Call for Proposals – Wikimedia track at the Open Knowledge Conference 2010

  • February 25, 2010

This year Wikimedia UK is partnering with the Open Knowledge Foundation in the organisation of the 2010 Open Knowledge Conference (“OKCon”), an interdisciplinary conference that brings together individuals from across the open knowledge spectrum for a day of presentations and workshops.

At this year’s conference, Wikimedia UK will be supporting and organising a track dedicated to the projects and communities central to Wikimedia.

We need your help to create an exciting and interesting track that will inspire and challenge Wikimedians and others alike. Could you give a presentation or host a discussion on a Wikimedia theme? Any subject relevant to the Wikimedia communities, free content or Wikimedia UK are welcome.

Timeline

If you wish to participate but with good reason cannot meet one of the above deadlines please email conferencesatwikimedia.org.uk before the deadline as it may be possible to accomodate late submissions

Themes

Submissions should address one or more of the following themes:

Submission Guidelines

Please email submissions to conferencesatwikimedia.org.uk.

Please email the following details, all in English:

  • 1-3 sentence biography of the author(s).
  • any special requirements (e.g. flipchart; OHP. A digital presentation will be assumed as standard)
  • whether you will attend the 2010 Open Knowledge Conference (a) definitely, (b) probably, (c) only if your submission is accepted.

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