*Sorry for the cross posting*
Dear all,
Wikimania 2007, the third annual international Wikimedia conference
will be
held August 3-5 in Taipei, Taiwan at Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity
Center.
Both a scientific conference and a community event, Wikimania brings
together
members of various Wikimedia projects in order to exchange ideas, build
relationships, and report on research and project efforts.
It also provides an opportunity for Wikimedians and the general public
alike to
meet and share ideas about free and open source software, free knowledge
initiatives, and wiki projects worldwide.
Wikimania will be an interdisciplinary forum, where the enthusiastic
community
behind the Wikimedia projects and interested researchers and
practitioners can
meet to share ideas. Conference themes this year include
Content and usage
of the Wikimedia projects, Communities (social studies
into / policies and practices),
Technical infrastructure and MediaWiki,
Policy including law and Access to Knowledge.
We expect an international audience of hundreds of people, and
extensive
media coverage. Last year's conference was held in Boston, Unite
State,
with more than 350 participants from 50 countries.
You may fine more information on homepage of the conference:
http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
We also have early bird discount, please register asap to gain more
benefit!
http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration
If you're interested in submit/present a short paper in the conference,
please
also check the website:
http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Participation
Please also help circulate this information if you think it's
appropriate, thanks.
Sincerely,
TzuChiang Liou, Wikimania 2007 preparation team
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TzuChiang Liou, Program Committee Member of Wikimania 2007
Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
E-mail: tcl...@iis.sinica.edu.tw
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