2017/Schedule

WikiConference North America 2017 • Montréal, Canada

The schedule is under development. While mostly accurate, things can be changed, added, and removed up until and through the conference
Last updated on 08-8

Conference outline

WikiConference North America 2017 is taking place over the course of two days, and we have many exciting activities planned to welcome you to Montreal!

August 9 - Wednesday - Culture Crawl, Scan-a-thon, and Reception

The BAnQ Vieux, where WCNA is hosting an edit-a-thon, trainings, programming, and more.

Our second-annual Culture Crawl connects Wikimedians with Montreal's cultural institutions. The day's activities are a great chance to explore and connect with the city you'll be spending the rest of Wikimania in.

• At McGill University:
  • Three unique tours, including backstage tours with their collections and archive.
  • Free access to the Redpath Museum
• At the BAnQ-Vieux:
  • Canadian Women Edit-a-thon
  • Wikidata training sessions
  • Scan-a-thon / Source-a-thon with BAnQ's rare materials dating back over a century.
  • Tour of the BAnQ and its backroom archives.
• A Photo Drive - take photos for the Commons throughout the day.

August 10 - Thursday - Programming
On Thursday we invite you to attend our three=track programming sessions, which includes:

• Presentations from community members on their activities, projects, and more.
• Technical workshops on Wikidata, the Outreach Dashboard, and more.
• Roundtable discussion on innovating edit-a-thons and meetups
• Lightning Talks (5 minutes) for anyone to get up and give.
• Unconference - make it your own!

Schedule

August 9 - Wednesday - Culture Crawl, Scan-a-thon, and Reception
Registration in Sheraton Lobby starting at 8:00 AM
Welcome Session, 9:00 - 9:30 AM in Sheraton Lobby Meet in the lobby of Le Centre Sheraton for a welcome, housekeeping, and handouts. Groups can meet here to depart to tours, the BAnQ, and photo sessions.
McGill University	BAnQ Vieux-Montreal	Other
All Day: Free admission at the Redpath Museum 10:00 - 10:45 AM: Tour Visit with materials from McGill University Archives Rare Books and Special Collections (4th floor of the McLennan Library Building) 11:00 - 11:45 AM: Tour Tour of the exhibition "Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge" and the Canadian Architecture Collection (meet in the Lobby of McLennan Library Building) 12:00 - 1:00 PM: Tour Tour of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine with Chris Lyons (meet in the lobby of McLennan Library Building and walk up together. Tour at 12:15pm) 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM: Edit-a-thon Contribute to articles using McGill's collections in their Data Visualization Room. This includes access to their electronic subscription resources. The Visualization Room will remain open through 5 if you would like to continue working after the edit-a-thon.	10:00 AM - 5:00 PM: Scan-a-thon with the BAnQ-Vieux Archives 12:00 - 5:00 PM: Programming TBA (Room 2.28 & Auditorium) 12:00 - 5:00 PM: Edit-a-thon Canadian Women (Jodoin East & West) 5:15 - 5:45 PM: Closing Session in Auditorium 6:00 - 7:00 PM: Tour of the BAnQ-Vieux	All Day: Photo Drive - Take photos of your experiences, buildings, artifacts, and more throughout the day for the Commons. 11:00 AM: Photo walk from Sheraton to the BAnQ-Vieux. 5:00 PM & Later: McCord Museum has free access to its permanent exhibition.
Social and Networking Night, starting at 6:00 PM in Old Montreal After a long day of activities, enjoy the night out in Old Montreal with your fellow Wikimedians. We have the top floor of Les 3 Brasseurs (105 Rue Saint Paul Est) reserved for drinks and socializing; there are plenty of other drink and food places in the area, as well as the Cité Mémoire digital display to see.

August 10 - Thursday - Programming
Registration in Sheraton Lobby 8:00 AM	Meet in the lobby of Le Centre Sheraton to sign in if you did not already on Wednesday.
Opening Session 9:00 - 10:30 AM	Meet us in Salon 5, Level 2 Introduction & Keynote Addresses Sherry and Alice, AfroCROWD Ivan and Salvador, Wikimedia México Ivan and Salvador share Wikimedia México's activities. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, Women in Red Rosie shares the Gender Diversity Mapping project. Benoit Rochon, Wikimedia Canada Benoit shares Wikimedia Canada's activities and First Nations project. Keynote All Hands
Break 10:30 - 11:00 AM	Catch a break and mingle with other Wikimedians.
	Track 1 (Salon 5, Level 2) Panels & Discussion	Track 2 (Hermon, Level A) Tutorials	Track 3 (Jerry, Level A) Unconference
Session 1 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Education Community AIDS Archive: The La Guardia & Wagner Archives Wikipedia Project (Matsuuchi) (30 minutes) Taking advantage of the WikiMOOC to teach Wikipedia in academic context (Hocquet) (30 minutes) Birth of Bias: implicit bias’ permanence on Wikipedia (Koerner) (30 minutes)	Wikidata Wikidata Hands-on Tutorial SPARQL/VizQuery/Games & Tools (30 minutes) Wikidata in use: SOAP (Sum of all paintings) (Maarten, Stierch) (30 minutes) Future of Wikidata+Commons integration (30 minutes)	Roundtable/facilitated discussion - Innovating edit-a-thons and meetups
Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 PM	Lunch provided by Wikimania at the Sheraton for registered attendees.
Session 2 1:30 - 3:30 PM	Tech Community Community Wishlist: What We've Done, What's Coming Up (Horn, WMF) (30 minutes) Article Alerts: A review of the English Wikipedia's article-monitoring system (Landry) (30 minutes) Wikimedia and Education: Linking these two with technology (Ullrich & Rupprecht, WMDE) (30 minutes) Facing Defacement: Combating harassment with user page protection (Gethen) (30 minutes)	Tech Tools Wikidata Cool Tools (ORES, Mass Uploading, & Outreach Dashboard (1 hour) Future of Wikidata+Wikipedia integration (Infoboxes!) (30 minutes) A Macro-Micro Biological Tour of Wikidata (Smith) (30 minutes)	How to Podcast (Wallroth, WMDE) Unconference session - make it your own! Three parallel tracks of 30-minute sessions.
Break 3:30 - 4:00 PM	Catch a break and mingle with other Wikimedians.
Session 3 4:00 - 4:50 PM	Education Better together: Building bridges between U.S. public libraries and English-language Wikipedia (Sengul-Jones) (20 minutes) Wikipedia Organizations on Campus: Case Study and Guide (Payravi & Dalesio, US-OH) (15 minutes) Service, Sororities, and the Gender Gap (Doyle, West Virginia University) (15 minutes)	Building MediaWiki software to enforce Page & Topic bans (Bolliger & Poore, WMF) (50 minutes)	Lightning Talks Share a story, project, idea - present on whatever you want! Max 5 minutes each
Conclusion & Group Photo 5:15 - 6:00 PM	Join us for a sharing session and conclusion, followed by a group photo. This is a chance to share final thoughts and share what was accomplished during the unconference.
Evening Reception 7:00 - 9:00 PM	Welcome reception/dinner at Sheraton Hotel for all registered Wikimedia attendees, 7-9 PM