Events

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Below are the listing of events either related to Wikimedia UK, or to Wikimedia activities within the UK. If you know of an upcoming event that is not listed, please add it below.

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• For events before 2013, see our events archive

Current and future events

July

• 02 - Mark MacDonald speaking at the 'The Role of Technology in Teaching & Learning' event, running a session for 25 participants
• 02 - Two day exhibition at OpenCulture 2013 John Byrne, Edward Hands and Jonathan Cardy spoke to many museum folk.
• 07 - Coventry meetup
• 10 - Sphingonet Wiki workshop, Oxford
• 14 - Oxford meetup
• 14 - London meetup
• 17 - Virtual office hours
• 17 - Presentation to the Office of National Statistics
• 20 - Monmouth Wikipedia training
• 21 - First Chester meetup
• 25 - Medical Research Council Women in Science event, London
• 28 - Bristol meetup

August

• 04 - Oxford meetup
• 05–07 - WikiSym + OpenSym 2013, Hong Kong
• 07–11 - Wikimania 2013, Hong Kong
• 08 - editathon - Conway Hall archives
• 11 - London meetup
• 18 - Glasgow meetup
• 25 - Manchester meetup

September

• 06 - Medical Research Council Women in Science event, London - details tbc
• 07 - Wikipedia Takes Chester (details TBD)
• 07 - Leader training session for Ada Lovelace Festival of Wikipedia
• 08 - London meetup
• 15 - First Newcastle meetup

October

• 13 - London meetup
• 19 - editathon - Bloomsbury Festival - London
• 19 - editathon - National Railway Museum - York
• 27 - Manchester Girl Geeks Wikipedia editing workshop to link with the Manchester Science Festival

November

• 1-2 - EduWiki Conference 2013
• 10 - London meetup
• 16 - Glasgow Women's Library Wikipedia editathon - Scottish Women on Wikipedia - Bridgeton Library at The Olympia
• 20 - Veterinary Science editathon, London (provisional) Contact martin.poulter@wikimedia.org.uk for details.
• 25 - Medical Research Council Women in Science event, Cambridge - details tbc

December

• 08 - London meetup

August 2014

• 6-10 - Wikimania London 2014

Past events in 2013

June

• 02 - Oxford meetup
• 03 - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 3 June Wikipedia training
• 06 - Wikipedia presentations and training for Imperial College staff and students - lead by John Cummings, WIR @ Natural History Museum and Science Museum
• 08 - WikiConference UK 2013 & 2013 AGM, Lincoln
• 16 - London meetup
• 17 - Wikipedia garden party - Cambridge University Wikipedia Society
• 17 - Tyne and Wear Museums WIR ran a training session for the Natural History Society of Northumbria
• 19 - Virtual office hours
• 20 - Technology Committee - 19:00 UTC+1 (BST) teleconference
• 22 - Manchester meetup
• 22 - Editathon at the Royal Opera House
• 26 - Tyne and Wear Museums WIR ran a training session for the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers
• 27 - Conference Committee/Planning meeting 10, 19:30 (BST)
• 29 - WWI editathon with the British Library\Europeana
• 30 - BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress - Wikipedia training&editing day

May

• 05 - Oxford meetup
• 11 - Board meeting (in-person, London)
• 12 - First Glasgow meetup
• 12 - First Nottingham meetup
• 12 - London meetup
• 15 - Virtual office hours
• 18 - Liverpool meetup
• 18 - Cambridge meetup
• 19 - Lua on Wikimedia
• 20 - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 20 May Wikipedia training
• 24 - Queen Victoria's Journals University of Oxford editing day
• 24–26 - Amsterdam Hackathon
• 25 - Academic Dress editathon, London
• 28 - Education Committee conference call

April

• 06 - Manchester meetup
• 07 - Coventry meetup
• 10 - British Psychological Society workshop, Harrogate
• 10 - A tour of Blythe House from 14:00-16:00, details on the GLAMwiki page
• 12–14 - GLAM-WIKI 2013
• 13 - EGM 2013
• 14 - London meetup
• 17 - Virtual office hours
• 18 - Technology Committee - 1900 - 2100 UTC+1 (BST) on Mumble (joining details here)
• 18–21 - Wikimedia Chapters Meeting, Milan
• 25 - Wiki Loves Monuments in the UK planning meeting
• 26 - Wikidata workshop, British Library
• 26 - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 26 April Wikipedia training
• 27 - Oldham Wikipedia training
• 28 - First ever Brighton meetup
• 30 - University of Oxford Zoology Department Wikipedia training day
• 30 - Governance Committee meeting

March

• 02 - Cambridge meetup
• 03 - Oxford meetup
• 04 - Introduction to Wikipedia workshop at the British Library
• 05 - Wikimedia UK media event for journalists
• 06 - "Dissecting Wikipedia" talk at CRASSH in Cambridge
• 09 - International Women's Day 2013 Southbank event
• 10 - London meetup
• 13 - Senate House Wikipedia training/March 2013 - led by Andrew Gray
• 15 - Jon Davies talking about Wikimedia UK at the Ethical Property AGM
• 18 - Photograph workshop at the British Library
• 20 - Workshop at the University of Southampton
• 20 - Virtual office hours
• 23 - Wikimedia UK open day and workshop
• 26–27 - Martin Poulter presenting on "The Wikipedia Education Program: open educational practice on a global scale" [1] and running a stall in the Open Educational Resources 2013 Conference at the University of Nottingham. Pete Forsyth also presenting - [2]
• 26 - Board meeting - call
• 27 - Nottingham Wikimeet

February

• 02 - Media training for volunteers - session - advanced level
• 08 - Introduction to Wikipedia workshop at the British Library - Andrew Gray
• 09–10 - Board meeting - in person
• 10 - London meetup
• 16–17 - Wikimedia Chapters Association Meeting, London
• 16 - Liverpool meetup
• 17 - Coventry meetup
• 18 - Technology Committee - 1900 - 2100 UTC on Skype (add wmukstaff)
• 20 - Virtual office hours
• 21 - Martin Poulter delivering a workshop about "The future of Wikimedia and Higher Education" at Changing the Learning Landscape Strategy Implementation Programme event, Bristol
• 23–24 - Training the Trainers/February 2013 event - Manchester
• 25 - Daria Cybulska delivering a talk on Women on Wikipedia and Open Source careers for Tech Talkfest event

January

• 08 - Board meeting - call
• 09 - Mike presenting at Glasgow University on 'Wikipedia and Astronomy'
• 12 - Manchester meetup
• 13 - London meetup
• 13 - Oxford meetup
• 14 - AHRC Wikipedia training workshop at the British Library
• 15 - Wikipedia's 12th birthday
• 16 - Virtual office hours
• 20 - Reading Meetup
• 24 - Exec Working Group meeting - call
• 30 - Senate House Wikipedia training/January 2013 - led by Andrew Gray