Dear all,
We finally witness the return of the in-person Wikimania!
Below is a curated list of some of the sessions that the WMF Global Advocacy team has added to our short-list of sessions to watch. Those marked with ** include members of the Legal Department, whether Human Rights, Trust and Safety, or Global Advocacy.
Please note some of these may only be available in-person, while others may be hybrid of live-streamed. All times are in local time. You can check all session details on the official schedule [1].
Enjoy Wikimania, Ziski
[1]https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program
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THURSDAY START END 10:00 11:00 AI advancements and the Wikimedia projects 10:00 11:00 **Legal concerns: how the Movement can get the most out of WMF’s Legal team 10:40 11:00 Regional Grants Committees 11:15 11:35 Empowering Participation: A User-Centered Approach to Low-Stakes Edit-a-thons 11:15 12:00 **Evolving Legal and Human Rights Trends: a review of the risks and threats facing the movement 12:00 12:45 When the communities speak for themselves - how bring knowledge equity into policy discussions and advocacy activities? 14:15 14:55 OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia: Awesome Together! 14:15 15:15 **Passion and Perspectives: Policy Challenges and Opportunities for the Wikimedia Communities in the ESEAP 15:30 16:30 Building capacity: designing a train the trainer programme for your affiliate or community group 15:30 16:00 **What exactly does Trust and Safety do? A background, history, and explainer 16:00 16:30 **IP Masking: Big Change to Protect Editor Privacy 18:00 19:00 **Digital Safety Clinic FRIDAY START END 10:00 11:00 Changemaker's toolbox - brainstorming introductory resources to campaigning and advocacy 10:00 10:10 What makes some wiki communities more subject to governance capture 10:00 10:40 The future of CC licenses and public domain tools 10:40 11:00 From State Censorship to State Sponsorship: How We Organized a Seven-Month Edit-a-Thon with a State Agency 11:15 11:45 When public becomes private and everybody is a suspect - freedom of expression in early 21st century 11:15 11:35 Internet Archive: The Annual Wikimania Update 14:15 15:15 **Open up! Stories and lessons from copyright advocacy across the Wikimedia movement 14:15 14:45 Beyond editing – How visible are multipliers, community leaders and organizers, why are they importany, how can their visibility be increased? 15:50 16:30 Joining forces: Partnering with intergovernmental organizations creates new opportunities for the Wikimedia movement 17:45 17:50 A Survey of Freedom Of Panorama (FOP) in the Philippines 17:55 18:00 Age-Verification on Wikimedia Projects SATURDAY START END 10:00 10:30 What we can learn from large commercial users 10:30 11:00 Lift Wing: WMF's machine learning model serving infrastructure 11:15 12:00 Exploring the Values That Will Shape AI for a Better internet 15:50 16:10 Wikipediplomacy: the story of Philippine diplomatic missions on Wikipedia, and how you can write them too!
Thanks so much Ziski! Are these times all in the local time zone? Cheers Rebecca
On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 12:48 PM fputz@wikimedia.org wrote:
Dear all,
We finally witness the return of the in-person Wikimania!
Below is a curated list of some of the sessions that the WMF Global Advocacy team has added to our short-list of sessions to watch. Those marked with ** include members of the Legal Department, whether Human Rights, Trust and Safety, or Global Advocacy.
Please note some of these may only be available in-person, while others may be hybrid of live-streamed. All times are in local time. You can check all session details on the official schedule [1].
