Wikimania/2008/en

Wikimania organization summaries: Comparative • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 • 2026 • 2027

Wikimania overview

Organization

• Committee
• Community group
• Handbook
• Checklist

Next event

• 2024 (Katowice, Poland)

Future events

• 2025 (East Africa)
• 2026 (Paris, France)
• 2027 To be determined

Past years

• Details of past Wikimanias
• 2023 (Singapore)
• 2022 (Virtual event)
• 2021 (Virtual event)
• 2020 (Cancelled)
• 2019 (Stockholm, Sweden)
• 2018 (Cape Town, South Africa)
• 2017 (Montréal, Canada)
• 2016 (Esino Lario, Italy)
• 2015 (Mexico City, Mexico)
• 2014 (London, United Kingdom)
• 2013 (Hong Kong SAR, China)
• 2012 (Washington, D.C., USA)
• 2011 (Haifa, Israel)
• 2010 (Gdansk, Poland)
• 2009 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 2008 (Alexandria, Egypt)
• 2007 (Taipei, Taiwan)
• 2006 (Boston, USA)
• 2005 (Frankfurt, Germany)

Wikimania 2008

Wikimania 2008 banner

Wikimania 2008 was held in Alexandria (Egypt) on July 17-19, 2008.

General information:

• Official wiki: wikimania2008.wikimedia.org.
• Location: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
• Attendance: 625, with quite a few local Egyptians coming and learning about the projects too.
• Conference languages: English
• Cost to attend: Registration; for a Wikimedia contributor the early bird price was ? and regular registration was ?
• Accommodation: Delta Hotel (61 rooms), Windsor Hotel (77 rooms), Metropole Hotel (66 rooms) and Saint marc dorms (around 500 beds)
• (Un)official theme song: I Will Revise

Program:

• Keynote speakers: Ismail Serageldin, Elaine Metni, Ahmed Tantawi.
• Program information: Schedule
• Link to CfP: Call for Participation
• Link to program proceedings:
• Preconferences:
• WMF organizational meetings, special meetings: WMF Board panel, open to all conference attendees
• Session videos Kaltura,Archived Video Streams, Bibalex Downloads
• Program software used:
• Program review process used:
• Themes: (4 tracks) Wikimedia Communities; Free Knowledge; Technical infrastructure; Scientific track.
• Types of submissions: presentations, workshops/open discussions, panels, posters, artistic artifacts.
• Parallel sessions: 4-5
• Program committee:

Media:

• Link to photos:Wikimania2008 on Commons, Wikimania2008 on Flickr
• Number of journalists attending:
• Media stories:

Planning:

• Lead organizers (note! please add to and/or correct if necessary): Mido (local lead), Delphine (WMF), Biblioteca Alexandrina co-hosted
• Planning wiki: mostly on teamwiki, some in the program software (pentabarf), some on the '08 wiki, lots in private documents
• Program/registration software used: program software was pentabarf, registration was just a database and a form
• Planning mailing list:
• Bid page:: Alexandria (Bids)

Budget and funding:

• Total budget:
• Scholarship budget:
• Total scholarships awarded:
• Link to budget breakdown:
• Funds from the WMF:
• Sponsors:Open Society Institute, WikiHow. Benefactors: Hp, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Raya, Intel, ACT, Kaltura. Friends: Onkosh. Supporters: Wikia Gaming, Wikia Entertainement, eSpace
• Registration costs

Type	Wikimedia contributor (US$)	Corporate (US$)	Egyptian Wikimedia contributor (LE)
Early bird (whole event: 3 days)	45	100	80
Regular registration	60	135	100
1 Day	25	30	60
2 Day	40	45	90
On-site/day	30	35	65

Reports:

• Postmortem page: Wikimania 2008/Postmortem Survey
• Suggestions page: http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Comments, Wikimania 2008/Wishlist
• Budget reports:
• Other reports:

Brand

• 
• 
• 
• 
•