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The Media­Wiki Users and Develo­pers Confe­rence is the European confe­rence on knowledge manage­ment, seman­tics, and wikis set to be held in Vienna in the fall of 2024.

This confe­rence connects some of the most advan­ced organiza­ti­ons in the field with leading resear­chers and develo­pers to discuss the future of using wikis as knowledge bases.

The year 2024 not only celebra­tes a decade since the launch of the Vienna History Wiki — a compre­hen­sive public seman­tic database showca­sing Vienna’s histo­ri­cal records and ranking among the world’s largest of its kind in the world — but also unders­cores the intri­cate connec­tion between culture, history, and the disse­mi­na­tion of knowledge.

Organi­zed and supported by Knowledge Manage­ment Associa­tes (KM-A), the Media­Wiki Stakeholder’s Group (MWStake), the Seman­tic Media­Wiki Commu­nity, and the City of Vienna.

Program

(tenta­tive)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Tutorial & Commu­nity day

Monday 4 Novem­ber

10:30 – 11:00
[CHECK-IN] Meet & Greet
Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv
Guglgasse 14, 1110 Vienna, Austria
11:00 – 11:15
[WELCOME] Commu­nity Opening

Bernhard KRABINA, KM-A
Sabine MELNICKI, KM-A

11:15 – 11:45
Media­Wiki is changing: Key insights and initiatives

Mateus SANTOS, Wikime­dia Foundation

11:45 – 12:00
Media­Wiki Stakeholder’s Group

Bryan HILDERBRAND
Cindy CICALESE, MWStake

12:00 – 12:15
State of Canasta

Jeffrey WANG, MyWikis

12:15 – 12:30
OpenCSP (ONLINE)

Charlot COBBEN, Wikibase Solutions

12:30 – 13:00
Simul­ta­neous editing: First experiences

Robert VOGEL, Hallo Welt!

13:00 – 14:00
[LUNCH BREAK]

Main Track :: Room 1

Paral­lel Track :: Room 2

Monday 4 Novem­ber

14:00 – 14:20
Seman­tic Media­wiki: New user bumpy journey: Violin­wiki (ONLINE)

Pavel SPACEK, Stringwiki

14:20 – 14:40
Seman­ti­fi­ca­tion of GenealogyResearch

Wolfgang FAHL, BITPlan

14:40 – 15:00
PDF Citation Highlighter

Anton KROM, WikiTeq

15:00 – 15:30
TUTORIAL: Wikibase4Research: A toolbox for Wikibase Users and Developers

Kolja BAILLY, Lukas GÜNTHER

15:30 – 17:00
HACKATHON: Wikibase4Research guided instal­la­tion. Bring your own data, get your own wiki

Kolja BAILLY, Lukas GÜNTHER

Monday 4 Novem­ber

16:00 – 17:00
LIGHTNING TALKS
16:00 – 16:10
Standar­di­zing on recom­men­ded code revisi­ons (ONLINE)

Yaron KOREN, WikiWorks

16:10 – 16:20
Inline­Comm­ents exten­sion (ONLINE)

Yaron KOREN, WikiWorks

16:15 – 16:30
Forage: An alter­na­tive user inter­face to Wikibase/Wikidata (ONLINE)

Yaron KOREN, WikiWorks

16:30 – 16:40
Object orien­ted linked data (OO-LD)

Simon STIER, Fraun­ho­fer ISC

16:40 – 16:50
Category Manager and WikiSe­arch Clean-up enhance­ments (ONLINE)

Jimmy VAN DELFT, Wikibase Solutions

17:00 – 17:10
Bringing Micro­soft 365 and Media­Wiki together (ONLINE)

Viktor SCHELLING, Pegasystems

17:10 – 17:20
Relatio­nal versioning

Megan CUTROFELLO

17:20 – 18:00
DISCUSSION: Develo­p­ment of SemanticWikibase

Kolja BAILLY
Jeroen DE DAUW
Lozana ROSSENOVA
Torsten VEIT
Lukas GÜNTER

18:00 – 18:05
[CLOSING of 1st DAY]
19:00 – 21:00
[Commu­nity Get-Together]
7SternBräu
Sieben­stern­gasse 19, 1070 Vienna, Austria

