WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program

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WARNING: Since this is an online conference with participants being physically located in different places around the world, the scheduled times will likely not correspond to the exact time in your place of residence and you might have to make an adjustment. For that purpose, all times in the schedule are set to UTC and shown as clickable links which automatically convert to your local times.

Themes

Gender, Diversity and Inclusion   Advocacy, safety and community health

Innovation and Research   Outreach, Education and GLAM

Technology and infrastructure   Governance & Strategy

Partnerships   Community topics, projects and development

PreConference

Day 2 - Thursday 4 November

Time	Room A
12:00 - 12:55	Universal Code of Conduct: The Enforcement Draft Guidelines Roundtable Sam Oyeyele
12:55 - 13:30	Break
13:30 - 14:25	Indaba Diaspora: Rethinking and Resetting Knowledge Sharing on Africa in the 6th Region of the African Union, the Diaspora Sherry-Ann L. Antoine
14:25 - 15:00	Break
15:00 - 15:55	WMF Communications Department Roundtable Kelsi Stine-Rowe, Mathoto Matsetela
15:55 - 16:30	Break
16:30 - 17:25	WikiAfrica Hour episode 7: What the changes at WMF Community Resources mean for you Ceslause Ogbonnaya, Florence Devouard, Isla Haddow-Flood

Main Conference

Day 1 - Friday 5 November

Time	Room A	Room B	Room C	Room D
10:40 - 10:55	Opening Ceremony Erina Mukuta, Alice Kibombo-Ekanya, Houcemeddine Turki
10:55 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 11:55	Maryana Iskander's Listening Tour Maryana Iskander, Mehrdad Pourzaki
11:55 - 12:10	Break
12:10 - 12:35	Wiki Heritage in Africa Yamen Bousrih, Antoni Mtavangu, Nassima Chahboun, Phephile Tshabangu, Christopher Ssebuyungo	African language Wikipedias - indicators for development, growth and renewal Ingo Koll, Marc Miquel Ribe, Amir Aharoni	The Bias Quizz Florence Devouard	Exploring Wikivoyage to improve travel information about the African continent Alaafiabami Oladipupo, Isaac Oloruntimilehin
12:35 - 12:40				Pause
12:40 - 13:05				One Thousand and One WikiProjects (Perspectives) Mohammed Bachounda
13:05 - 13:10		Pause
13:10 - 13:35		Scribe: Supporting editors of low-resourced languages creating high-quality articles Eugene Agbo, Lucie-Aimée Kaffee	Wikipédiennes en résidence pour Covid-19 au Cameroun et au Sénégal (French) Alexandra Tchuileu, Carine Sabine Babadana	Innovation in Free Knowledge: Insights of the African community Reda Benkhadra
13:10 - 13:25	Break
13:25 - 13:33	Wiki GLAM Awareness for Librarians in Kwara State James Bukola	Lingua Libre Bot et le Wiktionnaire en chaoui (French) Reda Kerbouche, Adélaïde Calais, Pamputt	Wiki Women's Voices: Addressing Content and Gender Gaps on The Wikis Stella Agbley	Wiki Loves Africa 2022 Florence Devouard, Isla Haddow-Flood
13:33 - 13:38	Break
13:38 - 13:46	Wiki For Refugees in Uganda Geoffrey Kateregga	The Afrocine Project: Learnings so far... Sam Oyeyele	Wikimedians involved in Association Football Douglas Ssebagala	20 ans de Wikipédia : Défis et perspectives de l’Afrique pour les vingt prochaines années sur cette encyclopédie (French) Mermoze Adodo
13:46 - 14:01	Break
14:01 - 14:26	Appreciating GLAM through Showcasing Ghana's Lighthouses Stella Agbley	Challenges for Quality Control in Small Wikipedias Ingo Koll	Leveraging local holidays as a topical campaign to bridge content gaps on Wikipedia Ruby D. Brown	Privacy best practices for contributors and event organizers Samuel Guebo

Day 2 - Saturday 6 November

Time	Room A	Room B	Room C	Room D
11:00 - 11:55	Regional Hubs : Perspectives and challenges Anass Sedrati, Łukasz Garczewski
11:55 - 12:10	Break
12:10 - 12:35	African Wikimedians Volunteer Support Network	Wikimedia and African Libraries: envisioning future pathways Felix Nartey, Nkem Osuigwe	Wikimedia Lexicography: From Word Recordings to Lexemes and Beyond Mohamed Sadat Abdulai(WMDE),Tochi Precious, Mohammed Awal Alhassan ,Abdul-Rasheed Yussif , Sadik Shahadu, Mohamed Aliyu	Building a Wikimedia Community in African Educational Institutions: Experiences of Wikimedians in Africa Godstime Elijah, Omorodion Okuonghae, Jeremiah Emeka Ugwulebo,Dr Ngozi Osadebe , Erina Mukuta, Mulumba IM

Day 3 - Sunday 7 November

Time	Room A	Room B	Room C	Room D
10:00 - 10:25	Keynote Session : Perspectives and challenges Anass Sedrati, Łukasz Garczewski
10:25 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 11:25	The future of knowledge creation in Africa through partnerships Felix Nartey, Rudolph Ampofo, Veronica Thamaini
11:25 - 11:40	Break
11:40 - 12:35	East Africa Wiki Communities Collaboration Discussion Antoni Mtavangu	Let’s talk about growing and supporting the Wikimedia research communities in Africa Emily Lescak, Houcemeddine Turki, Mohammed Sadat Abdulai, Reem Al Kashif	Building Organizer Tools for the Future of Campaigns Felix Nartey	WikiData4Education: Aligning the sum of all knowledge with school curricula Ruby D. Brown
12:35 - 12:40	Break
12:40 - 13:05	WikiFranca - french speaking collaboration accorss Africa, Canada and Europe Yasiel Saco, Adélaïde Calais	Strategy 2030 for dummies Mohammed Bachounda	The Use Of QRpedia As A Tool To Generate QRcodes To Tell The Wiki Story In Africa Jesse Asiedu-Akrofi	Wikibase: Free and customizable knowledge base to connect & collaborate around structured data Mohammed Sadat Abdulai
13:05 - 13:20	Break
13:20 - 13:45	Swahili Wikipedia for SADC Countries Antoni Mtavangu	Who governs the Wikimedia Movement (and why you should care) Nikki Zeuner, Nicole Ebber, Eva Martin	Plans for the revitalization of the endangered indigenous African languages: A look at the roles of Wikimedia projects in language preservation Olushola Olaniyan, Satdeep Gill, Isaac Olatunde	Add your country to the WikiProject Govdirectory Jan Ainali, Albin Larsson
13:45 - 13:50				Break
13:50 - 14:15				Wiki Loves Women Focus Group Panel discussion Candy
14:15 - 14:20	Break
14:20 - 14:45	Photography in Wikimedia Movement Anas Adam	Movement Strategy: Opportunities for African communities and the Implementation Grants Zuz, Sam Oyeyele, Mahuton Possoupe	Making Wikipedia Accessible to all Gbemisola Esho
14:45 - 14:55	Amplifying knowledge gaps on Wikimedia Projects by making them visible in artistic ways Tas Elias		Break
14:55 - 15:00	Break
15:00 - 15:55	State of Wikimedia in Africa Anass Sedrati, Łukasz Garczewski