WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program

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WARNING: Since this is an online conference with participants being physically located in different places around the world, the scheduled times will likely not correspond to the exact time in your place of residence and you might have to make an adjustment. For that purpose, all times in the schedule are set to UTC and shown as clickable links which automatically convert to your local times.

Gender, Diversity and Inclusion   Advocacy, safety and community health

Innovation and Research   Outreach, Education and GLAM

Technology and infrastructure   Governance & Strategy

Partnerships   Community topics, projects and development

Pre-Conference

Day 1 - Wednesday 3 November

Time	Room A
11:00 - 11:55	Community resources: How to get funded Veronica Thamaini, Tebogo Khama, Nanour Garabedian
11:55 - 12:15	Break
12:15 - 13:10	Affiliation Committee: How to create and support an affiliate in the Movement Olushola Olaniyan
13:10 - 13:30	Break
13:30 - 14:25	Privacy and security online Samuel Guebo

Day 2 - Thursday 4 November

Time	Room A
12:00 - 12:55	Universal Code of Conduct: The Enforcement Draft Guidelines Roundtable Sam Oyeyele, Christel Steigenberger, Jeffrey Keefer, Blossom Ozurumba, Pascale Walter, Zita Zage
12:55 - 13:30	Break
13:30 - 14:25	Indaba Diaspora: Rethinking and Resetting Knowledge Sharing on Africa in the 6th Region of the African Union, the Diaspora Sherry Antoine, ED AfroCROWD, acclaimed Dr. Krista Johnson, Director of the Howard University Department of African Studies, Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu, Howard University World Languages & Cultures lecturer and DaQuan Lawrence, SMOOTH Inc.
14:25 - 15:00	Break
15:00 - 15:55	WMF Communications Department Roundtable Kelsi Stine-Rowe, Mathoto Matsetela, Tas Elias
15:55 - 16:30	Break
16:30 - 17:25	WikiAfrica Hour episode 7: What the changes at WMF Community Resources mean for you Ceslause Ogbonnaya, Kassia Echavarri-Queen, Veronica Thamaini, Yamen Bousrih, Joy Agyepong, Ndahiro derrick

Main Conference

Day 1 - Friday 5 November

Time	Room A	Room B	Room C	Room D
10:40 - 10:55	Opening Ceremony Erina Mukuta, Alice Kibombo-Ekanya, Houcemeddine Turki en fr
10:55 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 11:55	Maryana Iskander's Listening Tour Maryana Iskander, Mehrdad Pourzaki en fr
11:55 - 12:10	Break
12:10 - 12:35	Wiki Heritage in Africa Yamen Bousrih, Antoni Mtavangu, Nassima Chahboun, Phephile Tshabangu,Christopher Ssebuyungo	African language Wikipedias - indicators for development, growth and renewal Ingo Koll, Marc Miquel Ribe, Amir Aharoni	The Bias Quizz Florence Devouard	Exploring Wikivoyage to improve travel information about the African continent Alaafiabami Oladipupo, Isaac Oloruntimilehin
12:35 - 12:40				Pause
12:40 - 13:05				One Thousand and One WikiProjects (Perspectives) Mohammed Bachounda
13:05 - 13:10		Pause
13:10 - 13:35		Scribe: Supporting editors of low-resourced languages creating high-quality articles Eugene Agbo, Lucie-Aimée Kaffee	Wikipédiennes en résidence pour Covid-19 au Cameroun et au Sénégal (French) Alexandra Tchuileu, Carine Sabine Babadana fr en	Innovation in Free Knowledge: Insights of the African community Reda Benkhadra
13:35 - 13:50	Break
13:50 - 14:00	Wiki GLAM Awareness for Librarians in Kwara State James Bukola	Lingua Libre Bot et le Wiktionnaire en chaoui (French) Reda Kerbouche, Adélaïde Calais, Pamputt fr en	Wiki Women's Voices: Addressing Content and Gender Gaps on The Wikis Stella Agbley	Wiki Loves Africa 2022 Florence Devouard, Isla Haddow-Flood en fr
14:00 - 14:05	Break
14:05 - 14:15	Wiki For Refugees in Uganda Geoffrey Kateregga	The Afrocine Project: Learnings so far... Sam Oyeyele	Wikimedians involved in Association Football Douglas Ssebagala	20 ans de Wikipédia : Défis et perspectives de l’Afrique pour les vingt prochaines années sur cette encyclopédie (French) Mermoze Adodo fr en
14:15 - 14:20	Break
14:20 - 14:45	Appreciating GLAM through Showcasing Ghana's Lighthouses Stella Agbley	Challenges for Quality Control in Small Wikipedias Ingo Koll	Leveraging local holidays as a topical campaign to bridge content gaps on Wikipedia Ruby D. Brown	Privacy best practices for contributors and event organizers Samuel Guebo en fr

