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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?

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 archetypes (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
• A Hatnote installation w/ delicious acoustics