2019 Wikimedia Australia Community Conference

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'''Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 June 2019'''
'''Saturday 15 June 2019'''


=== What is the Community Conference? ===
=== What is the Community Conference? ===

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Main Quadrangle, University of Sydney by Jason Tong (CC-BY-2.0)

2019 Wikimedia Australia Community Conference
   Main Quadrangle, University of Sydney by Jason Tong (CC-BY-2.0)


Saturday 15 June 2019

What is the Community Conference?

The conference is being run Wikimedia Australia to show case some of the exciting work that has been happening across the country over the few years. It'll also discuss some of the on going collaborations and how Wiki Clubs works. The most important aspect will looking into Wikimedia Australias future to discuss what directions the community would like go in, how we can better engage with each other, ESEAP, and the wider WMF movement.

There will be a special guest speaker, Ingrid Cumming a Nyungar yorga who was part of the research team that developed Noongarpedia including the nys.wikipedia. Ingrid is now the Indigenous project co-ordination for the City of Canning. From her experience in working with Wikimedia Australia she invite WMAU to collaborate with the City of Canning on a digital heritage project. She will sharing her insights on these projects and how to engage and share in a respectful way with Indigenous knowledge.

Venue

John Woolley Building

John Woolley Building (A20), The University of Sydney, Manning Rd, Camperdown NSW

The University of Sydney has kindly provided us with a space, and the necessary facilities to host the event.

Registration

While the conference is free to attend WMAU will be asking for registration to enable catering and adequate facilitates are available.

We are using Eventbrite for the conference registrations

Programme

The programme for the conference is currently being finalised and will be published soon.

Contact

For any inquiries, you can contact us at contact-at-wikimedia.org.au

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