Tutorial & Commu­nity day

MONDAY, Novem­ber 4

Monday 4 Novem­ber

10:30 – 11:00
[CHECK-IN] Meet & Greet
Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv
Guglgasse 14, 1110 Vienna, Austria
11:00 – 11:15
[WELCOME] Commu­nity Opening

Bernhard KRABINA, KM-A
Sabine MELNICKI, KM-A

11:15 – 11:45
Media­Wiki is changing: Key insights and initiatives

Mateus SANTOS, Wikime­dia Foundation

11:45 – 12:00
Media­Wiki Stakeholder’s Group

Bryan HILDERBRAND
Cindy CICALESE, MWStake

12:00 – 12:15
State of Canasta

Jeffrey WANG, MyWikis

12:15 – 12:30
OpenCSP (ONLINE)

Charlot COBBEN, Wikibase Solutions

12:30 – 13:00
Simul­ta­neous editing: First experiences

Robert VOGEL, Hallo Welt!

13:00 – 14:00
[LUNCH BREAK]

Monday 4 Novem­ber

14:00 – 14:20
Seman­tic Media­wiki: New user bumpy journey: Violin­wiki (ONLINE)

Pavel SPACEK, Stringwiki

14:20 – 14:40
Seman­ti­fi­ca­tion of GenealogyResearch

Wolfgang FAHL, BITPlan

14:40 – 15:00
PDF Citation Highlighter

Anton KROM, WikiTeq

15:00 – 15:30
TUTORIAL: Wikibase4Research: A toolbox for Wikibase Users and Developers

Kolja BAILLY, Lukas GÜNTHER

15:30 – 17:00
HACKATHON: Wikibase4Research guided instal­la­tion. Bring your own data, get your own wiki

Kolja BAILLY, Lukas GÜNTHER

Monday 4 Novem­ber

16:00 – 17:00
LIGHTNING TALKS
16:00 – 16:10
Standar­di­zing on recom­men­ded code revisi­ons (ONLINE)

Yaron KOREN, WikiWorks

16:10 – 16:20
Inline­Comm­ents exten­sion (ONLINE)

Yaron KOREN, WikiWorks

16:15 – 16:30
Forage: An alter­na­tive user inter­face to Wikibase/Wikidata (ONLINE)

Yaron KOREN, WikiWorks

16:30 – 16:40
Object orien­ted linked data (OO-LD)

Simon STIER, Fraun­ho­fer ISC

16:40 – 16:50
Category Manager and WikiSe­arch Clean-up enhance­ments (ONLINE)

Jimmy VAN DELFT, Wikibase Solutions

17:00 – 17:10
Bringing Micro­soft 365 and Media­Wiki together (ONLINE)

Viktor SCHELLING, Pegasystems

17:10 – 17:20
Relatio­nal versioning

Megan CUTROFELLO

17:20 – 18:00
DISCUSSION: Develo­p­ment of SemanticWikibase

Kolja BAILLY
Jeroen DE DAUW
Lozana ROSSENOVA
Torsten VEIT
Lukas GÜNTER

18:00 – 18:05
[CLOSING of 1st DAY]
19:00 – 21:00
[Commu­nity Get-Together]
7SternBräu
Sieben­stern­gasse 19, 1070 Vienna, Austria

Tuesday, NOVEMBER 5

Business & Govern­ment day

Tuesday 5 Novem­ber

9:00 – 9:30
[CHECK-IN]
Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv
Guglgasse 14, 1110 Vienna, Austria
9:30 – 9:45
Confe­rence Opening

Bernhard KRABINA, KM-A
Sabine MELNICKI, KM-A

9:45 – 10:45
KEYNOTE: Empowe­ring Knowledge Workers

Karsten EHMS, Siemens

10:45 – 11:15
Knowledge Manage­ment with Media­Wiki at NASA

Rich EVANS, NASA

11:15 – 11:30
WikiChat

Jeffrey WANG, MyWikis

11:30 – 12:00
[COFFEE BREAK]
12:00 – 12:30
Why isn’t that in the wiki?

