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
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1]https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program
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THURSDAY
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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
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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
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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!