Day 2 - Saturday 6 November

Time	Room A	Room B	Room C	Room D
11:00 - 12:00	CEE Meets African Wikimedians: Regional Hubs Implementation Perspectives and Challenges Anass Sedrati, Łukasz Garczewski en fr
12:00 - 12:15	Break
12:15 - 12:40	African Wikimedians Volunteer Support Network Justice Okai-Allotey, Joy Agyepong Join this session on YouTube	Wikimedia and African Libraries: envisioning future pathways Felix Nartey, Dr.Nkem Osuigwe Join this session on YouTube	Wikimedia Lexicography: From Word Recordings to Lexemes and Beyond Mahir Morshed, Mohammed Sadat Abdulai, Tochi Precious, Mohammed Awal Alhassan, Abdul-Rasheed Yussif, Sadik Shahadu, Mohammed Mustapha Aliyu Join this session on YouTube	Building a Wikimedia Community in African Educational Institutions: Experiences of Wikimedians in Africa Godstime Elijah, Omorodion Okuonghae, Jeremiah Emeka Ugwulebo, Dr. Ngozi Osadebe,Erina Mukuta, Mulumba IM Join this session on YouTube
12:40 - 12:45	Break
12:45 - 13:10	Leveraging on the Youth Factor for a Sustainability Winnie Kabintie, Derrick Ndahiro, Ebenezer Mlay, Euphemia Uwandu	Wikipedia in African Libraries: milestones attained, challenges and outcomes Doreen Appiah, Dr.Nkem Osuigwe, Stanley Boakye-Achampong, Alice Kibombo
13:10 - 13:15				Break
13:15 - 13:40				Towards a more environmentally sustainable Wikimedia Movement: The Wikimedia Affiliates Environmental Sustainability Covenant Lukas Mezger
13:40 - 13:55	Break
13:55 - 14:50	Comment accéder à Wikipédia dans un monde hors ligne ? : Cas de l'Afrique (French) Valentin Nasibu, Abel L. Mbula	How to reach out to those offline Ruby D. Brown, Florence Devouard, Stéphane Coillet-Matillon, Vahid Masrour, Minette Lontsie	African Wikimedia Projects Tracker - Refreshing how we see African language projects Derick Alangi, Dumisani Ndubane	Wikimedia activities and the sustainable development goals Jan Ainali, Daniel Mietchen

Day 3 - Sunday 7 November

Time	Room A	Room B	Room C	Room D
10:00 - 10:25	Keynote session : Reconsidering and recalibrating Wikimedia in an era of constant change Collence T. Chisita Join this session on YouTube en fr
10:25 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 11:25	The future of knowledge creation in Africa through partnerships Felix Nartey, Rudolph Ampofo, Veronica Thamaini, Pempho R. Chabvuta (AU), Janet Faith Adhiambo Ochieng (AU), Khanyi Mpumlwana, Natasha Kimani (Africa No Filter) Join this session on YouTube en fr
11:25 - 11:40	Break
11:40 - 12:35	East Africa Wiki Communities Collaboration Discussion Antoni Mtavangu, Winnie Kabintie, Douglas Ssebagala Join this session on YouTube	Let’s talk about growing and supporting the Wikimedia research communities in Africa Emily Lescak, Houcemeddine Turki, Mohammed Sadat Abdulai, Reem Al Kashif Join this session on YouTube	Building Organizer Tools for the Future of Campaigns Felix Nartey, Ilana Fried, Gregory Onyeahialam Join this session YouTube	WikiData4Education: Aligning the sum of all knowledge with school curricula Ruby D. Brown Join this session on YouTube
12:35 - 12:40	Break
12:40 - 13:05	WikiFranca - french speaking collaboration accorss Africa, Canada and Europe Yasield, Adélaïde Calais Join this session on YouTube en fr	Strategy 2030 for dummies Mohammed Bachounda Join this session on YouTube	The Use Of QRpedia As A Tool To Generate QRcodes To Tell The Wiki Story In Africa Jesse Asiedu-Akrofi en	Wikibase: Free and customizable knowledge base to connect & collaborate around structured data Mohammed Sadat Abdulai
13:05 - 13:20	Break
13:20 - 13:45	Swahili Wikipedia for SADC Countries Antoni Mtavangu, Aneth David, Geoffrey Kateregga, Winnie Kabintie, Prof. Mutembei(UDSM), Abel L. Mbula Join this session on YouTube	Who governs the Wikimedia Movement (and why you should care) Nikki Zeuner, Nicole Ebber, Eva Martin Join this session on YouTube	Plans for the revitalization of the endangered indigenous African languages: A look at the roles of Wikimedia projects in language preservation Olushola Olaniyan, Satdeep Gill, Isaac Olatunde, Sadik Shahadu Join this session on YouTube	Add your country to the WikiProject Govdirectory Jan Ainali, Albin Larsson Join this session on YouTube
13:45 - 13:50				Break
13:50 - 14:15				Wiki Loves Women Focus Group Panel discussion Candy
14:15 - 14:20	Break
14:20 - 14:45	Photography in Wikimedia Movement Anas Adam	Movement Strategy: Opportunities for African communities and the Implementation Grants Zuz, Sam Oyeyele, Mahuton Possoupe, Yop Rwang Pam	Making Wikipedia Accessible to all Gbemisola Esho
14:45 - 14:55	Amplifying knowledge gaps on Wikimedia Projects by making them visible in artistic ways Tas Elias		Break
14:55 - 15:00	Break
15:00 - 15:55	State of Wikimedia in Africa Geoffrey Kateregga, Alice Kibombo-Ekanya, Dumisani Ndubane Join this session on YouTube en fr