Global Reach/Events archive
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Our team participates in several conferences relevant to our partnerships. Some of them have a global scope, and some are regional or country specific.
2016 edit
Mobile World Congress: Barcelona 2016 edit
Mobile World Congress is the largest Mobile related event in the world. At this event, we talk to current and prospective partners in the mobile industry. Wikipedia Zero and Preload-related partnerships are the main focus. This year, we were also invited to speak in 2 different panels:
- Smriti Gupta was a panelist at the "Mobile for Development: track, in a panel called "Addressing the barriers of coverage, affordability, digital literacy and locally relevant content."
- Jorge Vargas participated in the "Ministerial Programme" at a panel discussion called "Social innovation solutions and its impact on the wider ecosystem".
Mobile West Africa: Lagos 2016 edit
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2016 edit
Jorge Vargas attended the UN's Internet Governance Forum in Guadalajara, Mexico Dec 6th through 9th.
Our community-facing initiatives edit
Our team also participates in Community organized events.
2015 edit
Wikimania 2015: Mexico City edit
Smriti Gupta (Head of Partnerships for Asia and Eastern Europe), and Jorge Vargas (Head of partnerships for Latin America) attended the event.
2016 edit
WikiArabia: Jordan, 2016 edit
Jack Rabah (Head of Partnerships for Middle East and Africa) attended the event.
Wikimedia Conference: Berlin, 2016 edit
Dan Foy (Technical Partner Manager), and Jorge Vargas (Head of partnerships for LATAM) attended the event.
Wikimania 2016: Esino Lario edit
Jack Rabah (Head of Partnerships for Middle East and Africa), and Jorge Vargas (Head of partnerships for Latin America) attended the event.
Wikimedia Conference North America, San Diego 2016 edit
Adele Vrana (Director of Strategic Partnerships, Global Reach), and Jorge Vargas (Head of partnerships for LATAM) attended the event. This year, we were part of two presentations:
- Jorge Vargas participated in the "Wikipedia-in-a-box/Kiwix" presentation.
- Adele Vrana led a presentation on "Increasing reach of Wikimedia projects via partnerships "
- Adele Vrana and Jorge Vargas led a presentation on "Understanding Wikipedia readership: Our results for our phone survey in Mexico".