WikiConference USA/2014

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New York Law School

30 May - 1 June 2014

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About WikiConference USA

WikiConference USA 2014 Press Release

WikiConference USA is the first national Wikimedia conference of its kind in the United States. The conference will be held on May 30 – June 1, 2014 at New York Law School, located in Tribeca district of Manhattan, New York City. WikiConference USA’s program will be devoted to topics concerning the Wikimedia movement in the United States, as well as related topics of free culture and digital rights.

WikiConference USA will feature a diverse array of conference offerings such as keynotes, presentations, panels, and workshop sessions; provide a lounge space and break areas for conference attendees to gather and mingle; and host an unconference day for attendees to design their own schedule and engage with each other around common interests.

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Conference Details

New York Law School

Dates & Times

Friday, May 30, 2014, 8:30AM – 6:00PM

Saturday, May 31, 2014, 8:30AM – 6:00PM

Sunday, June 1, 2014, 8:30AM – 6:00PM

Location

New York Law School

185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013

Expected Attendance

300 attendees over the three-day conference

Target Demographics

Our primary demographic targets United States-based Wikipedians. The secondary demographic targets non-Wikipedian academics, students, librarians, activists, and professionals.

Costs

The conference will be free to attend.

Participants

We encourage but do not require registered participants to sign up at the List of Registered Participants.

Schedule of sessions

WikiConference USA 2014 will take place over three days of keynotes, panels, workshops, seminars, lightning talks, and unconference sessions. A general outline of the conference schedule is provided below. The sessions will mainly be filled through the proposal submission process. The conference organizers will be curating select panels and keynotes. Subscribe and stay tuned for updates!

Friday, May 30, 2014

8:30am-9:30am	Registration and Breakfast
9:30am-10:15am	Keynote: Sumana Harihareswara 2nd Floor Event Center
10:15am-10:30am	Break
10:30am-11:45am
	W300	W301	W302	W303	W320	W220
	Wikipedia's Role in Four Different Types of Librarianship	Wikipedia in the Era of MOOC	Measuring Editor Collaborativeness With Economic Modelling	Video in Wikimedia	Global Economic Map: Wikidata Project	Open Space
				Wiki Loves Photo Trips	State of Wikidata
			Editing Trends	Wiki Loves Capitol Hill	Answering Big Questions with Wikidata
11:45am-12:00pm	Break
12:00pm-1:00pm	W300	W301	W302	W303	W320	W220
	You're Invited!: Developing Innovative Models for Participation	Wikipedia and the Law	The Wikipedia Adventure: Playing with Learning	Image by Wikipedia	Using Web API Client libraries to play with and learn from our meta data	Open Space
	Wikimedia LGBT: Past, Present and Future	Wikipedia for Lawyers: Researching, Citing and Contributing to Wikipedia	New Editors		Using the MediaWiki Web API to get (only) the data you need
1:00pm-2:00pm	Lunch
2:00pm-3:00pm	Keynote: DC Vito 2nd Floor Event Center
3:00pm-3:15pm	Break
3:15pm-4:15pm	W300	W301	W302	W303	W320	W220
	How the PR Industry Views Wikipedia	Ask the Wiki Education Foundation	Where would I find time for it?: Scalable Wikipedia Editing for GLAMS	-	Signaling Open Access References	Open Space
4:15pm-4:30pm	Break
4:30pm-5:30pm	W300	W301	W302	W303	W320	W220
	Paid Editing Moderated Discussion	The Gender Gap	Remixing metadata from libraries and archives with the RAMP editor	-	Open Access Panel	Open Space
		Women in Free Software: What's Working for Us
		Women's Work: Female Bonding and Empowerment During Wikipedia Parties
5:30pm-5:45pm	Break
5:45pm-6:00pm	Closing Remarks 2nd Floor Event Center

Saturday, May 31, 2014

8:30am-9:30am	Registration and Breakfast
9:30am-10:15am	Keynote: Phoebe Ayers 2nd Floor Event Center
10:15am-10:30am	Break
10:30am-11:45am
	W300	W301	W302	W303	W320	W220
	State of Digital Rights	Art & Feminism	Community Management 101: Building a Successful Wiki Community	-	Social Dramas of Wikipedia	Open Space
					Future of Libraries and Wikipedia
	The Free Culture Trust		Reconstructing the Past with MediaWiki		Pedagogy and New User Socialization
			Using the Memento MediaWiki Extension to Avoid Spoilers		7th Grade Wikipedia Project
11:45am-12:00pm	Break
12:00pm-1:00pm	W300	W301	W302	W303	W320	W220
	Current State of the BLP Problem	Social Dramas of Wikipedia	Commons Double: Vector Graphics	Using Wikibooks and Wikiotics to Build Community-Centered Language Courses	Health Panel	Open Space
		Wikipedia for Lawyers: Researching, Citing and Contributing to Wikipedia	New Editors
1:00pm-2:00pm	Lunch
2:00pm-3:00pm	Keynote: Christie Koehler 2nd Floor Event Center
3:00pm-3:15pm	Break
3:15pm-4:15pm	W300	W301	W302	W303	W320	W220
	Cybersecurity Panel	Growing the Awesome in Your Programs	A year in residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation	-	Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Program in NYC	Open Space
			Wikipedian-in-Residence at UC Berkeley
	Chinese Wikipedia		Forward to Libraries
4:15pm-4:30pm	Break
4:30pm-5:30pm	W300	W301	W302	W303	W320	W220
	-	Growing the Awesome in Your Programs (Continued)	-	-	If we build it, will they come?: Bringing library collections to the people through Wikipedia	Open Space
					Wikipedia, GLAM and Edit-athons in the Classroom: How We Did It
5:30pm-5:45pm	Break
5:45pm-6:00pm	Closing Remarks 2nd Floor Event Center

Sunday, June 1, 2014

9:30am-10:30am	Registration and Breakfast
10:30am-11:30am	Keynote
11:30am-11:45am	Break
11:45am-12:30pm	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space
12:30pm-12:45pm	Break
12:45pm-1:30pm	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space
1:30pm-2:30pm	Lunch
2:30pm-3:30pm	Keynote
3:30pm-3:45pm	Break
3:45pm-4:30pm	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space
4:30pm-4:45pm	Break
4:45pm-5:30pm	Closing Session