Pre-conference Events
Registration and Information about pre-conference events besides the hackathon (e.g., workshops, WMF meetings, etc.) will be posted here.
Note: you will not register for these as part of the conference registration process on Eventbrite.
Register
Registration will be on second floor foyer, Hilton Hotel.
Wednesday, July 15 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 16 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday, July 17 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday July 18 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday July 19 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Pre-conference events
Wednesday, July 15
| Time | Hackathon Workplace 1 - Don Américo | Hackathon Workplace 2 - Don Genaro | Hackathon Workplace 3 - Don Julián | Hacking Hall 1 - Don Diego 4 | WMF - Don Diego 3 | Education - Doña Adelita |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 classroom & video recording equipment. Newcomer-friendly sessions preferred. |
60 classroom | This room is still mostly empty! Add your sessions! (60 classroom) | 300 with rounds of 10 | By invitation | By invitation, registration closed | |
| 07:00 | On-site registration Registration 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Second floor foyer, Hilton Hotel | |||||
| 09:00 | Opening plenary session (Hackathon) in Don Diego 4 | WMF Learning Day (etherpad) |
Education Pre Conference | |||
| 10:00 | Introduction to Wikimedia Tech for newcomers and their buddies | Hacking! | ||||
| 11:00 | Introduction to Phabricator (Wikimedia's task and bug tracking tool) for newcomers | Tutorial: Drinking and Filtering the Recent Changes Stream | ||||
| 12:00 | Lunch Don Diego 1 (Hackathon attendees only) | |||||
| 13:00 | Training: MediaWiki-Vagrant install party | Sprint: Making the Wiki Ed dashboard work for outreach projects | OTRS Meetup | Hacking! | ||
| 14:00 | Training: Wiki Front-End in 40 LOC, and other Parsoid tricks (slides) | Meeting: Wikidata - Find a project, ask your question | OTRS Meetup Continued | |||
| 15:00 | Presentation/Discussion: How Mapillary can be used with wiki | Workshop: Doing Research on Wikimedia things as a volunteer - tools and communities | ||||
| 16:00 | Hacking Tools that use Revision Scoring | Workshop: CI: automated tests on patch upload and merge | ||||
| 17:00 | Meeting: MediaWiki RFC: Streamlining Composer usage | IdeaLab Mixer | ||||
| 18:00 | End of Hackathon program. Dinner provided for Hackathon Participants @ 18:00 in Don Diego 1. Don Diego 4 remains open for quiet hacking overnight. | |||||
| 20:30 to 01:00 | Hackathon Social Event: Drinks and food, bring your badge and get a discount. Location: Cancino Alameda, Calle Doctor Mora 9 Cuauhtemoc, Centro. Two minutes walking from Hilton. Map here | |||||
Thursday, July 16
- Education Pre-Conference Registration closed
- Wikimedia Conference Follow-Up Day
- Workshop for Explainer Videos
| Time | Hackathon Workplace 1 - Don Américo | Hackathon Workplace 2 - Don Genaro | Hackathon Workplace 3 - Don Julián | Hacking Hall 1 - Don Diego 4 | Education - Doña Adelita | WMCON Follow-Up Day | Press - Don Diego 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 classroom & video equipment. Newcomer-friendly sessions preferred. |
60 classroom | 60 classroom | 300 with rounds of 10 | By invitation, registration closed | room C/D; in Fiesta Inn Hotel (close by) |
80 room (by invitation) | |
| 08:00 | On-site registration second floor foyer, Hilton Hotel 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. , 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. |
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| 09:00 | Hacking! | Education Pre Conference | Press Conference | ||||
| 10:00 | Learn about Puppet | Learning SQL with Quarry | Spanish track:
(Introduction to Wikimedia Tech for newcomers and their buddies.) |
Wikimedia Conference Follow-Up Day (no registration needed, just come along) | |||
| 11:00 | Adding (interactive) graphs and maps to articles | How to get Grant Funding for your Hacking Project | |||||
| 12:00 | Hackathon Group Photo @ 12 in Don Diego 4! Lunch (Hackathon attendees only) | ||||||
| 13:00 | Workshop: Learn about and evaluate our web API client libraries! | Hacking! | |||||
| 14:00 | Discussion: Researchers in our midst: Subject recruitment in Wikimedia communities | WMF Engineering Management Q&A | Ally Skills Workshop | ||||
| 15:00 | Workshop: Getting started (and making better!) tools and bots on Tool Labs | Best Practices for Hackathon Showcase Presenters | Code of conduct/Phabricator etiquette/Friendly Spaces/etc breach consequences and escalation paths | ||||
| 16:00 | Sprint: VisualEditor's "translathon", 2nd edition | Citathon 2015 | Building a Visual Video Editor for the Web | ||||
| 17:00 | Clean up Ruby code with RuboCop! | ||||||
| 18:00 | End of program. Welcome Reception in Salon Don Diego. Hacking Hall 2 - Doña Adelita opens at 8pm for 24h hacking for the remainder of Wikimania | ||||||
| 20:30 to 01:00 | Hackathon Social Event: Drinks and food, bring your badge and get a discount. Location: Cancino Alameda, Calle Doctor Mora 9 Cuauhtemoc, Centro. Two minutes walking from Hilton. Map here | ||||||
Wednesday, 15th July
On-site registration - 08:00-17:00
| Hour | Activity | Room |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-16:00 | Hackathon (rooms available in evening as well) | Don Diego 3 & 4, plenary sessions. Lunch provided (Hackathon attendees only) at Don Diego 1 See Hackathon section for reference |
| WMF Board of Trustees Meeting | TBC on Business Center | |
| 09:00-17:30 | WMF Learning Day (by invitation, registration closed.) |
Don Diego 3 |
| 09:00-17:30 | Education Pre Conference (by invitation) |
Doña Adelita (4th floor) |
| 16:00-20:00 | WMF Learning Day (by invitation) |
Don Diego 3 |
| WMF Learning Day Mixer and Poster Session (by invitation; WMF scholarship recipients welcome) |
Don Diego 3 |
Thursday, 16th July
On-site registration - 08:00-18:00
| Hour | Activity | Room |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-17:00 | Education Pre Conference (by invitation, registration closed.) |
Doña Adelita |
| 09:00-16:00 | Hackathon (rooms available in evening as well) | Lunch provided (Hackathon attendees only) at Don Diego 1 See Hackathon section for reference |
| 09:00-17:00 | FDC Meeting By invitation> |
Don Emiliano |
| 09:00-17:00 | Wikimedia Conference Follow-Up Day | Fiesta Inn Centro Histórico Hotel (200 m from the Hilton) |
| 09:30-11:00 | Press Conference by invitation for journalists. Please refer Press section for accreditations. |
Don Diego 3 |
| 14:00-17:00 | Ally Skills Workshop (by application - preference given to administrators and other functionaries on Wikipedia) |
Don Diego 3 |
| 14:00-17:00 | WMF Board of Trustees Meeting | TBC on Business Center |
- Conference Welcome Reception 18:00-20:00 (Food, Refreshments provided) Don Diego 1 and 2
- Friday-Sunday - Hackathon room available 24/7 - Dona Adelita
- Community Village, will be on 4th Floor
- Wiki Loves Pyramids Meetup (may also move to the 13th, depending on participants)
- Ally Skills Workshop
(By invitation only. Apply for the workshop by following this link)
Post-conference events
For those who have time after the conference, considering joining any of these -
Monday 20 July