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Schedule

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Some details about the rooms at the venue.

  • Common sessions will take place at the Main hall. You can enter the Main hall from first and third floors.
  • Parallel sessions "A" will take place at the room # 309 at the third floor.
  • Parallel sessions "B" will take place at the room # 1008 at the tenth floor. There're four elevators.
  • Coffee breaks will take place at the room # 304 at the third floor.
  • Organizational team's room is situated at the room # 302 at the third floor.
  • Cloakrooms is situated at the first floor, near the Main hall.
  • Water closets (toilets) for females are available at all floors, except seventh and tenth.
  • Water closets (toilets) for males are available at the first, seventh and tenth floors.

December 18, Thursday

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(Day 0)

  • 19:00 Socializing, ice breaking

December 19, Friday

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(Day 1)

  • 10:00-10:30 Walk-in
  • 10:30-11:00 Official opening (presentation "10 Facts About Ukraine")
  • 11:00-12:00 Common session: State of the Movement
  • 12:00-12:30 Coffee break
  • 12:30-14:00 Sessions: Freedom of panorama / Wikiexpeditions
  • 14:00-15:00 Lunch
  • 15:00-16:30 Sessions: Cross-border initiatives / Hiring staff
  • 16:30-17:00 Coffee break
  • 17:00-18:30 Sessions: WikiCamp / PR: how to deal with press and social media
  • 19:00 Social event

December 20, Saturday

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(Day 2)

  • 09:00-09:30 Walk-in
  • 09:30-11:00 Common session: Education program / Common legal threats + AWB
  • 11:00-11:30 Coffee break
  • 11:30-13:00 Sessions: How to organise a workshop/training / Microgrants/scholarships + Local fundraising
  • 13:00-13:50 Lunch
  • 13:50-14:00 Group photo
  • 14:00-15:30 Sessions: Article contests & thematic weeks / FDC grant proposal
  • 15:30-16:00 Coffee break
  • 16:00-17:30 Sessions: Starting a movement organization / GLAM
  • 17:30-21:00 City tour (for non-locals) / AGM (for WMUA members)

December 21, Sunday

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(Day 3)

  • 09:00-09:30 Walk-in
  • 09:30-11:00 Common session: WLM & WLE / Gender gap
  • 11:00-11:30 Coffee break
  • 11:30-13:00 Sessions: Making small Wikipedias grow / Recruiting volunteers
  • 13:00-14:00 Lunch
  • 14:00-15:30 Official closing: The future of CEE
  • 16:00 After social event

Sessions

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Central Ethernet page "CEEM14", linking to all session Ethernet pages listed below

1 State of the Movement

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GOAL
Let representatives from other states present state of their chapters or groups and help others be informed about successful projects or needs of other countries.
FORMAT
Panel
MODERATOR
Andriy Makukha (Ukraine)
SPEAKERS
almost all chapters
PREPARE
TIME
75 minutes
NOTES
Etherpad

2a Freedom of panorama

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Levels of Freedom of Panorama in Europe
GOAL
Learn from the experience of Wikimedia Armenia who achieved legalisation of Freedom of Panorama in Armenia by direct lobbying. As many CEE states still have no freedom of panorama, other Wikimedians will learn how they can help in their countries.
FORMAT
Presentation with disc.
MODERATOR
Susanna Mkrtchyan (Armenia)
SPEAKERS
Andriy Makukha (Ukraine) - introduction to FOP and the law proposal Wikimedia Ukraine prepared
Vladimir Medeyko (Russia)
MATERIALS
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

2b Wikiexpeditions

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Historic house in Stachowizna, Poland. This photo was taken during Wikiexpedition.
GOAL
Learn about successful Wikiexpeditions project which is important in generating content about particular cities, villages or regions. Polish chapter who created this project and is leading in it, as well as representatives from Czech Rep. and Ukraine will share their lessons and experience.
FORMAT
Panel
MODERATOR
Polimerek (Poland)
SPEAKERS
Jan Groh (Czech Rep.)
nickispeaki (Ukraine)
Visem (Ukraine)
Kaiyr (Kazakhstan)
Polimerek (Poland): Railways expedition 2014 [1]
PREPARE
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

