Thanks for your response. Good wishes for the workshop. Regards. On Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 7:59 AM Leila Zia <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Tito, > > Something went wrong with my filtering and I saw your message just now. > Sorry about it. > > Thanks for the point re hours. That's fixed now. Re username, folks > started adding them in their reason for wanting to attend and that works > well. (It's not required though.) > > Thanks, > Leila > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 4:43 PM Tito Dutta <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >
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