Medical Research Council Workshop

The Medical Research Council has requested a Workshop, based on the Cancer Research UK Workshop run earlier in the year. This will have ten attendees and four Wikimedia volunteers. The workshop will take place in the MRC Head Office in London (follow the link for directions; the room is on the 13th floor of the headquarters building) on Friday 1 July 2011.

The contact for this event in MRC is Matt Jukes. The contact in Wikimedia UK is Martin Poulter, martin.poulter@wikimedia.org.uk .

Attendees will be asked to register an account

Programme

Volunteers should aim to be at the venue at 9.30. The official start is 10am.

• Introductions
• Overview presentation (Martin Poulter)
• Work through training pages (Darren Logan)
• Break for lunch (provided by MRC)
• Attendees work on articles of interest, with in-person help from Wikimedians
• Afternoon coffee break + informal presentation of some other things that are useful to know (Charles Matthews)
• Close at 4pm

Confirmed volunteers

• Martin Poulter
• Darren Logan
• Tom Morris
• Charles Matthews

New users

• wikipedia:User:Algreenhalgh
• wikipedia:User:Sjanusz
• wikipedia:User:Riya bathia
• wikipedia:User:Verma prateer
• wikipedia:User:Fnorman-london
• wikipedia:User:Metkip

Also attending

• wikipedia:User:Scooby snak
• wikipedia:User:Deadwood Trail

Articles created and edited

To be added

Publicity

• Wikimedia UK Press Release: Press releases/Medical Research Council workshop