WikiSym 2006 is upon us in two weeks. To get an idea of what the conference will be like, please view the WikiSym program:

http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006/program.html

You may also enjoy the "How and Why Wikipedia Works" interview with our keynoter:

http://www.riehle.org/computer-science/research/2006/wikisym-2006-interview....

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

WIKISYM 2006: THE 2006 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WIKIS

August 21-23, 2006, Odense, Denmark

CO-LOCATED WITH ACM HYPERTEXT 2006

See http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006

Archival - Peer Reviewed - ACM Sponsored

EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHING: June 19, 2006

GENERAL INFORMATION

This year's Wiki Symposium brings together wiki researchers and practitioners in the historic and beautiful city of Odense, Denmark, on August 21-23, 2006. Participants will present, discuss, and move forward the latest advances in wiki contents, sociology, and technology. The symposium program offers invited talks by Angela Beesley ("How and Why Wikipedia Works"), Doug Engelbart and Eugene E. Kim ("The Augmented Wiki"), Mark Bernstein ("Intimate Information") and Ward Cunningham ("Design Principles of Wikis"). The research paper track presents and discusses breaking wiki research, the panels let you listen to and contribute to topics like "Wikis in Education" and "The Future of Wikis", and the workshops let you get active and contribute to on-going research and practitioner work with your peers. (Many workshops accept walk-ins, so it is not too late!) What's more, for the first time, we will have an on-going openspace track (to replace BOFs) so you can get active and involved in an organized fashion on any wiki topic you like. We believe this is how to get the most out of your experience at WikiSym 2006!

And, of course, if you can't wait, please join our conversation on wiki research and practice on the symposium wiki at http://ws2006.wikisym.org

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

See http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006/program.html

Keynotes and invited talks:

* Angela Beesley: How and Why Wikipedia Works * Doug Engelbart and Eugene E. Kim: The Augmented Wiki * Mark Bernstein: Intimate Information * Ward Cunningham: Design Principles of Wiki

Panels on:

* Wikis in Education * The Future of Wikis

Research papers and practitioner reports on:

* wiki technology * wiki sociology and philosophy * wiki uses, for example, in software, education, and politics

and many more, see http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006/program.html#Papers

Workshops on:

* wikis in education * wikipedia research * wiki markup standards * wikis and the semantic web

And, of course: Demos! We have pre-set demos, but please feel free to bring your own notebook! We will provide space for you to demo on-the-spot in our Monday night demo session, a favorite from WikiSym 2005.

SYMPOSIUM LOGISTICS

Handled through the Hypertext 2006 website:

* Conference registration: http://hypertext.expositus.com/information.asp?Page=76&menu=13 * Conference hotel: http://hypertext.expositus.com/information.asp?Page=93&menu=13 * Travel information: http://hypertext.expositus.com/information.asp?Page=91&menu=13

SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE

Dirk Riehle, Bayave Software GmbH, Germany (Symposium Chair) Ward Cunningham, Eclipse Foundation, U.S.A. Kouichirou Eto, AIST, Japan (Publicity Co-Chair) Richard P. Gabriel, Sun Microsystems, U.S.A. Beat Doebeli Honegger, UAS Northwestern Switzerland (Workshop Chair) Matthias L. Jugel, Fraunhofer FIRST, Germany (Panel Chair) Samuel J. Klein, Harvard University, U.S.A. Helmut Leitner, HLS Software, Austria (Publicity Co-Chair) James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Program Chair) Sebastien Paquet, Socialtext, U.S.A. (Demonstrations Chair) Sunir Shah, University of Toronto, Canada (Publicity Co-Chair)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Program Chair) Ademar Aguiar, Universidade do Porto, Portugal Robert Biddle, Carleton University, Canada Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A. Alain Désilet, NRC, CNRC, Canada Ann Majchrzak, University of Southern California, U.S.A. Frank Fuchs-Kittowski, Fraunhofer ISST, Germany Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A. Samuel J. Klein, Harvard University, U.S.A. Dirk Riehle, Bayave Software GmbH, Germany Robert Tolksdorf, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany