2025:Program/Future of Online Engagement at Wikimania
Session title: Future of Online Engagement at Wikimania
- Session type: Lecture
- Track: Community Engagement
- Language: en
đ„ Session recording: https://w.wiki/FQrY đ„
We want to keep improving the online engagement of Wikimania. In this session, we will briefly present what changed in the online elements of Wikimania in the past years through Eventyay, what we already know we want to improve and then continue into a discussion with our online participants for feedback and ideas.
Description
We want to keep improving the online engagement of Wikimania. In this session, we will briefly present what changed in the online elements of Wikimania in the past years through Eventyay, what we already know we want to improve and then continue into a discussion with our online participants for feedback and ideas.
- How does your session relate to the event theme, Wikimania@20 â Inclusivity. Impact. Sustainability?
Online engagement at Wikimania allows many more people to participate!
- What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?
Some experience will be needed
- Etherpad link
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/2025_Future_of_Online_Engagement
Resources
Speakers
- Lodewijk
- Lodewijk is a Wikipedian since 2005, active in the Dutch Wikipedia community. He was part of the international team of Wiki Loves Monuments for many years, and is currently chair of the Wikimania Steering Committee.
- Elena Lappen (WMF)
- Elena Lappen is a Movement Communications Manager, working for the Foundation since 2018. She is part of the Core Organizing Team of Wikimania and also contributes to a number of other projects including Diff, Conversations with the Trustees, improving the Foundation's presence on Meta-Wiki, and communications support for other Foundation teams in their collaborative work with Wikimedia communities.
- Mario Behling
- Mario Behling is an open source innovator passionate about fostering collaboration and connecting communities through technology. In 2009, he co-founded FOSSASIA with Hong Phuc Dang. Under his leadership, the organization has launched over 200 open source projects, built a community of 7,000+ developers on GitHub, and pioneered solutions like Eventyay, SUSI.AI, the Pocket Science Lab IoT platform, and Badge Magic.