3a Cross-border initiatives

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GOAL
Mutual cooperation between chapters can help improve content about each others' countries in corresponding Wikipedias as well as other projects. Participants will work on ideas how to organise efficient cross-border cooperation.
FORMAT
Brainstorming
MODERATOR
Jan Groh (Czech Rep.)
SPEAKERS
Visem (Ukraine)
PREPARE
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

3b Hiring staff

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GOAL
Help organizations clarify how to (or whether to) hire staff, and to work effectively between volunteers and staff if this is the right option for you. What are the goals and expectations in planning to hire staff? How do you divide responsibilities between board and staff? What makes this relationship effective?
FORMAT
Panel/brainstorming?
MODERATOR
Eva Lepik (Estonia)
SPEAKERS
Polimerek (Poland): History of empolyment by Wikimedia Polska, who was first, who next, and why? File:CEE staff 2014.pdf
Filip Maljković (Serbia)
Asaf Bartov (WMF)
MATERIALS
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

4a WikiCamp

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GOAL
WikiCamp project realised by Wikimedia Armenia was recognized as the coolest project of the year at Wikimania 2014. At this session Armenians will share their experience about this project and how one can organise such kind of events. Similar project was realised in Hungary and Serbia, and representatives of these chapters may also share their expereince.
FORMAT
Presentation with discussion.
MODERATOR
Susanna Mkrtchyan (Armenia)
SPEAKERS
Arsen Harutyunyan (Armenia)
Ivana Madžarević (Serbia)
Hungary?
PREPARE
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

4b PR: how to deal with press and social media

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GOAL
It's important for a chapter to interact with press and media in a professional and effective way. We will establish some good practices of PR based on lessons learned by experienced chapters.
FORMAT
Brainstorming
MODERATOR
Nikola Kalchev (Bulgaria)
SPEAKERS
Asaf Bartov (WMF)
Vladislav Nedelev (Bulgaria)
Zana Strkovska (Macedonia)
Polimerek (Poland); Our Press office [2] and press officer work [3] + how we deal with social media [4]

Ukraine

PREPARE
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

5 Education program

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GOAL
The Wikipedia Education Program is one of the most quickly developing projects in our communities. Undoubtedly, engaging students to participate in improving Wikipedia not only helps improve Wikipedia in the first place, but also educates more people about it: the way it works, how to properly use it, how to make it better. In some states, children and elderly people are also participating in Education Programs, so such experience is interesting too. This panel will present many successful models from different countries that can be used to design or reimagine education programmes in the region.
FORMAT
Panel
MODERATOR
Anna Koval (WMF)
SPEAKERS
Ата (Ukraine)
Jan Groh (Czech Rep.)
Vassia Atanassova (Bulgaria) — The Wiki Educator's Survival Kit — Some Tried and Tested Teaching Experiences from Bulgaria
Greta Doçi (Albania)
Filip Maljković (Serbia)
Kaarel Vaidla (Estonia)
PREPARE
TIME
90 minutes
NOTES
Etherpad
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GOAL
We have inherited similar bureaucratic way of thinking by authorities after Soviet era; this lead to similar legal threats such as problems with fund-rising campaigns, responsibility for content, domain registration, over-control by government etc. Would be good to share the common experience regarding these issues and how we can help each other.
FORMAT
Brainstorming
MODERATOR
Levon Azizian
SPEAKERS
Polimerek (Poland): Typical legal threats on Wikimedia Polska example: Libel cases, Copyright cases, Privacy rules of WMF vs Polish law, governmental control (financial law for local NGO-s)
SpeedyGonsales (Croatia)
Magioladitis (Greece): AutoWikiBrowser (AWB), semi-automated wiki editing
PREPARE
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

6a How to organize a workshop/training

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GOAL
This session is about the details of organization of workshops and training. This session will help you avoid common mistakes and hopefully organize workshops with more impact. It will take a form of brainstorming based on experience from different countries.
FORMAT
Brainstorming
MODERATOR
Mickey Mystique (Serbia)
SPEAKERS
Susanna Mkrtchyan (Armenia)
Sviatlana Yermakovich (Belarus)
Hannabaradzina (Belarus)
Tomasz Bladyniec (Poland): workshops for Belarusians in Poland, Lithuania & Czech Rep. [5], [6]
PREPARE
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

