Guidelines for adding sessions to the program

  • Sessions must be relevant to the broad Wikimedia Technical Community
  • Sessions can be scheduled where it says "Unconference"
  • Sessions can be 30 or 60 minutes in length
  • All sessions must link to an associated Phabricator task with details about the session. You can use the following template:
* Title of session (the more detailed, the better!):
* Session description:
* Username for contact:
* Session duration (30 or 60 min):
* Session type (presentation, workshop, discussion, etc.):
* Language of session (English, Arabic, etc.):
* Prerequisites (some Python, etc.):
* Any other details to share?:
* Interested? Add your username below:
  • Feel free to use the hackathon channels to promote your proposed sessions & projects and recruit potential attendees or collaborators.

Schedule

Social event and hackathon showcase details can be found at the bottom of this page

Tuesday, August 15

Please make sure to follow the Guidelines for adding sessions to the program.

Room: 308 309 310 311
Room Description Hacking Space Breakout Room 1 Breakout Room 2 Breakout Room 3
10:00 – 10:30 HACKATHON OPENING
10:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:15 Morning Break
11:15 – 11:45 Hacking Space Unconference Poster creation session

(come prepare your poster for the project matching session)

Newcomer orientation session
11:45 – 12:15 Unconference Meeting space for projects and mentors Mentoring matching session

(session for matching newcomers with mentors)

12:15 – 13:00 Unconference Hackathon project team formation

(matching session to set up teams for hackathon project ideas)

Notes

13:00 – 14:15 Lunch Break
14:15 – 14:45 Hacking Space Unconference Overview of technical areas & projects in Wikimedia's technical ecosystem

Notes

Meeting Space
14:45 – 15:15 Unconference Introduction to Phabricator

Notes

Meeting Space
15:15 – 15:30 Afternoon Break
15:30 – 16:00 Hacking Space Wikimedia Commons & Pattypan

Notes

Introduction to Wikidata (Partnerships)

Notes

16:00 – 16:30 Wikisource

Notes

16:30 – 19:00 Social Activity: Singapore Botanic Gardens Visit + Dinner
19:00+ Rooms closed


Wednesday, August 16

Room: 308 309
Room Description Hacking Space Breakout Room 1
9:00 – 9:30 Hacking Space
9:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30 Machine Learning for Wikipedia

Notes

10:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:15 Morning Break
11:15 – 11:45 Hacking Space First steps with SPARQL

Notes

11:45 – 12:15
12:15 – 12:45 [Newcomer track] SPARQL challenge session

Notes

12:45 – 13:15
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch Break
14:15 – 14:45 Hacking Space How to use Wikidata to build web tools for the social good

Notes

14:45 – 15:15
15:15 – 15:30 Afternoon Break
15:30 – 16:00 Hacking Space Unconference/Meeting Space
16:00 – 16:30
16:30 – 17:00 Rooms closed. Go to opening ceremony.


Thursday, August 17

Room: 308 311 324
Room Description Hacking Space Breakout Room 1 Breakout Room 2
9:00 – 9:30 Hacking Space
9:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:15 Morning Break
11:15 – 11:45 Hacking Space
11:45 – 12:15
12:15 – 12:45
12:45 – 14:15 Lunch Break
14:15 – 14:45 Hacking Space
14:45 – 15:15
15:15 – 15:30 Afternoon Break
15:30 – 16:00 Hacking Space
16:00 – 16:30
16:45 – 17:30 IP Masking part 2

Notes

Unconference
17:30 – 18:00 Introduction to PAWS: A Web Shell for Wikimedia Projects

Notes

Unconference
18:00 – 18:30
18:30 – 19:00 Unconference Unconference
19:00+ Rooms closed, please move to the hacking location @Village Hotel


Friday, August 18

Room: 308 311 324
Room Description Hacking Space Breakout Room 1 Breakout Room 2
9:00 – 9:30 Hacking Space
9:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:15 Morning Break
11:15 – 11:45 Hacking Space
11:45 – 12:15
12:15 – 12:45
12:45 – 14:15 Lunch Break
14:15 – 14:45 Hacking Space
14:45 – 15:15
15:15 – 15:30 Afternoon Break
15:30 – 16:00 Hacking Space
16:00 – 16:30
16:45 - 17:30 Workshop: First steps with Wikifunctions

Notes

Wiki Loves Living Heritage Roundtable
17:30 – 18:00 Unconference
18:00 – 18:30 Unconference Unconference
18:30 – 19:00 Unconference Unconference
19:00+ Rooms closed, please move to the hacking location @Village Hotel


Saturday, August 19

Room: Plenary 308 307
Room Description Hacking Space
9:00 – 9:30 Not a hacking space Hacking Space
9:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30 Unconference
10:30 – 11:00 Unconference
11:00 – 11:15 Morning Break
11:15 – 11:45 Not a hacking space Hacking Space Unconference
11:45 – 12:15 Unconference
12:15 – 12:45 Unconference
12:45 – 14:15 Lunch Break
14:15 – 14:45 Hackathon Showcase

Notes

[Closed] [Closed]
14:45 – 15:15
15:15 – 15:30 Afternoon Break
15:30 – 16:00 Hackathon Showcase & Closing

Notes

[Closed] [Closed]
16:00 – 16:30

Hackathon Closing Session & Showcase

The Wikimania Hackathon closing session and showcase will take place on Saturday, August 19, at 14:15 – 16:30 in the Plenary hall.

Hackathon showcase Phab task: Showcase

Hackathon showcase signup / etherpad: Sign Up