nadee Gunasena

I work at the Wikimedia Foundation as Chief of Staff, since 2019.

• Stephen LaPorte, Anusha Alikhan, Selena Deckelmann

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