2023/Schedule/Saturday

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Saturday, November 11

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November 11 - Saturday - Programming Toronto Reference Library
8:00–11:00	Check-in and Badge pickup second floor in front of Epic Hall				8:00–11:00
Morning Sessions	Epic Hall second floor, 300 seats	Novella Room second floor, 118 seats	Beeton Hall Events Centre first floor, 130 seats	Executive Board Room first floor, 30 seats	Morning Sessions
11:00–11:01	Remembrance Day: 1 Minute of Silence				11:00–11:01
11:01–11:15			Lecture: Building Wikimedia support at the University of Toronto: A five-year retrospective Alex Jiyun Jung (Utl_jung) | This presenter would prefer if the audience members wore masks	Workshop: Organizing Template:Misinformation Mary Mark Ockerbloom (MaryMO (AR))	11:01–11:15
11:15–11:30	Roundtable: Artificial intelligence in Wikipedia and wiki projects Andrew Leung (OhanaUnited)				11:15–11:30
11:30–11:45			Lecture: Image credits on Wikipedia Dominic Byrd-McDevitt (Dominic)		11:30–11:45
11:45–12:00					11:45–12:00
12:00–12:15	Roundtable: Surpassing RfCs: how to improve the governance of large software changes Gergő Tisza (Tgr)	Lecture: Indigenous Artists and Wikidata Brit Johnston, Frédéric Julien (Fjjulien), and Anju Singh	Roundtable: No Rights Reserved: What CC0 Means for Contributor Motivations, Data Provenance, and the Wikipedia Detour Matt Vetter (Matthewvetter); Zach McDowell (ZachMcDowell)	Lightning talk: Introduction to Credibility Bot + Workshop: Credibility Bot Feedback and Brainstorming Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi)	12:00–12:15
12:15–12:30					12:15–12:30
12:30–12:45		Panel: Wikipedia as a site of archival activism: potentials and limits from the experience of equity-seeking community advocates Anabelle Ragsag, Jessica Vinluan, and Julia Espinosa			12:30–12:45
12:45–13:00	Panel: WikiProject Women in Religion Jere Odell & Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight		Lightning talk: An Alternative to the Pushpin Map in the Neighbourhood Infobox R.D. (Bob) Reichert (Robert Neustadter) and E. St. Amour		12:45–13:00
13:00–14:15	Lunch + Epic Hall: Keynote: Sue Gardner - Former Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation + Immediately after Sue's keynote: Epic Hall: Group Photo				13:00–14:15
Afternoon Sessions	Epic Hall second floor, 300 seats	Novella Room second floor, 118 seats	Beeton Hall Events Centre first floor, 130 seats	Executive Board Room first floor, 30 seats	Afternoon Sessions
14:15–14:30	Lecture: IP Masking - Protecting privacy for unregistered editors Niharika Kohli (NKohli (WMF))	Lecture: Report on research for North American hub Peter B Meyer (econterms); Ariel Cetrone	Lecture: Citations in Wikipedia for Understanding Research Reach Denise Smith (Mcbrarian), Jack Young, Jennifer McKinnell	Workshop: Sister projects: the past, present and glorious future Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight & Lorenzo Losa	14:15–14:30
14:30–14:45		Panel: WikiOASIS: Wiki Island Nations Alliance Ian Ramjohn (Guettarda); Sherry Antoine (Shanluan); Brandon Sullivan (JamaicanEditor); Richard Knipel (Pharos)			14:30–14:45
14:45–15:00	Lightning talk: Building and Disseminating Print Bibliographic Data Online Sara Palmer		Lecture: Building English Wikipedia's best work: how to research and write featured articles Buidhe		14:45–15:00
15:00–15:15	Lightning talk: A positive feedback loop between Wikidata and text mining Daniel Mietchen	Roundtable: Open Education Training Needs in an Evolving Society Shanna Hollich			15:00–15:15
15:15–15:30	Lightning talk: Agents, Name Authorities, and Linked Open Data: Leveraging Wikidata for Access and Discovery of Archival Materials Jeremy Floyd (Jjfloyd)		Lightning talk: URFA/2020 and Wikipedia's Featured Article Review Process A. Filipowich (Z1720)	Workshop: Discuss prospects for North American hub	15:15–15:30
15:30–15:45	Panel: LaGuardia & Wagner Archives Wikipedia Project Year 5: LGBTQ Archives and Student Research Ann Matsuuchi (Mozucat), Ximena Gallardo C. (Doctorxgc), Michael Martinez (Inspirewithus)		Lecture: Equity, Community Engagement, and Ag: Advancing equity and increasing agricultural coverage on Wikipedia Jamie Flood (JamieF)		15:30–15:45
15:45–16:00		Lightning talk: Improving Equity on Wikipedia Will Kent (Will (Wiki Ed))			15:45–16:00
16:00–16:15	Break				16:00–16:15
16:15–16:30	Panel: Building an advanced Wikidata Curriculum Will Kent (Will (Wiki Ed)), Jackie Rubashkin, William Blueher, Thamilini Jothilingam	Lecture: Continued Relevancy in the Classroom: Using Wikipedia to Teach Information Literacy to University Students Helen Choi (1namesake1) and Cari Kaurloto	Workshop: What is the future of free knowledge? Collaboratively charting the course of our movement Maryana Pinchuk (MPinchuk (WMF))	Unconference	16:15–16:30
16:30–16:45		Lecture: From British Newspaper Archives to Sage Journals: Learn how to access more than 90 paywalled resources for free through The Wikipedia Library Ben Vershbow			16:30–16:45
16:45–17:00	Lecture: What's the use (case) of starting your biography creation in Wikidata? Ray Leonard (Peaceray)				16:45–17:00
17:00–19:00	Optional: Distributed dinner meetups at restaurants near the library				17:00–19:00
19:00–20:30	Optional: Plenary brainstorming session for North America + Hub Strategy Night				19:00–20:30

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