Wikimania
News
- Online Registration has been extended through July 3 at midnight PST. After that date, you can register on site beginning Tuesday July 17.
- Discounted accommodations are now available!
- Arriving in Cape Town, what to expect.
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 is "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 will be held at the Southern Sun Cape Sun Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, from 18th July to 22nd July, 2018. All are welcome, whether you're an expert, enthusiast, beginner, or just curious!
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
July 18th - Wednesday
- Preconference: Hackathon, Chapter and user group meetings, upload marathon, Decolonizing the Internet conference, and more to be scheduled
July 19th - Thursday
- Preconference: Hackathon, Chapter and user group meetings, upload marathon, Decolonizing the Internet conference and more to be scheduled
July 20th - Day 1 - Friday
- timetable
- Welcome, opening ceremony
- Presentations & sessions, community village, meet ups, etc.
July 21st - Day 2 - Saturday
- timetable
- Presentations & sessions, Community village, meet ups, etc.
July 22nd - Day 3 - Sunday
- timetable
- Presentations and sessions
- Closing ceremony
July 23rd onwards
- Scuba diving charter by special request
- WOW Tours is offering discounted tours to attendees. See Local Tour Options
- Other tours could be arranged if there is sufficient interest. Please make suggestions on the talk page
