2024:Program/Lightning Talk Showcase I

I was born in Prague and currently I live in a little town nearby. Europe in general has been my home for the past 20 years, I have lived in Lithuania and the UK and got a job gig in most of the European countries.

I'm a member and (part-time) Education programmes manager of Wikimedia Czech Republic since May 2019. Since January 2023 I am full-timer, currently as well managing Programmes for Community (editathons, events, campaigns, photographer community).

We run three main programs - Education (4 individual programmes), Community (editors & photographers) and Partnerships (where Wikidata and advocacy fall into).

Most of my work-life I have spend in field of education; mainly the non-formal. I am familiar with and passionate about Youth Work, Learning Experience Design, LifeLong Learning, Erasmus+ programme, Facilitation & Art of Hosting, Graphic facilitation, Impact, Sustainability and Green Events production of events and activities. I do occasionally write publish articles, educational materials and do editors job - e.g. for Council of Europe.

My life got enriched by many things such as: Ultimate Frisbee, slackline, urban cycling or contact improvisation. I love skiing, cross-country skiing, ice-skating and many other sports.

Since 2020 I am a Trager Approach Student and Practitioner. I hold a Greener Event Accessor Certification from Falthmount University in the UK.

Youngjin Ko

Administrator at Korean Wikipedia and project manager at Wikimedia Korea.

Jan Lochman (Juandev)

Long time Wikimedia contributor, especially to Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikiversity. Besides that, Juandev also organizes Edit-a-thons, research and software projects.

Asaf Bartov

Veteran Wikimedia volunteer and veteran Wikimedia Foundation staff (Lead Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities).

Laliv Gal

I am Former board member of Wikimedia Israel and an active member of the Wiki-Woman local project. I am passionate for promoting gender equality on Wikipedia.

Sara Thomas

I'm a Programme Manager at Wikimedia UK, working across Scotland, Wales, & Northern Ireland, and am also responsible for overseeing all volunteering across the UK. I was Wikimedian in Residence for both Museums Galleries Scotland and the Scottish Library and Information Council, and was Scotland Programme Coordinator at Wikimedia UK 2018-2023. I mostly edit on English Wikipedia, but also work on Scots Wiki, Wikidata & Wikimedia Commons. I'm part of the 2023-24 OpenRefine Train the Trainer cohort.

林文仁

Wen-Ren Bill Lin is an undergraduate student in Applied Foreign Languages at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), focusing on multicultural and multimodal communication. He has worked as an English and Japanese tutor at the Language Center in NTUST since 2022 and participated as a Teaching Assistant in Wikipedia: The NTUST AFL Wikipedia Education Program in 2023 and 2024.

His career interest lies in enhancing communication across departments in the workplace through the application of multimodal communication principles. He has held leadership positions as President of the Applied Foreign Languages Student Association in 2023 and the Japanese Culture Research Club in 2024. He was also a member of Engineers in Action in 2022.

He has attended the 2024 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching (ALLT). He aims to pursue a master’s degree to deepen his understanding of communication studies and plans to apply this knowledge to improve inter-departmental communication in professional settings.

ranjithsiji

Bureaucrat on Malayalam Wikipedia, (w.wiki/tN)

Co-Founder, Wikimedians of Kerala User Group

Member, Wikiproject India,

Contributor to Commons, Wikidata, English Wikipedia.

Technical Editor (LUCA Magazine)

Bureaucrat on Schoolwiki, Panchayatwiki, Parishadwiki.

Tatjana Baleta

Tatjana Baleta is the Wikimedian in Residence for Climate at the Global Systems Institute. She works with the research and student community at the University of Exeter and beyond to update and improve cliamte change information on Wikimedia platforms, countering mis- and disinformation in the process. Tatjana is a conservationist and environmental science communicator with 8 yrs international experience working with academia and the non-profit sector.

Rocío Aravena

Rocío Aravena is a Chilean teacher, researcher, and a fervent advocate for Open Education and Open Technologies. She is a Ph.D. student at the University of Barcelona in the Education and Digital Technologies field and has participated in the Wikimedia Movement for several years. Starting as Program Education Manager in Wikimedia Chile (2019-2023), Rocío is currently collaborating in the Peer Learning Program Let's Connect, and has also participated as a researcher for the development of the Theory of Change for the EduWiki User Group between 2023 and 2024.

Mari Avetisyan

My name is Mari. I am from Armenia and I represent Wikimedia Armenia. I joined the Wikimedia Movement in 2018 and I am active on Armenia Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons andWikidata.

Lydia Pintscher (WMDE)

Lydia Pintscher is the portfolio lead for Wikidata at Wikimedia Deutschland. She has been with Wikidata since its start over a decade ago. In her free time she supports the KDE community as the vice president of KDE e.V.

Programa de Educación Wikimedia Colombia

The education program of Wikimedia Colombia is one of the three programs promoting free knowledge in the country and is currently in the process of contributing to the Wikimedia ecosystem and innovation processes in education.

Paul Sutermeister

MA University of Geneva (2006), MSc University of So Paulo (2011)

Ana Bragança (user:Anita Braga) and Flavia Doria (user:XenoF)

Ana Bragança (user:Anita Braga) is a co-founder and co-coordinator of Wiki Editoras LX lusophone user group, a 5 year a community that aims to bridge the gender gap, as well as other gaps (ethnic, racial, geographic) in Wikimedia projects. Wikimedian since 2019, has also been part of the WikiForHumanRights Lusophone Community Regional Coordination team since 2023.

Flavia Doria (user:XenoF) is a co-coordinator of Wiki Editoras LX lusophone user group, a 5 year a community that aims to bridge the gender gap, as well as other gaps (ethnic, racial, geographic) in Wikimedia projects. Wikimedian since 2020, is a former Community Ambassador at WMF and Member at the Leadership Development Working Group (LDWG). Also a certified trainer for Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom. And currently the Regional Ambassador for Europe at Art+Feminism.

Zache

Hi, I am an open-source advocate from Finland. I have been editing Wikipedia since 2004 and have been an admin in Finnish Wikipedia since 2010. Currently, I am working part-time at Wikimedia Finland. My interests are software development, AI, linked data, and how these are wrapped around humans.

Toby Hudson / 99of9

I've been editing Wikimedia projects for 20 years. First on Wikipedia, then Commons, Wikidata, and Wikifunctions. I primarily edit about scientific and Australian topics, and have a particular passion for integrating external identifiers!