Open Knowledge Conference 2010

This year Wikimedia UK is partnering with the Open Knowledge Foundation in the organisation of the 2010 Open Knowledge Conference ("OKCon").

OKCon, now in its fifth year, is the 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 are interested in presenting or hosting a session, please let us know by [the 15th March], with a detailed submission per below by [the end of March].

Themes

Submissions should address one or more of the following themes:

• Wikimedia Communities - Interesting projects and characteristics within the communities; policy creation; conflict resolution and community dynamics; reputation and identity; multilingualism, languages and cultures; the development of Wikimedia UK.

• Free Content - Open access to information; ways to gather and distribute free knowledge, usage of the Wikimedia projects in education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality and usability; copyright laws and their interaction with Wikimedia projects.

• Culture and Heritage - Ideas for potential partnerships, building on previous partnerships and the legal, technical and resource issues that are barriers to such partnerships.

• Technical infrastructure - Issues related to MediaWiki development and extensions; Wikimedia hardware layout; the Toolserver; the Usability Project; new ideas for development (including Usability case studies from other wikis or similar projects).

Submission Guidelines

Please send us the following details, all in English:

• Title:
• Abstract: 50-100 words summarising the topic
• Summary: Detailed description of the topic - 300 words or more. May contain a link to a more details.
• Contact information: Email/Telephone and whether we may publish these details
• Topic classification: Closest category from above for your submission.
• Additional Information:

• 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.

Please email your submission to conferenceswikimedia.org.uk.