Ike HECHT, WikiTeq

12:30 – 13:00
Various new features of Bluespice

Miriam SCHLINDWEIN, Hallo Welt!

13:00 – 13:30
WikiXL Concept Editor

Toine SCHIJVENAARS, ArchiXL
Robin VAN DER WIEL, ArchiXL

13:30 – 14:30
[LUNCH BREAK]
14:15 – 14:30
[Group photo]
14:30 – 14:50
Media­Wiki Usage in BMKÖS

Michael KALLINGER, Federal Minis­try for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport

14:50 – 15:15
Factors influen­cing the use of wikis in organizations

Bernhard KRABINA, KM-A

15:15 – 15:45
Integra­ted Manage­ment System for logistics: BPMN to compliance-ready assets across ISO, IFS, and beyond

Alexan­der GESINN, gesinn.it

15:45 – 16:15
[COFFEE BREAK]
16:15 – 16:35
Juggel Lists

Ad STRACK VAN SCHIJNDEL, Juggel

16:35 – 16:55
Knowledge manage­ment in organiza­ti­ons: Produc­ti­vity, effici­ency, and quality improvement

Kirill KLIMOV, WikiTeq

16:55 – 17:10
Quick AI functions (ONLINE)

Charlot COBBEN, Wikibase Solutions

17:10 – 17:55
PANEL DISCUSSION: Knowledge Manage­ment and Semantics

Karsten EHMS, Siemens
Cindy CICALESE, MWStake
Rich EVANS, NASA

18:00 – 18:05
[CLOSING of 2nd DAY]
19:00 – 22:00
Confe­rence Dinner
10er Marie
Ottakrin­ger­straße 224, 1160 Vienna, Austria

Wednes­day, NOVEMBER 6

GLAM & Research day

Wednes­day 6 Novem­ber

8:30 – 9:00
[CHECK-IN]
Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv
Guglgasse 14, 1110 Vienna, Austria
9:00 – 9:20
Confe­rence Opening: City of Vienna

Brigitte RIGELE, City of Vienna

9:20 – 10:00
KICK-OFF: 10 years of Vienna History Wiki

Chris­toph SONNLECHNER, MA8, City of Vienna
Kathi PRAGER, MA9, City of Vienna
Bernhard KRABINA, KM-A

10:00 – 10:30
Intro­duc­tion to Wikibase: Managing Datasets and Collec­tions with Wikibase

Chris­tos VARVANTAKIS, Wikime­dia Deutschland

10:30 – 11:00
LLM and Local Knowledge

Julia NEIDHARDT, TU Wien, UNESCO Co-Chair for Digital Humanism
Thomas Elmar KOLB, TU Wien

11:00 – 11:30
[COFFEE BREAK]
11:29 – 12:10
LIGHTNING TALKS: (POTENTIAL) USE CASES
11:30 – 12:00
Current state of OpenSemanticLab

Simon STIER, Fraun­ho­fer ISC

12:00 – 12:10
Linked open data curation and visua­liza­tion with SemanticWikibase

Kolja BAILLY, Open Science Lab at TIB

12:10 – 12:30
Media­Wiki in GLAM settings

Daniel DOBRIY, KM-A

12:30 – 13:00
SciCom Wiki—FAIR knowledge infra­struc­ture for educa­tio­nal content

Tim WITTENBORG, SciCom

13:00 – 13:15
[CONFERENCE CLOSING]

Bernhard KRABINA, KM-A
Sabine MELNICKI, KM-A

13:30 – 16:30
HACKATHON
KDZ - Zentrum für Verwaltungsforschung
Guglgasse 13, 1110 Vienna, Austria

Jeffrey WANG: Demo of Canasta
Alexan­der GESINN: SMW Integra­tion tests

13:30 – 18:00
SOCIAL PROGRAM

13:30–14:30 Lunch
15:00–16:00 Guided tour: Vienna City Library in the town hall
16:30–18:00 Wien Museum
17:00: Celebra­tion: 10 years at the Wien Museum (invita­tion only)

