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* Venue: We currently have most of the [https://web.mit.edu/facilities/construction/completed/stata.html Stata Center] reserved, w/ spaces on the 1st + 4th floors. Looking for spaces for satellite events, dinners, parties. |
* Venue: We currently have most of the [https://web.mit.edu/facilities/construction/completed/stata.html Stata Center] reserved, w/ spaces on the 1st + 4th floors. Looking for spaces for satellite events, dinners, parties. |
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* Lodging: We're looking for inexpensive options for visiting students. Perhaps we have enough locals to support couchsurfing for some? |
* Lodging: We're looking for inexpensive options for visiting students. Perhaps we have enough locals to support couchsurfing for some? |
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* A vigorous WN/WTrib/CurrentEvents showdown |
* A vigorous WN/WTrib/CurrentEvents showdown |
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* A vigorous Wikiversity/Wikieducator/OCW/EdX showdown |
* A vigorous Wikiversity/Wikieducator/OCW/EdX showdown |
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Revision as of 17:09, 3 July 2019
Speaker ideas
Tradition
- Ward Cunningham, Erin McKean
- JI/Z
Non-wm speakers
- Trad news publishing: AG Sulzberger, ?
- Trad social news platforms: ?
- Reliable source vetters: ?
- Collab news sources: WikiTribune, GlobalVoices (in en, es, fr)
Ideas for the 2019 conference
General structure
- Theme: Credibility + Incredibility (co-planned w/ CredCo)
- Dates: November 9-11 (Sat-Mon, a long weekend)
- November 8 for satellite events, in nearby spaces (a few 20-50-person gatherings)
- Venue: We currently have most of the Stata Center reserved, w/ spaces on the 1st + 4th floors. Looking for spaces for satellite events, dinners, parties.
- Lodging: We're looking for inexpensive options for visiting students. Perhaps we have enough locals to support couchsurfing for some?
Art
- A Hatnote installation w/ delicious acoustics
- A related dynamic world-map... (of people and bots, data / images / minor edits / major edits / new pages / new accounts)
Potential subthemes
- WikiCite (possible on the satellite day)
- News crediblity (hello CurrentEvents, Wikinews, Wikitribune, Civil? The Correspondent?? FB local news???) (possibly on the satellite day)
- Disinformation and AI (ORES, other mechanisms, non-wiki approaches)
- Education (WikiEdu is often a sponsor, hopefully again this year)
- Librarianship and curation
- Experimentation and unreliable drafts (importance of simplicity + all-can-edit!)
Potential events / fun sessions
- Sockpuppet Theatre (reprise, for all ages)
- Sessions for high-school and younger students
- Web 2.0 Elevator Pitch Contest (reprise)
- Creative childcare (for attendees w/ kids)
Potential wiki moments (just dreaming here...)
- Get Ward C + some Meatballers to join
- A vigorous Federated-MediaWiki/Federated-WD/
- A vigorous WN/WTrib/CurrentEvents showdown
- A vigorous Wikiversity/Wikieducator/OCW/EdX showdown