Wikimania 2005 conference report
Some points the overall report should cover (a very preliminary draft):
- Operations
- Budgeting
- Sponsorship identification and other fundraising
- Scheduling
- Programme of presentations
- Social events, parties for attendees and special guests
- Coordination with local venues and related events (Eo: / tangential events, city calendars)
- Budgeting
- Coordination
- Wiki/IRC/other coordination before the event
- Wiki/IRC/in-person coordination during the event
- IRC channels
- Mailing lists / other announcement channels
- Discussion pages (wikimania-wide, per event)
- Group discussions (roundtables, brainstorming workshops)
- Coordination between organizers and speakers/guests
- Coordination between press, observers, and community members
- Volunteer and staff identification, delegation, communication
- Program & Content
- Conference presentations
- Workshops, Tutorials
- Presentations
- Posters, Papers (Proceedings)
- Video, audio, transcripts online
- Conference presentations
- Interviews with attendees by media
- Interviews of attendees by one another
- Proceedings
- Text and slides
- Discussions, followup; print and archival formats (for the future?)
- Conference presentations
- Events
- Competitions
- Long-standing, planned (Media, Writing)
- For fun (Trivia, &c.)
- Parties (Dinner, drinks, dancing)
- Gatherings (ice-brekers, opening/closing meals, photo shoots)
- Outings (City tour, library visit, museum visits, &c.)
- Competitions
- Content analysis
- Breadth
- Types of events - speeches, tutorials, posters, jam sessions, riverwalks, contests
- Key subject areas (speeches, papers, et al)
- Key projects
- Key academic and other disciplines)
- Depth
- Novice and expert content for each major subject/discipline
- Tracks introducing people to detailed content in a new area
- Multilingualism
- Attraction of speakers and attendees from many language backgrounds
- Live interpretation for attendees
- Translations of the website, programme, abstracts, proceedings
- Breadth