[Publicpolicy] Re: The Wikimania Edit: Sessions to watch!

Dear all, We finally witness the return of the in-person Wikimania! Below is a curated list of some of the sessions that the WMF Global Advocacy team has added to our short-list of sessions to watch. Those marked with ** include members of the Legal Department, whether Human Rights, Trust and Safety, or Global Advocacy. Please note some of these may only be available in-person, while others may be hybrid of live-streamed. All times are in local time. You can check all session details on the official schedule [1]. Enjoy Wikimania, Ziski [1]https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program - - - - - - THURSDAY START END 10:00 11:00 AI advancements and the Wikimedia projects 10:00 11:00 **Legal concerns: how the Movement can get the most out of WMF’s Legal team 10:40 11:00 Regional Grants Committees 11:15 11:35 Empowering Participation: A User-Centered Approach to Low-Stakes Edit-a-thons 11:15 12:00 **Evolving Legal and Human Rights Trends: a review of the risks and threats facing the movement 12:00 12:45 When the communities speak for themselves - how bring knowledge equity into policy discussions and advocacy activities? 14:15 14:55 OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia: Awesome Together! 14:15 15:15 **Passion and Perspectives: Policy Challenges and Opportunities for the Wikimedia Communities in the ESEAP 15:30 16:30 Building capacity: designing a train the trainer programme for your affiliate or community group 15:30 16:00 **What exactly does Trust and Safety do? A background, history, and explainer 16:00 16:30 **IP Masking: Big Change to Protect Editor Privacy 18:00 19:00 **Digital Safety Clinic FRIDAY START END 10:00 11:00 Changemaker's toolbox - brainstorming introductory resources to campaigning and advocacy 10:00 10:10 What makes some wiki communities more subject to governance capture 10:00 10:40 The future of CC licenses and public domain tools 10:40 11:00 From State Censorship to State Sponsorship: How We Organized a Seven-Month Edit-a-Thon with a State Agency 11:15 11:45 When public becomes private and everybody is a suspect - freedom of expression in early 21st century 11:15 11:35 Internet Archive: The Annual Wikimania Update 14:15 15:15 **Open up! Stories and lessons from copyright advocacy across the Wikimedia movement 14:15 14:45 Beyond editing – How visible are multipliers, community leaders and organizers, why are they importany, how can their visibility be increased? 15:50 16:30 Joining forces: Partnering with intergovernmental organizations creates new opportunities for the Wikimedia movement 17:45 17:50 A Survey of Freedom Of Panorama (FOP) in the Philippines 17:55 18:00 Age-Verification on Wikimedia Projects SATURDAY START END 10:00 10:30 What we can learn from large commercial users 10:30 11:00 Lift Wing: WMF's machine learning model serving infrastructure 11:15 12:00 Exploring the Values That Will Shape AI for a Better internet 15:50 16:10 Wikipediplomacy: the story of Philippine diplomatic missions on Wikipedia, and how you can write them too! _______________________________________________ Publicpolicy mailing list -- publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to publicpolicy-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org