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==About WikiConference USA==
==About WikiConference USA==
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WikiConference USA is the first national Wikimedia conference of its kind in the United States. The conference will be held on May 30 – June 1, 2014 at New York Law School, located in the Tribeca district of Manhattan, New York City. WikiConference USA’s program will be devoted to topics concerning the Wikimedia movement in the United States, as well as related topics of free culture and digital rights.
WikiConference USA is the first national Wikimedia conference of its kind in the United States. The conference will be held on May 30 – June 1, 2014 at New York Law School, located in the Tribeca district of Manhattan, New York City. WikiConference USA’s program will be devoted to topics concerning the Wikimedia movement in the United States, as well as related topics of free culture and digital rights.
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WikiConference USA will feature a diverse array of conference offerings such as keynotes, presentations, panels, and workshop sessions; provide a lounge space and break areas for conference attendees to gather and mingle; and host an unconference day for attendees to design their own schedule and engage with each other around common interests.
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WikiConference USA will feature a diverse array of conference offerings such as keynotes, presentations, panels, and workshop sessions; provide a lounge space and break areas for conference attendees to gather and mingle; and host an unconference day for attendees to design their own schedule and engage with each other around common interests.
For the full announcement, see our press release: [[File:WikiCon USA 2014 Press Release v1.pdf]].
For the full announcement, see our press release: [[File:WikiCon USA 2014 Press Release v1.pdf]].
SIGNPOST: Post conference note. A proposed Signpost article working draft about the confrence is located at [1] - Publish date is this Wednesday, June 4th. Feel free to add content that meets Signpost criteria that Wikipedians would find interesting.
About WikiConference USA
Most of the speakers, organizers, and attendees of the WikiConference USA 2014 at the New York Law School
WikiConference USA is the first national Wikimedia conference of its kind in the United States. The conference will be held on May 30 – June 1, 2014 at New York Law School, located in the Tribeca district of Manhattan, New York City. WikiConference USA’s program will be devoted to topics concerning the Wikimedia movement in the United States, as well as related topics of free culture and digital rights.
WikiConference USA will feature a diverse array of conference offerings such as keynotes, presentations, panels, and workshop sessions; provide a lounge space and break areas for conference attendees to gather and mingle; and host an unconference day for attendees to design their own schedule and engage with each other around common interests.
Panel: WikiOASIS: Wiki Island Nations Alliance Ian Ramjohn (Guettarda); Sherry Antoine (Shanluan); Brandon Sullivan (JamaicanEditor); Richard Knipel (Pharos)
Check-in and Badge pickup second floor in front of Epic Hall
8:00–9:00
9:00–10:15
Epic Hall: Keynote: 100 ans de données météorologiques d’Environnement et Changement climatique Canada dans Commons / 100 Years of Environment and Climate Change Canada Weather Data in Commons
Ha-Loan Phan, Wikimedia Canada Chair and Pierre Choffet, consultant for Wikimedia Canada
Second floor