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''This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter, Wikimedia Science Conference lead and Wikimedia UK volunteer''
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[[File:The_Wellcome_Building.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Wellcome Building, host of the Wikipedia Science Conference]]
[[File:How-to-work-with-Wikipedia.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Detail from one of the presentation slides]]


One striking theme in last year’s Wikimania conference in London was the enthusiasm for Wikipedia and Wikidata from scientists, publishers, and funders. Wikimedia projects are now seen not just as platforms to feed public curiosity about science, but as new ways to share data, measure impact, contextualise new research, and even to write papers.
Over the last few months I've been receiving a spate of telephone calls over  from comms and PR  folks who were looking for advice on how to engage with  Wikipedia to try and ensure that articles about their executives and companies were accurate and up to date.


That energy and enthusiasm inspired Wikimedia UK and the [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/ Wellcome Trust] to create a new conference, exploring Open Access, wiki communities, and the scientific process. The Wikipedia Science Conference will take place in the Wellcome Collection Conference Centre on Euston Road in London on Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd of September.
Understanding that this is a live issue for the comms industry, I made contact with the editorial team at [http://www.corpcommsmagazine.co.uk/ Corp Comms magazine] which is, as the name suggests, aimed at in-house communications professionals. I suggested that I could write an article for the magazine giving some hints and tips on how Wikipedia works, how the community works and the best ways to engage. The editor, Helen Dunne, agreed, and so a feature has appeared in this month's edition.


The keynote speakers are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Hall Dame Wendy Hall] of the University of Southampton and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Murray-Rust Peter Murray-Rust] of the University of Cambridge. Respectively from computer science and from chemistry, they are both committed enthusiasts for scientific data being available freely and openly on the web.
Beyond the article, I was invited to speak at a conference on [http://www.corpcommsmagazine.co.uk/conferences/online-reputation Managing Online Reputation], which happened on 20 May in London. I've spoken publicly at events before and never been especially nervous, but when the audience is made up of 70 or so of your peers – very senior comms professionals from some of the UK's biggest brands – it's a different thing entirely, especially as many people spoke to me to let me know that my session was their main reason for attending. As I was speaking at the end of the event, it gave me plenty of time to reflect not only on the calibre of the earlier speakers, but to begin to get nervous. Thankfully, the nerves passed and the presentation went well.  


International speakers will include the Research and Data Lead of the Wikimedia Foundation, Dario Taraborelli; Daniel Mietchen talking about integrating Wikipedia and Wikidata with scholarly publication; and Stefan Kasberger, a Austrian social scientist who uses Wikipedia as a data source.
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A theme through the whole programme is how, in a world of open access and open knowledge, we can all take practical steps to promote the widest benefits of science. This can involve building links from Wikipedia to the best peer-reviewed research or using open-access material to build reference and education materials.
 
The conference is more than just its programme. A big block of the second day is deliberately unallocated, with the whole conference centre available. This “unconference” is a chance for impromptu talks, discussions, and skills-sharing. Participants can bring a laptop and take their first steps in wiki editing or creating new tools that extract and use free data.
 
All registered attendees are invited to a wine reception on the evening of Wednesday 2nd, in Wellcome’s unique and inspiring Reading Room. This is thanks to the generosity of the [http://www.rsc.org/ Royal Society of Chemistry], whose Wikipedian In Residence is also giving a session.
 
For those who want more chances to delve into code, a hackathon on Saturday 5th September will create and improve tools for the benefit of scientists and Wikipedians. This is hosted by Wikimedia UK and financially supported by CrossRef.
 
The commitment of partner organisations and volunteers has kept costs very small. [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikipedia-science-conference-registration-16337466803 Booking is available online now] at a price of just £29.
 
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