2025:Wikimania Speaker Interviews
As part of the Wikimania 2025 online experience, we will host live follow-up interviews with speakers shortly after their sessions. These 20–30 minute conversations will provide an opportunity dive deeper into session topics and focus on giving remote participants the opportunity to ask their own questions through comments or chat.
These conversations will happen during the main conference days (August 6–9, 2025) in the Village Pump online-only room. The rest of the day the room is available for (chat) conversations between online participants!
Participants can also tune into the Morning Briefings hosted by Wiki In Africa.
How to Join
Sign in to Eventyay and we have a room called Village Pump. The rest of the day you can chat with the other online participants.
You may ask questions in the chat or comment sections. Interviews will be recorded and uploaded after the conference on the Wikimania Youtube channel.
Other Online Interview Series
| Day | Guest(s) | Related session | Time (Nairobi) | Start time (UTC) | Notes | Etherpad/ Video link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 6 Aug (day 1) | Lydia Pintscher | Wikidata: We want our data to be reused. But do we really? | 11:10 - 11:40 | 08:10 | Etherpad Questions | |
| Wed 6 Aug (day 1) | SJ Klein | Leave the hype behind ... | 16:40 - 17:30 | 13:40 | Prompt workshopping: Your chance to ask more AI-related questions through a hands-on remote workshop with SJ Klein | |
| Wed 6 Aug | Jesse | Review of the day | 19:00 - 19:20 | 16:00 | Mini-panel reviewing the sessions of today! What sessions are you excited about? Any take-aways, lessons? | |
| Thu 7 Aug | Robert Sim Nitesh Gil |
Wikimedian of the Year 2025 | 11:00-12:00 | 8:00 - 9:00 | Meet the new Wikimedian of the Year! | Link to recorded stream |
| Fri 8 Aug | Ruby, Terry,Chinmaya | Weaven Inclusive Futures Together | 11:00 -
11:20 |
Wiki Women in Discusion | ||
| Fri 8 Aug | Benjamin Mako Hill | State of Wikimedia Research 2024-2025 &
A Model of Peer-Produced Knowledge Commons Lifecycles and Governance |
12:30 - 13:00 | 9:30 | All questions on Wikimedia Research are welcome! | |
| Fri 8 Aug | Selena Deckelmann | Fireside Chat with the Wikimedia Foundation executives | 16:00 - 16:30 | 13:00 | Etherpad Questions | |
| Fri 8 Aug | (former Wikimania organizers) | Reflection on 20 years Wikimania | 17:10 - 18:30 | 14:10 | Reflecting on 20 years of Wikimania with a lot of former organizers! | |
| Sat 9
Aug (day 4) |
Benjamin Mako Hill & | Biking to Wikimania Nairobi | 12:30 - 13:00 | 9:30 | ||
| Sat 9 Aug (day 4) | Risker and Jadnapac | Extended Q&A on users with extended rights | 15:00 - 15:30 | 12:00 | ||
| Sat 9 Aug (day 4) | Superhamster | Design your own Wikipedia Game! | 15:45 - 16:15 | 12:45 | You may get to play some games yourself! | |
| Sat 9 Aug (day 4) | Maryana Iskander | Extended Q&A | 17:30 - 18:00 | 14:30 | Ask your questions to the Wikimedia Foundation CEO ! |
Notes
- Interviews start 10 minutes after the session ends.
- Each interview lasts 20–30 minutes max.
- Schedule may change based on speaker availability.