Dear Wikimaniacs,<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>Hello from the Wikimania 2013 Hong Kong local team! We are beginning the process of inviting external keynote speakers, and would like the wider Wikimania community to review our shortlist before we make formal invitations.<br>


<br>Feel free to suggest additional names for the list. We have more than two names at the moment, so do reply if you have preferences among the list too!<br><br><u>Current shortlist, and suggested topics for each speaker:</u><br>


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Ray Chan, co-founder of <a href="http://9gag.com" target="_blank">9gag.com</a></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><i>Creating an online user-generated community and how it&#39;s similar to Wikipedia</i></div>



<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.blogosem.com/2012/01/9gag-foundercreator.html" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"></a></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>Charles Mok, founder of Internet Society Hong Kong, member of LegCo (Hong Kong&#39;s parliament)<br><i>Copyright and censorship in the digital age, and how they interact with free culture</i><br>


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Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><i>Create an online user generated community on the Internet and how it&#39;s similar to Wikipedia</i></div>



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Thomas Crampton, Social@Ogilvy</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><i>How South East Asia local cultures affect their online culture<br><br></i><div>Ada Wong, Founder of Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture 
and Supervisor of HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity (the only &#39;art
 high school&#39; in Hong Kong)</div><div><i>Creating a creative community and open dialogues for young people in HK and in the region</i></div></div><br>Thank you in advance for your ideas!<span><font color="#888888"><br>


<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Deryck Chan</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Global engagement coordinator, Wikimania 2013 / Wikimedia Hong Kong</span><br>
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