Wikimedia Diversity Conference 2017/Program

Group photo
Starting on Friday 3 November at 16:00 and ending Sunday 5 November at 16:00 are confirmed opening and closing times for the program.

Friday 3 November

Time	Evening Social event at the Royal Armory Museum
16:00-16:30	Meet in lobby for organized city walk (15 minutes) from Sheraton to the Royal Palace.
16:30-21:00	Conference opening The venue for the opening event is the Royal Armory Museum located in the Royal Palace, a regular host to many Wikipedia events. Conference registration Interactive group activity Introductions from the organizer Welcome speech by the Museum From 18.30 buffet dinner is available at 90 SEK per person (the price is subsidized, payment at venue, included in scholarship 3)

Saturday 4 November

Time	Main Hall (Drottningholm Room B)
08:00-09:00	Registration is open at help desk and the venue is open for participants
09:00-09:15	Welcome address
09:15-09:45	Opening speech (Questions) by Katherine Maher, ED Wikimedia Foundation YouTube stream
09:45-10:30	Transfer in activity
10:30-10:55	A friendly space Inclusive policies by Venus Lui group activity
10:55	Fika (Tea and Coffee at Mezzanine Foyer)
11:15-11:45	Gender Diversity Mapping project / presentation by Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight introduced by Greta Doçi Group discussion and Q&A YouTube stream
	Reflections and reactions
12:00-13:30	GROUP PHOTO Buffet lunch (Sheraton Restaurant 360)
13:30-15:35	Wikimedia’s strategic direction: How can we move towards knowledge equity? Big group dialogue WikiCafé session starts Introductions and instructions (by Sara Mörtsell, Nicole Ebber and Jaime Anstee). This session takes a starting point in the strategic direction and is developed with the Movement strategy team.
15:35-15:55	Fika (Tea and Coffee at Mezzanine Foyer)
15:55-17:00	Big group dialogue WikiCafé session continues Interactive strategic discussions with all participants
17:00-19:00	Venue open for meetups and discussions

19:30	Conference Dinner at Sheraton (Gripsholm A+B)

Sunday 5 November

Time

Main Hall (Drottningholm Room B)

09:00

Start of Day 2

Summary of day 1

Group activity

09:30-10:30

Lightning talks

Participants present
YouTube stream / Etherpad / Slides

10:30

Hosting inclusive Wikimedia events

by Kalliope Tsouroupidou
YouTube stream / Etherpad

11:10

Fika and transition (Mezzanine Foyer)

11:30-12:30

Skill sharing sessions

*3 parallel sessions*
1. Reaching diversity through technology Etherpad	2. Scaling diversity campaigns and programs Etherpad	3. Accessing resources to increase diversity Etherpad
(Drottningholm Room B)	(Mälar Room B)	(Mälar Room D)

12:30-14:00

Buffet lunch (Sheraton Restaurant 360)

13:40-14:00

Extra Friendly space
Etherpad

14:00-

The Way Forward session

Message summary

Marketplace

Action planning

Etherpad

15:00-15.15

Fika buffet (Mezzanine Foyer)

16:00

Closing session ends

16:00- 19:00

Venue available for last minute meetups and good byes
Etherpad

~~16.30-18.00, PokemonGo tour in Gamla stan, hosted by Ture and Bettobaba~~

After Conference

	After Conference
Evening	Local volunteers will advice on how to spend the evening in Stockholm, for those staying around.

Wikimedia Diversity Conference 2017/Program

Contents

Friday 3 November

Saturday 4 November

Sunday 5 November

After Conference

List of program session pages