Hi Everyone, Today is the deadline of program proposals/ submissions for this May's conference.
Go to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2026/Program/Submissions and submit one! Thank you for your support. Sincerely, Butch Bustria ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only for the recipients named. If the reader is not a representative of the intended recipient, any review, dissemination or copying of this message or the information it contains is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender, and delete the original message and attachments. Please consider the environment before printing this email. On Thu, Dec 4, 2025, 7:37 PM Butch Bustria <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am writing to share an important opportunity for the offline wiki > community to shape the conversation in one of our most geographically and > technologically diverse regions. > > The *ESEAP Conference 2026* (East, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific) will > be taking place in *Kaohsiung, Taiwan, from May 15–17, 2026*. The Call > for Program Submissions is currently open, and the *deadline is December > 20, 2025*. > > *Why this matters for us:* The theme for this conference is *"New Era of > ESEAP: Pioneer the Future Together!"* > > There is perhaps no region where "offline" access is more critical to the > future than ESEAP. From the remote archipelagos of the Pacific Islands > where connectivity is often expensive or unreliable, to rural educational > settings in Asia, the "last mile" is still a massive barrier to knowledge > equity. > > If we want to "pioneer the future," we must ensure that the future > includes the millions of people in this region currently disconnected from > the sum of all knowledge. > > *Synergy & Language for Your Proposals:* If you are working on projects > involving Kiwix, Internet-in-a-Box, WikiFundi, or local offline > deployments, I strongly encourage you to submit a proposal. To help align > your offline work with the conference theme, here are some suggested > "synergy angles" and language you can adapt for your submission: > > - > > *Angle 1: The "Equity" Synergy* > - > > *Language:* "Bridging the digital divide in the region is not just > a technical challenge; it is an equity imperative. Offline access > ensures > that the 'New Era' of ESEAP leaves no community behind, regardless of > their > connectivity status." > - > > *Focus:* Rights to information, indigenous communities (e.g., > Manobo, Kadazan-Dusun), and rural education. > - > > *Angle 2: The "Resilience" Synergy* > - > > *Language:* "In a region prone to natural disasters—from typhoons > in Asia to cyclones in the Pacific—offline knowledge databases serve as > critical, resilient infrastructure when the grid goes down." > - > > *Focus:* Climate change adaptation, emergency preparedness, and > resilient networks. > - > > *Angle 3: The "Education" Synergy* > - > > *Language:* "Empowering the next generation of ESEAP editors starts > in the classroom. Tools like Kiwix allow us to bring Wikipedia into > schools > in East Timor, Cambodia, Indonesia, and beyond, fostering digital > literacy > before reliable internet arrives." > - > > *Focus:* Partnerships with local schools, Ministries of Education, > and digital literacy programs. > > *Key Details:* > > - > > *Conference Wiki:* ESEAP Conference 2026 on Meta > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2026> > - > > *Submission Page:* Program Submissions > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2026/Program/Submissions> > - > > *Deadline:* December 20, 2025 > > Let’s ensure that the *Offline* story is front and center in Kaohsiung. > Please reply here if you are planning to submit so we can coordinate our > message! > > > Best regards, > Butch Bustria > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only > for the recipients named. If the reader is not a representative of the > intended recipient, any review, dissemination or copying of this message or > the information it contains is prohibited. If you have received this > message in error, please immediately notify the sender, and delete the > original message and attachments. > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > >
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