Wikimania/2010

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• 2010 (Gdansk, Poland)
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Wikimania 2010

Wikimania 2010 was held in Gdansk, Poland.

General information:

• Official wiki: https://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org
• Location: Gdansk, Poland, Polish Baltic Philharmonic and the adjacent Polish Maritime Museum.
• Attendance: about 500
• Number of attendee countries: 67
• Conference languages:
• Cost to attend:
• Accommodation: Hotels and student dormitories: Dom Studencki Nr 1 Akademii Medycznej (396 beds), Dom Studencki Nr 1 Akademii Muzycznej (70 beds), Dom Studencki Nr 2 Akademii Muzycznej (136 beds), Dom Studencki Akademii Sztuk Pięknych (more than 10 rooms)

Program:

• Keynote speakers: no.
• Program information: Schedule
• Link to CfP: Call for participation
• Link to program proceedings:
• Session videos:
• Preconferences:
• WMF organizational meetings, special meetings:
• Program software used:
• Program review process used:
• Themes: (3 tracks) People and Community; Knowledge and Collaboration; Infrastructure Track
• Types of submissions: talks, open space meetings, birds of a feather groups, and lightning talks. Submissions for workshop, tutorial, panel, and presentation.
• Parallel sessions: 4.
• Program committee: 54 volunteers signed up to review proposals; the proposals were reviewed informally.

Media:

• Link to photos: Commons:Category:Wikimania 2010
• Number of journalists:
• Media stories:

Planning:

• Lead organizers: user:Saper; Juliana
• Planning teams: user:Austin; user:Henna; user:sj
• Paid organizers?:
• Planning mailing list:
• Planning wiki or other sites:
• Registration software used:
• Bid page: Gdańsk (Wikimania 2010/Bids)

Budget and funding:

• Total budget: Estimated budget in the bid € 277.100 / around $ 382.002
• Scholarship budget: 72
• Total scholarships awarded: WMF
• Link to budget breakdown:
• Funds from the WMF:
• Sponsors: City of Gdańsk, The Marshal of the Voivodeship of Pomerania, Gdańscy Akcjonariusze. Streaming provided by iStream. Sponsors are mentioned in the main page https://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page.
• Registration costs: no information available online.

Reports:

• Postmortem page: Wikimania 2010 lessons
• Suggestions page: https://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Monsters_and_critics
• Budget reports:
• Other reports:

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