And the form did not ask for Wikimedia username. Don't you need it during the selection?
On Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 4:23 AM Leila Zia <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I hope you are all doing well and staying healthy. > > A few updates (including registration information) about Wiki Workshop > 2020: > > * Wiki Workshop 2020 will take place on April 21, 5:00-10:00 PST > (13:00-18:00 UTC). > > * We are planning an optional 80-min event after the completion of the > workshop. More information about this once we publish the full > schedule on 2020-03-31. > > * We currently have a cap of 300 people for folks to participate in > the workshop. If you know you want to participate, please register > sooner rather than later. We are still iterating over the "streaming" > idea. More updates on that in the coming weeks. > > * If you like to participate in the workshop, please submit your > registration request via > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2ctfYVIokWYsvUfxcdF-FNwrymgzpNZLh25EhU8JbvKp1tA/viewform > . > > Best, > Leila, on behalf of Wiki Workshop 2020 organizers > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:42 PM Leila Zia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > We have an update for you regarding Wiki Workshop 2020 [0] in light of > > the global health situation related to COVID-19. > > > > ==Summary== > > We have turned Wiki Workshop 2020 from an in-person event to a fully > > virtual event. This was not an easy decision for us to make. We know > > that past year attendees had gained a lot from the in-person set-up of > > the workshop. This being said, we're excited about the opportunity of > > organizing the workshop in a virtual set-up: this allows us to reduce > > our carbon foot-print and to allow more people to benefit from the > > workshop. > > > > For this year's workshop, we have decided to remove the registration > > cost which is removing one more barrier for participation. The > > workshop will take place, as originally planned, on April 21 2020. We > > have changed the time of the workshop from Taipei's local time to > > afternoon UTC until evening UTC. (Exact times will be announced in the > > coming couple of weeks.) We also want you to know that we're working > > hard to transform the workshop program to one that can be engaging in > > a virtual set-up. We are making good progress on this front, thanks to > > the immense flexibility of everyone who is working with us including > > our speakers and the authors of the papers. Look for more information > > in the coming weeks about how to register (for fee). If you want to > > know more, please read on! :) > > > > ==Where?== > > Wiki Workshop 2020 is going fully virtual. All talks, conversations, > > poster sessions, and one on one meetings are moved to a virtual > > environment. > > > > ==When?== > > April 21, 2020. We will start in the afternoon UTC and will end in the > > evening UTC. Note that this is a change from the original plan to > > start at 9:00 local time in Taipei. We expect to be able to finalize > > the start and end times of the workshop no later than 2020-03-27. > > > > ==How?== > > We are testing a few different video communication options and most > > likely we will go with Zoom [1]. There is no cost for downloading > > Zoom, and there is even a web browser version of it. However, some of > > the features we will use, such as breakout rooms, will work more > > smoothly if you download Zoom. We will send specific instructions for > > how to connect to those who register for the event. > > > > ==Registration== > > If you are not an author of an accepted archival paper, you can > > request to attend the event for free. We will send the details for how > > to submit your request by 2020-03-27. We will review all registration > > requests and will let you know if your registration is through. > > > > If you are an author of an accepted paper in the workshop, you will > > need to make sure at least one of the authors of your paper is > > registered for a 1-day (or more) in-person registration option offered > > by the Web Conference 2020 organizers or the 5-day virtual attendance > > registration for the conference. Link to register: > > https://www2020.thewebconf.org/registration . Please note that your > > paper will be removed from the proceedings of the conference if you do > > not take this step and we, as workshop organizers, don't have any > > means to fix that for you. > > > > ==Program== > > We traditionally had 5-6 invited talks (45-min each) in Wiki Workshop > > along with a Featured and Lightning Talk session by the authors of the > > accepted papers followed by a poster session. The duration of the > > workshop in the old set-up was 8 hours. > > > > We have no doubt that our traditional model for the program has to > > change for this year. We know that the dynamics of engagement in the > > virtual set-ups are different from the in-person set-ups. Here is what > > we're thinking about the high-level format, the details to be > > announced as we finalize the program in the coming few weeks: > > * Ice-breaker: unchanged. > > * Introductions: some way of making sure every person knows at least a > > few other of the participants. (We can do 15-sec intros if we have 10s > > of attendees, but we can't scale that if we have many more.) > > * Keynote plus Q&A > > * A conversation: an interview style back-and-forth between two people > > with room for questions at the end. > > * A conversation: a panel style of conversation. we have a couple of > > topics in mind for the panel and are sorting out details. > > * Featured Talks and Lightning Talks: 10-min or 3-min presentations by > > the authors of the accepted papers. This is unchanged from last year, > > except that after this session we would go to a poster session and > > this year we are working on a topic-based virtual poster session. The > > authors will receive more information about this. > > * The virtual poster session > > * Wrap-up > > * One on one meetings: This is new for this year. We will be offering > > the participants the option to sign up for short one on one virtual > > meetings with a selected subset of Wikimedia researchers and volunteer > > editors for more in-depth conversations. > > > > Please expect more updates in the coming weeks on this thread. If you > > have questions, please send them to us via > > [email protected] or you can comment on this thread. > > > > We wish you, your family, and your friends health. > > > > Best, > > Leila, on behalf of Wiki Workshop organizers [2] > > > > [0] https://www2020.thewebconf.org/ > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Video_Communications > > [2] https://wikiworkshop.org/2020/#organization > > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 7:13 PM Leila Zia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > We are delighted to announce that Wiki Workshop 2020 will be held in > > > Taipei on April 20 or 21, 2020 (the date to be finalized soon) and as > > > part of the Web Conference 2020 [1]. In the past years, Wiki Workshop > > > has traveled to Oxford, Montreal, Cologne, Perth, Lyon, and San > > > Francisco. > > > > > > You can read more about the call for papers and the workshops at > > > http://wikiworkshop.org/2020/#call. Please note that the deadline for > > > the submissions to be considered for proceedings is January 17. All > > > other submissions should be received by February 21. > > > > > > If you have questions about the workshop, please let us know on this > > > list or at [email protected]. > > > > > > Looking forward to seeing you in Taipei. > > > > > > Best, > > > Miriam Redi, Wikimedia Foundation > > > Bob West, EPFL > > > Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > > [1] https://www2020.thewebconf.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >
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