Agenda

Main Auditorium, NIAS

Evening session: Main Public event

Time: 17:00 to 20:15 IST
Audience: Everyone is invited. (Every Wikipedian!)
Purpose: Communicate Wikipedia Mission, facts, showcase its coolness, reach out to public, share India focus, discussion.

• 04:30 PM Coffee and Networking
• 05:00 PM Welcome and Introductions by Gautam John
• 05:15 PM Did you know (DYK) on Wikipedia & Wikipedia video snippets by Srikanth L.
• 05:45 PM 06:00 PM "Namma Wikipedia" - Sharing of audience experience of using Wikipedia facilitated by Arjuna Rao.
• 06:00 PM Invited Talk
  • Lawrence Liang - Legal researcher, lawyer and Author (more)
• 06:30 PM "How I became a Wikipedian" - sharing of experiences by Wikipedia contributors by Sundar
• 06:45 PM Live address by Jimmy Wales via skype
• 07:00 PM Short Break
• 07:10 PM Chapter update by Hari Prasad Nadig
  • What is chapter, need for it, Impact on public policy making towards open access, Call for support, Current status.
• 07:20 PM Panel Discussion on Wikipedia by Arun Ramarathnam
  • Wikipedia, India and the opportunities ahead
  • Panelists
    • Prof. S. Sadagopan - Founder Director IIIT-B (more)
    • Dr. Madan Mohan Rao - Research Director AMIC, Consultant and Writer (more))
    • Achal Prabhala - Member, Advisory Board, Wikimedia Foundation (more)
    • Sunil Abraham - Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society (more)
• 08:00 PM Thank you video by Jimmy Wales

[edit]Forenoon session: Segment 1: Wikipedian Community

Time: 09:00 to 13:00 IST
Audience: Wikipedia editors (others welcome too)
Purpose: Share Updates, experiences and Best practices

• 09:00-09:30: Welcome, Networking, Informal introductions by Sundar
• 09:30-10:30: State of Wikimedia India-> reports from all Indian Wikipedia communities. (in person or remotely)
  • Wikipedias - Tamil (Sundar), Bengali (Bellayet), Kannada (HP Nadig), Malayalam (Shiju Alex), Telugu (Arjuna Rao), Marathi Mahitgar, Sanskrit (Arunram, and English (Tinu Cherian).
• 10:30-11:30: Discussion: Expectations from the Chapter. Facilitated by Arun Ramarathnam.
• 11:30-11:45: Tea Break
• 11:45-13:00: Discussion: Plans for the Year 2011. Facilitated by Sundar
  • Outreach, India Wikimedia event, Wikimania, Coordination between cities, Translation initiatives, Offline CD

[edit]Afternoon session: Segment 2: Connect with other city Special Interest Groups

Time: 14:00 to 16:30 IST
Audience: Wikipedians and SIG members (others welcome too)
Purpose: Explore possibilities of working together and collaboration. Identify common projects.

[edit]Photography

• Photography and Wikipedia.

[edit]Technology

• Mediawiki & Extensions
• Hacking around Wikipedia
• Offline & Mobile Wikipedia
• Using bots for automated tasks with an emphasis on Pywikipediabot