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Jump to content move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Registration Program Activities Social Events Preconference Hackathon Community Village Thematic meetups Attend Accommodation Attendees Visas Volunteers Friendly space Local information Venue Local transport Travel tips Orientation Local Tour Options About water shortage Environmental impact Postconference activities Other FAQ Press Sponsor Contact This wiki Recent changes All translations Information desk Search Search English Log in Personal tools Log in Wikimania Page Discussion English Read View source View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read View source View history General What links here Related changes Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Download QR code Print/export Create a book Download as PDF Printable version From Wikimania Translate this page Portal Home Program Registration Sponsor Orientation Other languages: British English Deutsch English Tiếng Việt Türkçe español français français cadien polski português do Brasil Ελληνικά русский العربية سنڌي فارسی मराठी हिन्दी বাংলা தமிழ் 中文 日本語 ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ 한국어 Three days, 81 talks , now over. Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge #wikimania2018 Wikimania 2018 has ended — thanks to all who made it a success! What is Wikimania? Wikimania is the annual conference celebrating all the free knowledge projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation - Commons , MediaWiki , Meta-Wiki , Wikibooks , Wikidata , Wikinews , Wikipedia , Wikiquote , Wikisource , Wikispecies , Wikiversity , Wikivoyage , and Wiktionary - with three days of conferences, discussions, meetups, training, and workshops. Hundreds of volunteers and Free Knowledge leaders from around the world gather to discuss issues, report on new projects and approaches, and exchange ideas. The theme of Wikimania 2018 was " Bridging knowledge gaps: the Ubuntu way forward ," with the aim of focusing on what and who is still missing from our sum of all human knowledge, and building shared strategies to bridge these collective gaps. This year’s Wikimania was held at the Southern Sun Cape Sun Hotel in Cape Town , South Africa, from 18th July to 22nd July, 2018. Program The program is published! The Wikimania pre-conference meetings will be held on 18 July 2018 to 19 July 2018; the main program will be held from 20 July 2018 to 22 July 2018. There will be 58 presentations, 32 posters , 22 workshops, 15 meetups (at least), 7 preconference events (at least), 4 keynote speakers, and several official social events and receptions. Plenary Speakers The invited speakers for Wikimania this year are: Joy Buolamwini Founder Algorithmic Justice League Martin Dittus Data Scientist at the Oxford Internet Institute Sean Jacobs founder of Africa is a Country Katherine Maher Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation Sponsors Supported byRetrieved from " https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimania&oldid=22607 " This page was last edited on 20 October 2018, at 20:12. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details. Privacy policy About Wikimania Disclaimers Code of Conduct Developers Statistics Cookie statement Mobile view Toggle limited content...