Regis­ter

Early Bird until Septem­beR 30

PROFESSIONALS
USD 450
 
STUDENTS
$ 400 Early Bird – until 30 Septem­ber
$ 450 Regular – from 1 October
USD 250
 
ONLINE
Free for online parti­ci­pa­tion via YouTube
 
MWStake MEMBERS
–15 %

Regis­tra­tion is handled by Event­brite. Payments can be made via PayPal or Credit Card. Prices are shown in USD, exchange rates are set by your bank. Instruc­tions for how to become a member of the Media­Wiki Stake­hol­ders‘ Group ($ 100 per year) are available on the website. Discount codes will be sent to MWStake members via e-mail.

Regis­ter

Early Bird until Septem­beR 30

PROFESSIONALS
$ 400 Early Bird – until Septem­ber 30
$ 450 Regular – from October 1
 
STUDENTS
$ 400 Early Bird – until 30 Septem­ber
$ 450 Regular – from 1 October
$ 200 Early Bird – until Septem­ber 30
$ 250 Regular – from October 1
 
ONLINE
$ 0 for online parti­ci­pa­tion via YouTube
 
MWStake MEMBERS
–15 % on Early Bird and Regular

Regis­tra­tion is handled by Event­brite. Payments can be made via PayPal or Credit Card. Prices are shown in USD, exchange rates are set by your bank. Instruc­tions for how to become a member of the Media­Wiki Stake­hol­ders‘ Group ($ 100 per year) are available on the website. Discount codes will be sent to MWStake members via e-mail.

Not able to attend this time, but want to stay updated? Subscribe to our newslet­ter to receive updates on future events. 

FAQ

The 3-day confe­rence will cover topics related to the usage of (Seman­tic) Media­Wiki software by and within compa­nies, non-profits, govern­ments, organiza­ti­ons, and commu­ni­ties. Whether you are already using Media­Wiki or interes­ted in learning how to use it for your organization’s knowledge manage­ment, we would love to have you attend.

The Media­Wiki Users and Develo­pers Confe­rence aims to:

  • inspire/onboard new users,
  • inform on where and how Media­Wiki is used,
  • convey and conso­li­date best practices,
  • initiate/foster/integrate appli­ca­tion and develo­p­ment and
  • streng­then the commu­nity of stake­hol­ders and its service portfolio.

The Media­Wiki Users and Develo­pers Confe­rence 2024 follows the claim „Empowe­ring Knowledge Workers“ and is organi­zed and supported by Knowledge Manage­ment Associa­tes Austria (KMA), the Media­Wiki Stakeholder’s Group (MWStake), the Seman­tic Media­Wiki Commu­nity, and the City of Vienna. It takes place on 4–6 Novem­ber in Vienna in the Munici­pal and Provin­cial Archi­ves of Vienna.
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The confe­rence begins in the after­noon of Novem­ber 4 with a Commu­nity & Tutorial Day. 5 Novem­ber 5 will discuss business use cases, and we will conclude with the Research & GLAM Day on Novem­ber 6.

All confe­rence events will be held in beautiful Vienna, Austria.

The main venue is located in the 11th district in the iconic Gasome­ter towers. View on the map. Address:
Munici­pal and Provin­cial Archi­ves of Vienna
Gasome­ter D, Guglgasse 14, 1110 Vienna, Austria

The venue is in a public building (Gasome­ter D), which you can easily access directly from the under­ground. Please bring your ticket with you to the door of the event.

Yes, the venue wheel­chair acces­si­ble. Alter­na­tive eleva­tors are available for all stairs and escalators.

Please regis­ter and purchase your confe­rence ticket on Event­brite.

We offer full confe­rence passes start­ing at $ 200 for students and $ 400 for profes­sio­nals. Tickets for online parti­ci­pa­tion are free.

We offer full confe­rence packa­ges, but single day passes are available upon request.

Yes. The confe­rence will be strea­med online. No tickets are requi­red for online participation.