6b Microgrants/scholarships + Local fundraising

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GOAL
Firstly, we want to discuss different options of microgrants and scolarships and learn how to use them successfully. Then we will learn about the experience of local fundraising and how to organise a fundraising campaign in the CEE region.
FORMAT
Presentation with discussion
MODERATOR
Masti (Poland)
SPEAKERS
KuboF (Slovakia) - focused to local fundraising (see Etherpad)
Asaf Bartov (WMF)
PREPARE
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

7a Article contests & thematic weeks

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GOAL
There were successful thematic weeks and contests in different communities. This session will help us share experience about each others' projects in this field and learn how to generate more impact in it.
FORMAT
Panel/brainstorming?
MODERATOR
Polimerek (Poland)
SPEAKERS
KuboF (Slovakia) - focused to article contests (see Etherpad)
Andriy Makukha (Ukraine) - article writing contests framework (see the presentation)

almost all

MATERIALS
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

7b FDC grant proposal

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GOAL
Some chapters are going to apply for FDC funding next year and it will be useful for them to know how to do it better.
FORMAT
Panel
MODERATOR
Perohanych (Ukraine)
SPEAKERS
Claudia Garad (Austria) will have a speech on Good governance
PREPARE
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

8a Starting a movement organization

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GOAL
This session will provide useful information to representatives of countries who are interesting in starting a user group or developing a user group into a chapter.
FORMAT
Presentation with discussion.
MODERATOR
Asaf Bartov (WMF)
SPEAKERS
Bence Damokos (AffCom)
PREPARE
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

8b GLAM

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GOAL
To learn about successful GLAM projects and how successful GLAM projects can be organised in the region.
FORMAT
Panel
MODERATOR
Vassia Atanassova (Bulgaria)
SPEAKERS
Kaarel Vaidla (Estonia)
Zana Strkovska (Macedonia)
Julia Maria Koszewska (Poland) - what GLAM is all about? and how to make other wiki-projects of a GLAM-descent (example of Wiki-GLAM project: wiki-ethno-expedition). ..and other proofs that being Wiki is so GLAM!
Ivana Madžarević (Serbia)
Mickey Mystique (Serbia)
PREPARE
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

9 WLM / WLE

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The winner photo of WLE in Ukraine.
GOAL
Share experience, best strategies and key lessons of photo contests (WLM and WLE) in the region. These contests were organised in many CEE countries, and participants will learn how to increase efficiency and impact of these contests.
FORMAT
Panel
MODERATOR
Illia Korniiko (Ukraine)
SPEAKERS
Zana Strkovska (Macedonia)
Nikola Cibrev (Macedonia)
Polimerek (Poland): Wiki Loves e-textbooks File:Wik loves e-textbooks CEE 2014.pdf

Serbia

PREPARE
TIME
90 minutes
NOTES
Etherpad

9a Gender gap

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GOAL
Address all the ways in which the gender gap affects the position of women on Wikipedia, and their absence from it, as article subjects, editors, and readers. Issues include editor interaction, the way policies and guidelines are written, our dispute-resolution processes, the way admins are elected, notability guidelines, which articles are created and deleted, and how articles are sourced.
FORMAT
Brainstorming
MODERATOR
Anna Koval (WMF)
SPEAKERS
Greta Doçi (Albania)
Kaarel Vaidla (Estonia)
Julia Maria Koszewska (Poland)
Susanna Mkrtchyan (Armenia)
PREPARE
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

10a Making small Wikipedias grow

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GOAL
Work on projects and strategies that can help small Wikipedias grow. We will learn from experience of succesful projects as well as share ideas with countries where Wikipedias in their languages are still small.
FORMAT
Brainstorming
MODERATOR
Eva Lepik (Estonia)
SPEAKERS
Gheorghe Iordachi (Moldova)
PREPARE
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

10b Recruiting volunteers

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GOAL
Find out strategies on how to help motivated people join the Wikimedia movement, either online (Wikipedia) or offline (Wikimedia).
FORMAT
Brainstorming
MODERATOR
Asaf Bartov (WMF)
SPEAKERS
PREPARE
TIME
90 minutes, parallel session
NOTES
Etherpad

11 The future of CEE

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GOAL
Find out strategies on how to help motivated people join the Wikimedia movement, either online (Wikipedia) or offline (Wikimedia).
FORMAT
Brainstorming
MODERATOR
SPEAKERS
almost all
PREPARE
TIME
60 minutes
NOTES
Etherpad

Materials

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See Wikimedia CEE 2014 presentations on Wikimedia Commons.

Also see photos taken during the conference.