[Air-l] Fwd: [F/OSS-Discuss] "Wikimania 2007" Open for Registration & CFP

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

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> From: Tzu-Chiang Liou <tcliou at iis.sinica.edu.tw>
> Date: March 30, 2007 2:29:17 AM EDT
> To: discuss at opensource.mit.edu
> Subject: [F/OSS-Discuss] "Wikimania 2007" Open for Registration & CFP
> Reply-To: Dicusssion list for Free/Open Source Software researchers  
> <discuss at opensource.mit.edu>
>
> *Sorry for cross posting*
>
> Dear all,
>
> Wikimania 2007, the third annual international Wikimedia conference  
> will be
> held August 3-5 in Taipei, Taiwan at Chien Tan Overseas Youth  
> Activity Center.
>
> Both a scientific conference and a community event, Wikimania  
> brings together
> members of various Wikimedia projects in order to exchange ideas,  
> build
> relationships, and report on research and project efforts.
>
> It also provides an opportunity for Wikimedians and the general  
> public alike to
> meet and share ideas about free and open source software, free  
> knowledge
> initiatives, and wiki projects worldwide.
>
> Wikimania will be an interdisciplinary forum, where the  
> enthusiastic community
> behind the Wikimedia projects and interested researchers and  
> practitioners can
> meet to share ideas.  Conference themes this year include Content  
> and usage
> of the Wikimedia projects, Communities (social studies into /  
> policies and practices),
> Technical infrastructure and MediaWiki, Policy including law and  
> Access to Knowledge.
>
> We expect an international audience of hundreds of people, and  
> extensive
> media coverage.  Last year's conference was held in Boston, Unite  
> State,
> with more than 350 participants from 50 countries.
>
> You may fine more information on homepage of the conference:
>
> http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
>
> We also have early bird discount, please register asap to gain more  
> benefit!
>
> http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration
>
> If you're interested in submit/present a short paper in the  
> conference, please
> also check the website:
>
> http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Participation
>
> Please also help circulate this information if you think it's  
> appropriate, thanks.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> TzuChiang Liou, Wikimania 2007 preparation team
>
> -- TzuChiang Liou, Program Committee Member of Wikimania 2007  
> Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan E-mail:  
> tcliou at iis.sinica.edu.tw MSN: tcliou at msn.com GTalk:  
> tcliou at gmail.com TEL:+886-2-2788-3799 ext.1404 FAX:+886-2-2651-8660  
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jeremy hunsinger
Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research,  
School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee  
(www.cipr.uwm.edu)

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