Wikimania 2008
The BA International School for Information Science (ISIS), the BA Information and Communication Technology Department and the Wikimedia foundation are co- organizing Wikimania 2008, the fourth annual international conference for Wikimedia foundation, from 17 to 19 July at the BA. The Conference will be proceeding on four different tracks; Wikimedia communities, free knowledge, technical infrastructure, and the scientific track.
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Opening Ceremony Ahmed Darwish |
17/07/2008 |
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New Paradigms For New Tomorrows Ismail Serageldin |
17/07/2008 |
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Freedom of speech, human rights, and free culture Jimmy Wales |
17/07/2008 |
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Keeping the Media accountable Rhonda Shearer |
17/07/2008 |
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Wikimedia Foundation Board Panel Domas Mituzas, Jan-Bart de Vreede, Jimmy Wales, Kat Walsh, Michael Snow |
17/07/2008 |
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Free Knowledge & Wikimedia Projects Oliveir Hugot |
18/07/2008 |
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Open culture and the Internet in the Middle East Ahmed Tantawy |
18/07/2008 |
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LibraryThing and Social Cataloging Tim Spalding |
18/07/2008 |
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Recent Developments in Search Technology Usama Fayyad |
18/07/2008 |
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Wikimedia and libraries Jakob Voss, Phoebe Ayers, Sohair Wastawy, Tim Spalding |
18/07/2008 |
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Diplopedia: Wiki Culture in the U.S. Department of State Eric M. Johnson |
19/07/2008 |
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Closing Ceremony Florence Devouard, Ismail Serageldin, Jimmy Wales, Michael Snow, Noha Adly, Sue Gardner |
19/07/2008 |
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Communication issues : Musings of a Dinosaur Florence Devouard |
19/07/2008 |
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