Session Moderation

From Wikimania 2010 • Gdańsk, Poland • July 9-11, 2010

Duties

Session moderation duties include making sure speakers are where they need to be, keeping track of time, asking difficult questions, etc.

Program at a Glance

Friday

Friday, July 9 – Baltic Philharmonic
  Concert hall Jazz hall Green hall Oak hall
08:00 – 09:00 On-Site Registration
09:00 – 11:00 Opening Ceremony (10 min for organizers) + Opening Plenary (Sue Gardner + WMF Board)
+ Wikimania Madness (last 15 min)
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break + Spotlight on Posters
11:30 – 13:00 Panels: Chapters: Collaboration and Coordination
Chair:
Workshop: Brainstorming Wikimedia and Social Media
Chair:
Talks: Wikiversity
Chair: Jan-Bart de Vreede
Talk+Workshop: Accessibility Workshop
Chair:
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break at Baltic Philharmonic: Gdańsk salon and foyer level 1
14:30 – 16:00 Talks: MultiWikiMedia: Multimedia on Wikimedia Talks: Talk Pages / LiquidThreads Talks: Governance in Wikipedia & Wikimedia Workshop: Creating offline version of Wiki content
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break + Spotlight on Posters
16:30 – 18:00 Talks+Q&A-Session: Usability Initiative & Informing Design with Data Talks: About Us – Wikipedians: Motivations, Identities, Traits Talks+Panel: Open Educational Resources (OER) Workshop: Community driven publishing of Wikipedia Books
18:00 – 18:45 Polish Dinner
18:30 – 18:45 Wrapup, intro to strategy discussion (Dinner area)
18:45 – 19:45 Concert Preparations Facilitated strategy discussion Chapter Meetings: Sign Up!
19:45 – 20:00 Break
20:00 – 22:00 Concert (70min) followed by a reception

Saturday

Saturday, July 10 – Baltic Philharmonic
  Concert hall Jazz hall Green hall Oak hall
08:30 – 09:00 Welcome, Wikimania Madness
09:00 – 11:00 Panels: Chapters: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Talks+Workshop: Wikipedia Offline ie. Books Talk+Workshop: Scripting, Testing, Extension Management Talk+Workshop: Wiki-based Scientific Writing
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break + Spotlight on Posters
11:30 – 13:00 Talk+Workshop: Wiki Community Best Practices Workshop: Getting Video on Wikipedia #1 Talk+Tutorial: Semantic MediaWiki #1 Talk+Panel: Internationalization
 
13:00 – 14:30
 
Lunch Break at Baltic Philharmonic: Gdańsk salon and foyer level 1
14:30 – 16:00 Invited Talks: Ortega & Möller Workshop: Getting Video on Wikipedia #2 Talks: Semantic MediaWiki #2 Talks: Translation
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break + Spotlight on Posters
16:30 – 18:00 Talks: Exodus: Is Wikipedia Dying or Maturing? Talks+Panel: Wikipedias Are NOT Equal Talks: Maps and Geo-information & SMW-based Language Wikis Talk+Workshop+Tutorial: For Developers: Free Software, Batch Uploading
18:00 – 18:30 Polish Dinner
18:30 – 18:45 Wrapup, lightning talks and open sessions Talks: Libraries, Governments, and Enterprises
18:45 – 19:45 Screening Preparations Open sessions Chapter Meetings: Sign Up!
20:00 – 22:00 Screening of the movie "Truth in Numbers" followed by a panel discussion

Sunday

Sunday, July 11 – Baltic Philharmonic
  Concert hall Jazz hall Green hall Oak hall
09:30 – 11:00 Welcome, Plenary Session – Jimmy Wales (1h+Q&A)
Wikimania Madness (last 15 minutes)
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Coffee Break + Spotlight on Posters
11:30 – 13:00 Panels: Academic Researchers and Wikipedia Talks: From WMF with Love: Update for Developers Talk+Panel: Free Culture and Humanities Talks: Next generation Hypertext structures for Wikipedia
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break at Baltic Philharmonic: Gdańsk salon and foyer level 1
14:30 – 16:00 Talks+Panel: Strategy Tutorial+Workshop: Research on Wikipedia: HowTo Talks: Education Talks: Cultural Heritage and Wikipedia
04:00 PM – 04:30 PM Coffee Break + Spotlight on Posters
16:30 – 17:50 Talks: Outreach Talks: Wikipedia Credibility Talks: Role of Women & WikiProjects Management Talks: Wikis of the World
18:00 PM – 19:00 Closing Ceremony + Wikimania 2011 Presentation + Panel: How to Make a Wiki Event
20:00 – 24:00 !!! World Cup Final + After Party (City of Angels? Sopot?) !!!