Hi all, We are now less than 3 days away from Wiki Workshop 2020 (April 21, 11:45-18:00 UTC, 4:45-11:00 PST) and more than 170 people have registered to attend. This is your final reminder: If you like to participate in the event and you haven't submitted your registration request, yet, please do so in the next 24 hours via https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2ctfYVIokWYsvUfxcdF-FNwrymgzpNZLh25EhU8JbvKp1tA/viewform . After that we will only process the requests if we have time to do so as our priority will switch to address any last minute needs for the event. :)
Thanks and looking forward to seeing those of you who will attend. :) Leila On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 12:42 PM Leila Zia <l...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi Pine, > > We're considering the options and going through the pros and cons of > it. One consideration is that folks whose native language is not > English or don't consider themselves proficient in the language may > feel less comfortable to talk if the session is recorded. We will get > back to you all with the decision in the coming weeks. > > Thanks, > Leila > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 10:45 AM Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Leila, > > > > Thank you for the updates. I have one small question. Will the > > sessions which are available on Zoom also be recorded for later > > viewing? On occasion, I watch or share presentations after they have > > occurred. > > > > Pine > > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 9:43 PM Leila Zia <l...@wikimedia.org> 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 > > > wikiworks...@googlegroups.com 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 <l...@wikimedia.org> 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 wikiworks...@googlegroups.com. > > > > > > > > Looking forward to seeing you in Taipei. > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > Miriam Redi, Wikimedia Foundation > > > > Bob West, EPFL > > > > Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > > > > [1] https://www2020.thewebconf.org/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Analytics mailing list > > > Analytics@lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Analytics mailing list > > Analytics@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics >
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