Dear Libraries UserGroup, I hope you have already heard of this currently-open call for proposals to lead a "Space" [aka symposia] at Wikimania this year - see initial announcement below. With one week to go in the call, we have so far received submissions on a variety of topic areas (see public summaries here): https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Program_design#Submitted_proposals...
However, as you'll note, there's nothing there that is related specifically to cultural partnerships, GLAM-wiki in general, nor Libraries specifically. Also, please note that U.G. Medicine, and U.G. Education have proposed to be the leaders of "spaces" on their respective topics. So, I thought it prudent to contact you directly to invite you to participate. If you were not sure if the Libraries U.G. (as a collective), or individuals within it, were welcome to make a proposal... please consider yourselves invited and welcome! I personally see a LOT of scope for a Wikimania space dedicated to issues at the intersection of Wikimedia, the SDGs, and Libraries. So I do hope that this important topic area is visible in the conference program!
Please contact me if you've any questions. Sincerely, - Liam / Wittylama (program chair), cc'ing Eric Luth from WM-SE.
On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 8:28 PM Eric Luth eric.luth@wikimedia.se wrote:
Hi all,
The Wikimania organizing team is now happy to announce the *Program Design* https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Program_design of Wikimania 2019!
We believe that this year’s conference theme https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Theme requires a format that is *future-oriented, collaborative, active, and focused on practical problem-solving. *The program will therefore consist of a series of parallel *spaces* (or tracks), lead by *leaders,* and through practical training, learning, idea-sharing and cross-cultural collaboration focusing on different *topic areas*.
The call for proposals for these *Leaders*, and what they would like to do with those *Spaces*, is NOW OPEN. We invite you to visit the Program Design page https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Program_design on the Wikimania Wiki to read more.
Best, *Eric Luth* Conference Manager, Wikimedia Sverige eric.luth@wikimedia.se +46 (0) 765 55 50 95
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