Yes, we offer discounts for students, early birds, and full confe­rence packa­ges. By purcha­sing a ticket, you support a non-profit confe­rence organiza­tion and an open-source commu­nity. Additio­nally, you can parti­ci­pate online for free.

Please submit your propo­sal via the call for contri­bu­ti­ons by Septem­ber 15. After this date, please contact us by email to discuss options.

For further assis­tance, please contact the organi­zing team at office@km-a.net.

FAQ

The confe­rence begins in the after­noon of Novem­ber 4 with a Commu­nity & Tutorial Day. 5 Novem­ber 5 will discuss business use cases, and we will conclude with the Research & GLAM Day on Novem­ber 6.

All confe­rence events will be held in beautiful Vienna, Austria.

The main venue is located in the 11th district in the iconic Gasome­ter towers. View on the map.

Address:
Munici­pal and Provin­cial Archi­ves of Vienna
Gasome­ter D, Guglgasse 14, 1110 Vienna, Austria

The 3-day confe­rence will cover topics related to the usage of (Seman­tic) Media­Wiki software by and within compa­nies, non-profits, govern­ments, organiza­ti­ons, and commu­ni­ties. Whether you are already using Media­Wiki or interes­ted in learning how to use it for your organization’s knowledge manage­ment, we would love to have you attend.

The Media­Wiki Users and Develo­pers Confe­rence aims to:

  • inspire/onboard new users,
  • inform on where and how Media­Wiki is used,
  • convey and conso­li­date best practices,
  • initiate/foster/integrate appli­ca­tion and develo­p­ment and
  • streng­then the commu­nity of stake­hol­ders and its service portfolio.

The Media­Wiki Users and Develo­pers Confe­rence 2024 follows the claim „Empowe­ring Knowledge Workers“ and is organi­zed and supported by Knowledge Manage­ment Associa­tes Austria (KMA), the Media­Wiki Stakeholder’s Group (MWStake), the Seman­tic Media­Wiki Commu­nity, and the City of Vienna. It takes place on 4–6 Novem­ber in Vienna in the Munici­pal and Provin­cial Archi­ves of Vienna.

Yes, the venue wheel­chair acces­si­ble. Alter­na­tive eleva­tors are available for all stairs and escalators.

The venue is in a public building (Gasome­ter D), which you can easily access directly from the under­ground. Please bring your ticket with you to the door of the event.

Please regis­ter and purchase your confe­rence ticket on Event­brite.

We offer full confe­rence passes start­ing at $ 200 for students and $ 400 for profes­sio­nals. Tickets for online parti­ci­pa­tion are free.

We offer full confe­rence packa­ges, but single day passes are available upon request.

Yes. The confe­rence will be strea­med online. Tickets for online parti­ci­pa­tion are free.

Yes, we offer discounts for students, early birds, and full confe­rence packa­ges. By purcha­sing a ticket, you support a non-profit confe­rence organiza­tion and an open-source commu­nity. Additio­nally, you can parti­ci­pate online for free.

Please submit your propo­sal via the call for contri­bu­ti­ons by Septem­ber 15. After this date, please contact us by email to discuss options.

For further assis­tance, please contact the organi­zing team at office@km-a.net.

HOW TO GET THERE

Locati­ons & Map

Wiener Stadt- und Landes­ar­chiv
(Munici­pal and Provin­cial Archi­ves of Vienna)
Gasome­ter D
Guglgasse 14, 1110 Wien

Location on OpenStreet­Map →
Location on HERE WeGo Maps →
Location on Apple Maps →
Location on Google Maps →

Public trans­port

U3 towards Simme­ring, stop Gasome­ter, exit Gasome­ter.

Plan your public trans­port trip with AnachB.

Enter the building (Gasome­ter A), head up to the first floor and walk straight ahead through to the last building (Gasome­ter D).

Visual map on wien.gv.at.

From the under­ground to the conference

Vienna City Library
Home of Vienna History Wiki

Wiener Stadt- und Landes­ar­chiv
Main Confe­rence Location

10er Marie
Confe­rence Dinner on 5-11

Wien Museum
10 years Vienna History Wiki celebra­tion on 6-11

Thank you to our sponsorS!

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