Enjoy Wikimania, Ziski
[1]https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program
THURSDAY START END 10:00 11:00 AI advancements and the Wikimedia projects 10:00 11:00 **Legal concerns: how the Movement can get the most out of WMF’s Legal team 10:40 11:00 Regional Grants Committees 11:15 11:35 Empowering Participation: A User-Centered Approach to Low-Stakes Edit-a-thons 11:15 12:00 **Evolving Legal and Human Rights Trends: a review of the risks and threats facing the movement 12:00 12:45 When the communities speak for themselves - how bring knowledge equity into policy discussions and advocacy activities? 14:15 14:55 OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia: Awesome Together! 14:15 15:15 **Passion and Perspectives: Policy Challenges and Opportunities for the Wikimedia Communities in the ESEAP 15:30 16:30 Building capacity: designing a train the trainer programme for your affiliate or community group 15:30 16:00 **What exactly does Trust and Safety do? A background, history, and explainer 16:00 16:30 **IP Masking: Big Change to Protect Editor Privacy 18:00 19:00 **Digital Safety Clinic
FRIDAY START END 10:00 11:00 Changemaker's toolbox - brainstorming introductory resources to campaigning and advocacy 10:00 10:10 What makes some wiki communities more subject to governance capture 10:00 10:40 The future of CC licenses and public domain tools 10:40 11:00 From State Censorship to State Sponsorship: How We Organized a Seven-Month Edit-a-Thon with a State Agency 11:15 11:45 When public becomes private and everybody is a suspect - freedom of expression in early 21st century 11:15 11:35 Internet Archive: The Annual Wikimania Update 14:15 15:15 **Open up! Stories and lessons from copyright advocacy across the Wikimedia movement 14:15 14:45 Beyond editing – How visible are multipliers, community leaders and organizers, why are they importany, how can their visibility be increased? 15:50 16:30 Joining forces: Partnering with intergovernmental organizations creates new opportunities for the Wikimedia movement 17:45 17:50 A Survey of Freedom Of Panorama (FOP) in the Philippines 17:55 18:00 Age-Verification on Wikimedia Projects
SATURDAY START END 10:00 10:30 What we can learn from large commercial users 10:30 11:00 Lift Wing: WMF's machine learning model serving infrastructure 11:15 12:00 Exploring the Values That Will Shape AI for a Better internet 15:50 16:10 Wikipediplomacy: the story of Philippine diplomatic missions on Wikipedia, and how you can write them too! _______________________________________________ Publicpolicy mailing list -- publicpolicy@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to publicpolicy-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
Apologies I had not meant to send to the list and I realize she answered the question in her email :-/
On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 1:28 PM Rebecca MacKinnon rmackinnon@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks so much Ziski! Are these times all in the local time zone? Cheers Rebecca
On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 12:48 PM fputz@wikimedia.org wrote:
Dear all,
We finally witness the return of the in-person Wikimania!
Below is a curated list of some of the sessions that the WMF Global Advocacy team has added to our short-list of sessions to watch. Those marked with ** include members of the Legal Department, whether Human Rights, Trust and Safety, or Global Advocacy.
Please note some of these may only be available in-person, while others may be hybrid of live-streamed. All times are in local time. You can check all session details on the official schedule [1].
Enjoy Wikimania, Ziski
[1]https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program
THURSDAY START END 10:00 11:00 AI advancements and the Wikimedia projects 10:00 11:00 **Legal concerns: how the Movement can get the most out of WMF’s Legal team 10:40 11:00 Regional Grants Committees 11:15 11:35 Empowering Participation: A User-Centered Approach to Low-Stakes Edit-a-thons 11:15 12:00 **Evolving Legal and Human Rights Trends: a review of the risks and threats facing the movement 12:00 12:45 When the communities speak for themselves - how bring knowledge equity into policy discussions and advocacy activities? 14:15 14:55 OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia: Awesome Together! 14:15 15:15 **Passion and Perspectives: Policy Challenges and Opportunities for the Wikimedia Communities in the ESEAP 15:30 16:30 Building capacity: designing a train the trainer programme for your affiliate or community group 15:30 16:00 **What exactly does Trust and Safety do? A background, history, and explainer 16:00 16:30 **IP Masking: Big Change to Protect Editor Privacy 18:00 19:00 **Digital Safety Clinic
FRIDAY START END 10:00 11:00 Changemaker's toolbox - brainstorming introductory resources to campaigning and advocacy 10:00 10:10 What makes some wiki communities more subject to governance capture 10:00 10:40 The future of CC licenses and public domain tools 10:40 11:00 From State Censorship to State Sponsorship: How We Organized a Seven-Month Edit-a-Thon with a State Agency 11:15 11:45 When public becomes private and everybody is a suspect - freedom of expression in early 21st century 11:15 11:35 Internet Archive: The Annual Wikimania Update 14:15 15:15 **Open up! Stories and lessons from copyright advocacy across the Wikimedia movement 14:15 14:45 Beyond editing – How visible are multipliers, community leaders and organizers, why are they importany, how can their visibility be increased? 15:50 16:30 Joining forces: Partnering with intergovernmental organizations creates new opportunities for the Wikimedia movement 17:45 17:50 A Survey of Freedom Of Panorama (FOP) in the Philippines 17:55 18:00 Age-Verification on Wikimedia Projects
SATURDAY START END 10:00 10:30 What we can learn from large commercial users 10:30 11:00 Lift Wing: WMF's machine learning model serving infrastructure 11:15 12:00 Exploring the Values That Will Shape AI for a Better internet 15:50 16:10 Wikipediplomacy: the story of Philippine diplomatic missions on Wikipedia, and how you can write them too! _______________________________________________ Publicpolicy mailing list -- publicpolicy@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to publicpolicy-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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