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This is a draft. None of this is finalized or even confirmed, and is subject to change.

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 Meet in the lobby of Le Centre Sheraton to sign in. 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 (McLennan Library Building) 11:00 - 11:45 AM: Tour Tour of the "Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge" exhibition and the Canadian Architecture Collection (Lobby of McLennan Library Building) 12:00 - 1:00 PM: Tour Tour of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine with Chris Lyons	12:00 - 5:00 PM: Programming TBA (Room 2.28 & Auditorium) 12:00 - 5:00 PM: Edit-a-thon Canadian Women (Jodoin East & West) 5:30 - 7:00 PM: Evening Reception, Cash Bar 6:00 - 7:00 PM: Tour of the BAnQ Vieux-Montréal	5:00 PM & Later: McCord Museum has free access to its permanent exhibition.

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 List coming soon Keynote All Hands
Break 10:30 - 11:00 AM	Catch a break and mingle with other Wikimedians.
	Track 1 (Salan 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) Taking advantage of the WikiMOOC to teach Wikipedia in academic context (Hocquet) Birth of Bias: implicit bias’ permanence on Wikipedia (Koerner)	Wikidata Wikidata Hands-on Tutorial SPARQL/VizQuery/Games & Tools Wikidata in use: SOAP (Sum of all paintings) (Maarten, Sarah Stierch) Future of Wikidata+Wikipedia integration	Roundtable/facilitated discussion - Innovating edit-a-thons and meetups
Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 PM	Lunch details TBA.
Session 2 1:30 - 3:30 PM	Tech Community Community Wishlist: What We've Done, What's Coming Up (Horn, WMF) Article Alerts: A review of the English Wikipedia's article-monitoring system (Landry) Wikimedia and Education: Linking these two with technology (Ullrich & Rupprecht, WMDE) Combating harassment with user page protection (Gethen)	Tech Tools Wikidata ORES - Introduction to machine learning and article rating Outreach Dashboard overview A Macro-Micro Biological Tour of Wikidata (Smith) How to Podcast (Wallroth, WMDE)	Unconference
Break 3:30 - 4:00 AM	Catch a break and mingle with other Wikimedians.
Session 3 4:00 - 5:30 PM	Education Better together: Building bridges between U.S. public libraries and English-language Wikipedia (Sengul-Jones) Wikipedia Organizations on Campus: Case Study and Guide (Payravi & Dalesio, US-OH) Service, Sororities, and the Gender Gap (Doyle, West Virginia University) Combating harassment with user page protection (Gethen)	Building MediaWiki software to enforce Page & Topic bans (Bolliger & Poore, WMF) Lightning Talks Share a story, project, idea - present on whatever you want! Max 5 minutes each	Unconference
Evening Reception 7:00 - 9:00 PM	Welcome reception/dinner at Sheraton Hotel for all registered Wikimedia attendees, 7-9 PM