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Wikimania 2006

Wikimania 2006 was held in Boston in USA on August 4-6, 2006.

General information:

Official wiki: wikimania2006.wikimedia.org.

Location: Harvard Law School campus buildings

Attendance: 400^[1]

Number of attendee countries:

Conference languages: English

Cost to attend:

Accommodation: Dorms in Boston 690 beds in the law school dorms (+ ~100 rooms Lesley College dorm)^[2].

Program:

Keynote speakers: Jimmy Wales, Lawrence Lessig, Brewster Kahle, Mitch Kapor, David Weinberger^[3].

Program information: pdf program and Schedule

Link to CfP: Wikimania 2006 Call for Participation

Link to program proceedings:

Session videos:

Preconferences: Hacking Days beforehand (at OLPC, organized by Ivan Krstic); Citizen journalism post-conference

WMF organizational meetings, special meetings: WMF Board panel, open to all conference attendees, chapters meeting, more

Program software used:

Program review process used:

Themes: (5 themes) Technical infrastructure; Wikimedia projects and content; Free knowledge and access to information; Wiki social science; Law and Policy.

Types of submissions: Panels, Workshops, Presentations, Posters, BOFs (Birds-of-a-Feather/discussion sessions), artistic submissions (artistic submissions are only mentioned).

Parallel sessions: 6 (plus an open space).

Program committee: Angela Beesley - Wikia, Inc. / Wikimedia Foundation, Inc; Nicholas Boalch - University of Durham; Andrea Forte - Georgia Institute of Technology; Ivan Krstic - Harvard University; Cormac Lawler - University of Manchester; Joseph Reagle - New York University; Martin Roell - Unaffiliated; Alex Schenck - University of Rhode Island^[4].

Media:

Link to photos: Wikimania 2006 on Wikimedia Commons

Number of journalists:

Media stories:

Planning:

Lead organizers (note!please add to and/or correct if necessary): sj (local general organizer), Delphine (remote general organizer); phoebe (program chair); Austin (registration); Erica (at the Berkman center) (logistics); many others

Planning wiki: mostly on meta, teamwiki, some on the '06 wiki

Program/registration software used: Indico for the program/CFP (deployed and run by Ivan); '06 wiki for proceedings; in-house software written by Austin for registration

Planning mailing list:

Bid page: Boston (Wikimania 2006/Bids)

Budget and funding:

Total budget:

Scholarship budget:

Total scholarships awarded:

Link to budget breakdown:

Funds from the WMF:

Sponsors: Berkman Center for Internet and Society (partner organization). Patron: Answers.com. Benefactors: Amazon.com, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Nokia, wikiHow; Friends: wetpaint, ask.com, yahoo, socialtext. Supporters: IBM, FAQ Farm, Elevation Partners, One Laptop per Child, The Sunlight Foundation. List of the sponsors.

Reports: