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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New Paradigms For New Tomorrows
Ismail Serageldin
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17/07/2008
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Opening Ceremony
Ahmed Darwish, Florence Devouard, Hoda Baraka, Ismail Serageldin
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17/07/2008
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Freedom of speech, human rights, and free culture
Jimmy Wales
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17/07/2008
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Keeping the Media accountable
Rhonda Shearer
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17/07/2008
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Wikimedia Foundation Board Panel
Domas Mituzas, Jan-Bart de Vreede, Jimmy Wales, Kat Walsh, Michael Snow
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17/07/2008
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Free Knowledge & Wikimedia Projects
Oliveir Hugot
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18/07/2008
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Open culture and the Internet in the Middle East
Ahmed Tantawy
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18/07/2008
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LibraryThing and Social Cataloging
Tim Spalding
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18/07/2008
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Recent Developments in Search Technology
Usama Fayyad
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18/07/2008
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Wikimedia and libraries
Jakob Voss, Phoebe Ayers, Sohair Wastawy, Tim Spalding
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18/07/2008
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Diplopedia: Wiki Culture in the U.S. Department of State
Eric M. Johnson
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19/07/2008
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Closing Ceremony
Florence Devouard, Ismail Serageldin, Jimmy Wales, Michael Snow, Noha Adly, Sue Gardner
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19/07/2008
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Communication issues : Musings of a Dinosaur
Florence Devouard
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19/07/2008
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