Wikimania/2013

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Wikimania 2013

Wikimania 2013 was held in Hong Kong, China, 2013.

General information:

• Official wiki: https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org
• Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU).
• Attendance: 700
• Number of attendee countries: 88
• Conference languages:
• Cost to attend: Based on scholarships: for European 1'200 € - 1'500 €
• Accommodation: Hotels and Hong Kong Baptist University dorm (100 beds).

Program:

• Keynote speakers: Makoto Okamoto, Charles Mok, Sue Gardner
• Program information: Schedule
• Link to CfP: Call for participation
• Link to program proceedings:
• Session videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/wikimediahk and https://archive.org/search.php?query=wikimania2013-plenary
• Preconferences:
• WMF organizational meetings, special meetings:
• Program software used:
• Program review process used:
• Themes: (5 tracks) Wikis in Asia; Cultural and Educational Outreach; WikiCulture and Community; Analysis and Public Engagement; Technology and Infrastructure.
• Types of submissions: workshop, seminar, tutorial, panel, and presentations
• Parallel sessions: 7-8.
• Program committee: Chair: Simon Shek (WM2013 local team; WMHK); Deputy-Chair: Deror Lin (Deputy Program Chair of WM2011, WM2012; WMIL); Deputy-Chair: Orsolya Virág Gyenes (Deputy Program Chair of WM2012; WMHU); Deputy-Chair: James Forrester (perpetual Wikimaniac); Deryck Chan (WM2013 local team; WMHK); Katie Filbert (WM2012 local team); Sarah Stierch (WM2012 local team); Kiril Simeonovski (WMMK); Gregory Varnum (WikiQueer and MediaWiki developer); John Vandenberg (WMAU); Ota Takashi (Japan WG).

Media:

• Link to photos: Wikimania 2013 on Wikimedia Commons
• Number of journalists:
• Media stories:
  • Christy Choi, Wikipedia brings Wikimania conference to HK in 2013 in "South Chine Morning Post: Hong Kong", 01/10/2012.

Planning:

• Lead organizers: Jeromy-Yu Chan (User:Yuyu), Coordinator-in-Chief; Tango Chan (User:Tsugiko), Coordinators-at-Large
• Planning teams: Organizing team Wikimania 2013
• Paid organizers?:
• Planning mailing list:
• Planning wiki or other sites:
• Registration software used:
• Bid page:: Hong Kong (Wikimania 2013/Bids)

Budget and funding:

• Total budget:
• Scholarship budget: (Wikimania/Scholarships/2013)
• Total scholarships awarded: 168
• Link to budget breakdown: Wikimania 2013/Budget
• Funds from the WMF:
• Sponsors: Sponsors are mentioned in the main page https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Registration costs

Type	Wikimedia volunteer (US$)	Without Wikimedia projects username (US$)
Early Registration (all 3 days)	$45.00	$73.00
Regular Registration (all 3 days)	$58.00	$94.00
Late Registration (all 3 days)	$79.00	$125.00

Reports:

• Postmortem page: Wikimania 2013 lessons
• Suggestions page: https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Feedback and Brainstorming for Wikimania 2014
• Budget reports:
• Other reports:

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