Wikipedia 10 Bangalore event on Jan 15th (whole day event) - WikiX-l

15 Jan 2011


      Dear all,
Greetings for WP10 to all from India!
Happy to share with you all that Bangalore is having a whole day event to
celebrate the Wikipedia 10th anniversary.
http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore
The program for the event is as follows:
Agenda
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http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NIAS_Bangalore_MainAudi.jpg
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
(morehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Liang
      )
   - 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
(morehttp://ssadagopan.com/about.htm
         )
         - Dr. Madan Mohan Rao - Research Director AMIC, Consultant and
         Writer (more) http://www.isim.ac.in/pdf/Modan's_bio.pdf)
         - Achal Prabhala - Member, Advisory Board, Wikimedia Foundation (
         morehttp://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board#Achal_Prabhala
         )
         - Sunil Abraham - Executive Director, Centre for Internet and
         Society (more http://www.cis-india.org/publications/cis/sunil)
      - 08:00 PM Thank you video by Jimmy Wales
[edithttp://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit§ion=3
]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
Sundarhttp://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar
   - 09:30-10:30: State of Wikimedia India-> reports from all Indian
   Wikipedia communities. (in person or remotely)
      - Wikipedias - Tamil (Sundarhttp://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar),
      Bengali (Bellayet http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bellayet),
      Kannada (HP Nadig http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HPN), Malayalam
      (Shiju Alex http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shijualex),
Telugu (Arjuna
      Rao http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arjunaraoc), Marathi
Mahitgarhttp://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mahitgar,
      Sanskrit (Arunram http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arunram, and
      English (Tinu Cherian http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tinucherian
      ).
   - 10:30-11:30: Discussion: Expectations from the Chapter.
Facilitated by Arun
   Ramarathnam. http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arunram
   - 11:30-11:45: Tea Break
   - 11:45-13:00: Discussion: Plans for the Year 2011. Facilitated by
Sundarhttp://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar
      - Outreach, India Wikimedia event, Wikimania, Coordination between
      cities, Translation initiatives, Offline CD
[edithttp://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit§ion=4
]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.
[edithttp://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit§ion=5
]Photography
- Photography and Wikipedia.
[edithttp://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit§ion=6
]Technology
- Mediawiki & Extensions
   - Hacking around Wikipedia
   - Offline & Mobile Wikipedia
   - Using bots for automated tasks with an emphasis on Pywikipediabot
regards
Arun
Bangalore, India
www.twitter.com/arunram