Everyone who applied for a scholarship to Wikimania '17 has been notified
about the status. If you have not heard, please check your spam filter,
or send email to ask about the status to:
wikimaniascholarships(a)wikimedia.org
April 18 is the deadline for people who were offered a scholarship to
respond.
A final list of everyone who was awarded and able to accept will be posted
to on the wiki in early May.
We expect registration for Wikimania '17 to go live on or before May 1st.
--
Ellie Young
Events Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
eyoung(a)wikimedia.org
Hi all,
The program committee has been working busily to review and sort all of the
Wikimania submissions so far, and I thought you might like an update:
This year we got:
* 208 lecture submissions
* 37 panels
* 51 roundtables & birds-of-a-feather
* 19 lightning talks, 11 posters (submission for these categories is still
open!!)
* and a record *54 workshops & tutorials*!
I am blown away by the quality of all of the submissions this year - the
program is going to be wonderful. Our community is extraordinary! Check it
out, indicate your interest & leave comments at
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Submissions
*A few notes & reminders: *
* *You can still submit*: submission for lightning talks (5 min talks),
birds-of-a-feather discussions, & posters is still open. Also, those who
submitted longer lectures who aren't selected are welcome to resubmit for a
lightning talk or poster. See
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions
* *Can't make it?:* If you submitted a talk but know now that you
DEFINITELY CANNOT attend Wikimania, due to scholarship or other reasons,
PLEASE let us know at wikimania-program(a)wikimedia.org, before we start
trying to make the final program. I would really appreciate it :)
* *When will I hear back?:* We originally targeted May 1st as our deadline
to send presentation acceptances ... then we extended the submission
deadline 2 weeks and got a record number of submissions. So we likely won't
make the May 1st date, but we will do our best to be as timely as possible
in program notifications. We know that everyone has to make travel plans,
etc.
* *I can't get an answer!:* Not unrelated: I'm behind on email - so if
you've sent a program question and haven't gotten an answer please resend
:)
* *Ideas? Able to help?:* And last... We would love to hear your ideas for
how to make this a great Wikimania. What kind of hacking space do you want?
Can you think of exhibits, interactive installations, ways to involve
remote participants?? What kind of program do *you* want? We want to hear
your ideas at wikimania-program(a)wikimedia.org.
And we WILL need your help on-site and ahead of time in making sure the
program runs smoothly... I'll send more details and a call for volunteers
as soon as we get done with this phase.
cheers,
Phoebe
Wikimania '17 program co-chair
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Thanks Joseph! Just a followup reminder that submissions are due TOMORROW.
If you have submitted a proposal already but it's marked as a "draft",
please finalize it and mark it as "completed" by tomorrow as well. (If you
are a submitter you may already have email from me about this).
thanks everyone! We are going to have a great program this year!
Phoebe
(for the program committee)
On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Joseph Seddon <jseddon(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> REMINDER: Deadline for submitting presentations, panels,
> roundtables and workshops to Wikimania is *April 10*.
>
> You have TWO days remaining.
>
> The deadline for posters and birds-of-a-feather sessions remains *May 15*.
>
> Please see below for the call for submissions for Wikimania, and submit
> your ideas! Please also note, for those who have already submitted, there
> is now a field in the registration form for "completed" or "in-progress"
> submission. When you are ready to have your submission reviewed, please
> note that it is "completed". Thank you!
>
> Please contact us with any questions: wikimania-program(a)wikimedia.org
>
> Seddon
>
> Phoebe
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:10 AM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki(a)gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > All,
> > > I'm very pleased to send out the Wikimania Montréal Call for
> Submissions,
> > > which can be found in French here:
> > > https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/fr
> > > and in English here:
> > > https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/en
> > >
> > > On behalf of the Wikimania programme committee,
> > > Phoebe Ayers
> > > -----
> > >
> > > Que vous soyez un membre de la communauté de l’un des projets Wikimédia
> > > (tels que Wikipédia, Wikibooks, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wikinews,
> Wikimedia
> > > Commons, Wiktionnaire, MediaWiki ou autres), un créateur de contenu
> libre
> > > ou un consommateur, nous recevrons avec plaisir votre proposition pour
> > une
> > > session lors de Wikimania 2017.
> > >
> > > *dates importantes*
> > >
> > > Appel aux propositions ouvert : 2 février 2017
> > > Date limite de soumission des présentations (conférence, panneau, table
> > > ronde et atelier) : *15 avril 2017*
> > > Date limite de soumission des brefs exposés, affiches et réunions
> > > d’oiseaux de la même plume : 15 mai 2017.
> > > Notification d’acceptation des présentations : 20 avril 2017
> > > Notification d’acceptation des brefs exposés, affiches et réunions
> > > d’oiseaux de la même plume : 10 juin 2017
> > >
> > > *Types de soumissions & Comment soumettre: *https://wikimania2017.
> > > wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/fr
> > >
> > > *Des questions ?* Merci de contacter le Comité du programme par
> > > wikimania-program(à)wikimedia.org.
> > >
> > > ----
> > >
> > > Whether you are a community member of one of the Wikimedia projects
> (such
> > > as Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikimedia
> > Commons,
> > > Wiktionary, MediaWiki or others), or a fellow open content creator or
> > > consumer, we welcome your proposal for a session at Wikimania 2017.
> > >
> > > *Important dates*
> > >
> > > Call for proposals opens: February 2, 2017
> > > Deadline for submitting presentation (lecture, panel, roundtable and
> > > workshop) submissions: *April 10, 2017*
> > > Deadline for submitting lightning talks, poster, and birds of a feather
> > > submissions: May 15, 2017
> > > Notification of acceptance for presentations: April 20, 2017
> > > Notification of acceptance for lightning talks, poster and birds of a
> > > feather submissions: June 10, 2017
> > >
> > > *Submission types & how to submit:* https://wikimania2017.
> > > wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/en
> > >
> > > *Any questions?* Please contact the Programme Committee at
> > > wikimania-program at wikimedia.org
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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