I agree that gender gap issue should be a topic in Wikimania 2012, it is nice to have women "Wikichix lunch" but we should do more. I intend to offer presentation about the effort in Israel to recruit women editors to Wikipedia
Hana 2012/1/18 Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com> > > > Hi everyone! > > See below - Wikimania 2012's Call for Participation is now open. I do hope > to see lots of great quality papers, presentations, round tables and more > about gender and systemtic bias! > > -Sarah > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------- Originele bericht -------- Onderwerp: [Wikimania-l] Call for > Participation - Wikimania 2012 Datum: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:07:16 -0500 Van: > Tiffany Smith <tiffany.lmb.sm...@gmail.com> <tiffany.lmb.sm...@gmail.com> > Antwoord-naar: > Wikimania general list (open subscription) > <wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org> <wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org> Aan: > Wikimania > general list (open subscription) > <wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org><wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > Hi all, > > We're happy to announce that the Call for Participation for Wikimania > 2012 is open! During this time of reflection, please take a few > minutes to consider what topics you've been thinking about most and > how you'd be willing to share what you know with the worldwide Wiki > community. > > The two most important dates to keep in mind - outside of July 12-14 - > are as follows: > Deadline for submitting proposals: 18 March 2012 > Notification of acceptance: 8 April 2012 > > To submit a proposal, > visithttp://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions. > > If you'd like to forward this message to other mailing lists or for > broader distribution (please do!), please use the Call for > Participation included below my signature line. > > Thanks so much for your consideration, and, on behalf of the Program > Committee, we look forward to reviewing your proposals and seeing you > in Washington. > > Best, > Tiffany > > Tiffany Smith > Program Committee Chair, Wikimania 2012tiffany.lmb.sm...@gmail.com > > -- > > Call for Participation - Wikimania 2012 > > To submit a proposal, visit: > http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions > > Important Dates > Deadline for submitting proposals: 18 March 2012 > Notification of acceptance: 8 April 2012 > > Overview > Wikimania conferences provide unique opportunities for the wiki > community and its sister projects (including Wikipedia, Wikibooks, > Wikinews, Wiktionary, Wikispecies, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikimedia) > to come together, share their common goals, and develop better ways to > work together on an international level. The Wikimania 2012 program > structure is designed to create multiple opportunities for conference > participants to actively engage with the subject matter, the > environment, and, most importantly, each other. Washington, D.C, can > play an important role in Wikimania 2012 as a locale that gathers > interest in government, culture, media, and academia around the > general goals of the Wikimania conference series. > > In accordance with these goals and themes, the program will include > traditional conference offerings such as paper presentations, > tutorials, panels, and poster sessions; provide lounge space and > breaks throughout for participants to gather; and innovate with an > unconference day for attendees to design their own schedule and > participation around common interests. Submissions will be reviewed > and selected in advance by the program committee. Attendees are > welcome to present in the open space track of the conference, > regardless of whether their submitted presentations were accepted. > > The eigth annual Wikimania will be held between 12th and 14th July, > 2012 in Washington D.C. For more information, please visit the main > site. > > Presentation length > Due to the extensive amount of program submissions received in the > previous years, we request your presentation be a maximum of 25 > minutes, including time for questions. You may request more time, > though shorter individual presentations are more likely to be > accepted. > > This does not apply for keynote speakers, panels, or workshops. 70 > minute presentations must be submitted either as panel presentations > to include at least three presenters or as workshops with a clear > lesson plan. > > Tracks > Tracks are used by Wikimania to organize submissions and diversify > audiences so that presentations of competing interest do not have time > conflicts. Five tracks are proposed: > > Wikis and the Public Sector > The Washington, DC, location for Wikimania 2012 provides a special > opportunity for those working in the social good, policy, government, > nonprofit, and disaster response arenas to share their experience with > collaboration on a local, national, or international level. Wikis and > complementary technologies are proving to be critical in times of > crisis and in ongoing work with citizen participation in government, > as well as in long-term goals for education, public policy, social > entrepreneurship, and development in the global south and throughout > the world. This track will explore the ways that Wikimedia projects > and related activities can be used to support citizens worldwide. > > GLAM: Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums > This track aims to support current outreach to Galleries, Libraries, > Archives, and Museums and build enthusiasm for continued work in this > area. Presentations and panels will demonstrate effective outreach > techniques and results from ongoing activities as well as envision the > future path for these efforts. Topics of particular interest to this > track may include: wiki technology as a tool for cultural > preservation; use of wikis by museums and libraries for information > management for the public good; legal and copyright issues; use of > content in GLAM projects, education, journalism and research; > conflicts between different laws that apply to the same wiki system > simultaneously. This track may also incorporate field trips before, > after, or during the evenings of the conference to visit Washington, > D.C., organizations. > > WikiCulture and Community > Why do people contribute to Wikimedia projects? How might the > community grow and expand while retaining its inherent cultural ethos? > This track will explore the sociology of wiki culture and community > and provide a forum for practitioners and researchers to share > insights and best practices for community management, engagement, > participation, and conflict resolution. The assessment of different > wiki cultures and demonstration of clashes and effects of those > interactions between wiki communities and chapters is relevant to this > track. A special focus will be a discussion of gaps between different > community groups, most notably related to gender and age; within this > context, submissions related to female and teenage participation, > representative roles within the community, and the use of wikis as a > tool for different gender and age group dialogues, are strongly > encouraged. > > Research, Analysis, and Education > The scope of research and analysis on wikis has grown significantly in > recent years, and wikis are rapidly being introduced to educational > institutions in the course of teaching and more formally through the > Campus Ambassador Program. The scholarly atmosphere of the selected > venue creates a special opportunity for researchers working in this > area to present papers and panels to a well-informed audience. > Subjects associated with the research component of this track can > include a diverse range of topics including: technical development, > philosophy and the humanities, communications, community management > and collaboration, information science, and a broad range of other > areas. The practitioner side of this track can include: expert > participation and inviting expert contributions; Wikiversity and other > higher education wikis; wiki sources deployed and implemented in > academia and research practice; approaches to the improvement of > collaboration in research institutions and universities; and > contribution to content quality, among other areas. > > Technology and Infrastructure > Technology and infrastructure play essential roles in the success of > Wikimedia projects and other uses of wiki technology. This track will > incorporate research and practice to showcase technology applications > and theories, demonstrate new uses of existing and evolving > technologies, and focus on applying technologies to meet user needs > and improve the overall user experience. Issues and areas particularly > of note in this track include: OTRS, MediaWiki development, semantic > wikis, wiki-based Augmented Reality (AR), the use of QR codes, > Wikipedia on mobile devices, Wikipedia offline, User Interface Design, > WikiLove, Liquid Thread and related technical focus points. > > Lounge Space Presentations > All proposals and presentations will be welcome in the Lounge space of > the conference, whether or not they are accepted in this initial > process. > > If you have any questions, please contact: > > Tiffany Smith > Program Committee Chair, Wikimania 2012tiffany.lmb.sm...@gmail.com > > Thank you very much for your consideration, and we look forward to > seeing you at Wikimania 2012 in Washington, DC. > http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing > listWikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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