3rd Wikimedia Technology Summit (WTS 2024)/Programme


Wiki Tech for All: Empowering Voices, Expanding Horizons


Mini Hackathon WTS2024 on Thursday, October 3rd at the KRB Auditorium, 4th Floor, Kohli Center on Intelligent Systems (KCIS) at IIIT Hyderabad.

This is a tentative program draft and is subject to change.


Halls
Istana Ballroom (120 people) Deori Ballroom (80 people) Drawing room (40 people)

Day 1

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WIKIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT 2024 - DAY 1
TIME
SESSIONS
9:00 - 10:00 AM
  • Welcome address
  • The Journey of Wikimedia Technology Summit (WTS)
  • Introduction to WTS 2024 & Key objectives
  • Guidelines and Program Overview
  • Wikimedia Foundation's Product and Technology Strategy: An Overview
10:00 - 10:20 AM
Introduction to the Wikimedia Movement
10:20 - 10:40 AM
State of Indic Wikimedia Communities (including various Wikimedia projects)
10:40 - 11:00 AM
TEA BREAK
11:00 - 12:05 PM
AI's Impact: A Balancing Act  - Panel Discussion
12:10 - 12:35 PM
Shata Sahasra Yagam- By the Community For the Community (Swecha)
12:35 - 13:00 PM
AI based solutions for digital inclusion
1:00- 2:00 PM
LUNCH
2:15 - 2:35 PM
Connecting Data Inspiring Change: Open Data Kerala - Manoj Karingamadathil
2:35 - 2:55 PM
OSGeo-India and community - Talk
2:55 - 3:30 PM Wikimedia Community lightning talks

1. Empowering Indigenous Voices: Wikimedia’s Role in the International Decade of Indigenous Languages - Boli Cheto
2. Tech for digitizing oral culture on Wikimedia projects - Amrit Sufi
3. From Learner to Leader:My path in Digitization and Wikisource - Kavitha Ganesh, Babitha Shetty
4. Effectiveness of Wikipedia in education as a platform of improving the cognitive ability among students - Pavanaja
5. Wiki Club Journey - Shreya, Dev, Akshat

3:30 - 4:15 PM
Latest features and tools by the Wikimedia Foundation
4:15 - 4:35 PM
TEA BREAK
Breakouts Beginners  - Deori Ballroom Advanced Users - Drawing room
4:35- 5:35 PM Demo: Tools and Gadgets for Editing Wikipedia, Commons and Wikidata - Ranjithsiji OpenRefine Workshop: Working with wikitext and structured data on Wikimedia Commons - Workshop - Gnoeee
5:35 - 6:30 PM
Unconference spaces / Meetups / Free Time
6:30 PM - 7.30 PM
Cultural Programme
7:30 PM- 10:00 PM
DINNER

Day 2

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WIKIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT 2024 - DAY 2
TIME
SESSIONS
9:15-9:30 AM
Recap of Day 1 and Day 2 Schedule
9:30 - 10:30 AM
Addressing Gender Gap in Wikimedia Technology: Panel Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 AM
TEA BREAK
Breakouts Event Hall Istana Ballroom (120 people) Event Hall Deori Ballroom (80 people) Drawing room (40 people)
11:05 - 11:35 PM Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group (Annual Plan and Updates) - Navya Sri & Vasanth Gopa Mobile Editing and Growth - Pavan Santhosh (CIS) Unconference
11:35 - 12:05 PM Empowering Grassroots Initiatives through Wikimedia (VGLUG) Data Visualisation tool for WikiProjects Growth Analysis - Mahima Agarwal
12:05 - 12:30 PM
GROUP PHOTO
12:30 - 1:30 PM
LUNCH
Breakouts Event Hall Istana Ballroom (120 people) Event Hall Deori Ballroom (80 people) Drawing room (40 people)
Tech Helpdesk / Feedback room
1:30 - 1:45 PM Demo on Voice and Image based User Scripts - Neechalkaran Ambiguous Pronoun Resolution on Wikipedia Texts
1:45 - 2:00 PM Internet-in-a-Box, Delivering Wikipedia to Locations Without Internet - Suyash.dwivedi
2:00 - 2:15 PM Requirement of Mobile App for Wikivoyage Users - Rangan Datta Wiki
2:15 - 2:30 PM Multiple languages & Internationalisation: Translation Administration on Wikimedia projects - Aafi IndicWiki content Generation - Jayant
2:30 - 2:45 PM MT tools for Indian languages - Vandan Mujadia
2:45 - 3:00 PM Tech for Good: The Road to Wiki and Its Impact on Empowering Future Developers - Ankit Kumar Verma
2:50 - 3:30 PM
TEA BREAK
3:30 - 4:15 PM
Hackathon Showcase
4:15 - 5:15 PM
Future of Wikimedia and Open Source Technology in Indic languages
5:15 - 5:35PM
Next Steps and Vote of Thanks
5:35 - 7:30 PM
Unconference spaces / Free Time
7:30 PM onwards
SOCIAL DINNER