Wikimedia Technical Conference/2018/Schedule
The Phabricator workboard for this event can be found here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/3322/
Daily schedules[edit]
Location for all sessions:
- Eliot Center
- 1226 SW Salmon St
- Portland, OR 97205
Google Calendar with all events on it: https://calendar.google.com WMTC 2018
Monday 22 October 2018[edit]
| Room 1 (B101 - 103) | Room 2 (Classroom A108) | Room 3 (Channing Room) | Atrium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Arrive and review questions of the day (light breakfast at venue) | 9:30 sync with the day's Session Leaders, Facilitators & Scribes | Registration | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Logistics/Announcements | No sessions | ||
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Keynote on Platform Principles - Victoria | No sessions | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Morning Break (snack & coffee) | (room reserved: Victoria) | ||
| 11:30 - 12:10 | Product Vision Presentations WMF/WMDE | No sessions | ||
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Process and Action - Corey | No sessions | ||
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch | (room reserved: Victoria) | ||
| 1:30 - 2:30 | Product Vision Station Rotation | No sessions | ||
| 2:30 - 3:30 | Improving the translation process | Building MediaWiki to Support Collaboration | Making curation and contribution mechanisms equitable and consistent | |
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Afternoon break (snack & coffee) | |||
| 4:00 - 5:00 | Fireside Chat Victoria Coleman, Toby Negrin, Erik Moeller. Franziska Heine | No sessions | ||
| 5:00 - 5:30 | notes / documentation (Everyone is encouraged to help out with 'end of day' tasks and get a goat sticker!) | |||
| Social event details | Small group dinners. Attendees will be able to sign up to join a small group dinner somewhere around the city with a group of 5-8 other attendees. Locations and times will vary by group. | |||
Note takers and facilitators assigned to each session / session leader can be found here: Wikimedia Technical Conference/2018/Schedule/Roles
Tuesday 23 October 2018[edit]
6:45AM - Wikimedia Technical Conference/2018/Schedule/Running Club for anyone interested
| Room 1 (B101 - 103) | Room 2 (Classroom A108) | Room 3 (Channing Room) | Atrium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Arrive and review questions of the day (breakfast at venue) | 9:30 sync with the day's Session Leaders, Facilitators & Scribes | (room reserved: Victoria) | |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | How do we work together? | |||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Morning Break (snack & coffee) | (room reserved: Victoria) | ||
| 11:30 - 12:30 | How do we work together? cont... | |||
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch | Guest: Professor Burnett (eat and listen!) | (room reserved: Birgit & Greg) | |
| 1:30 - 2:15 | How do we work together? cont... | |||
| 2:15 - 3:30 | Applying the Architecture Principles | |||
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Afternoon break (snack & coffee) | (room reserved: Victoria) | ||
| 4:00 - 5:00 | Integrating data into our products | Integrating machine learning into our products | Choosing installation methods and environments for 3rd party users | |
| 5:00 - 5:30 | notes / documentation (Everyone is encouraged to help out with 'end of day' tasks and get a goat sticker!) | |||
| Social event details | Pizza, drinks and continuing your conversations! | |||
Note takers and facilitators assigned to each session / session leader can be found here: Wikimedia Technical Conference/2018/Schedule/Roles
Wednesday 24 October 2018[edit]
| Room 1 (B101 - 103) | Room 2 (Classroom A108) | Room 3 (Channing Room) | Atrium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Arrive and review questions of the day (breakfast at venue) | (room reserved: Lydia) | 9:30 sync with the day's Session Leaders, Facilitators & Scribes | |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Mapping our data and content pipeline | Identifying and extracting data trapped in our content | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Morning Break (snack & coffee) | |||
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Determining use cases and requirements for the APIs that we build | Identifying the requirements and goals for the parser | ||
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch (TechCom meeting in Room 3 / Channing, starting at 12:45) | |||
| 1:30 - 2:30 | Choosing the technologies to build our APIs | Identifying the requirements and goals for dependency tracking and events | ||
| 2:30 - 3:30 | Identifying our storage and search use cases | Improving frontend testing and logging | ||
| 3:30 - 4:00 | GROUP PHOTO AT 3:30!!! Afternoon break (snack & coffee) | |||
| 4:00 - 5:00 | Storage sessions continue | Standardizing frontend development tooling | ||
| 5:00 - 5:30 | notes / documentation (Everyone is encouraged to help out with 'end of day' tasks and get a goat sticker!) | |||
| Social event details | No scheduled events or dinner. Take it easy, visit with your local friends, explore the city or organize your own meetings. Use this etherpad to self organize. | |||
Note takers and facilitators assigned to each session / session leader can be found here: Wikimedia Technical Conference/2018/Schedule/Roles
Thursday 25 October 2018[edit]
| Room 1 (B101 - 103) | Room 2 (Classroom A108) | Room 3 (Channing Room) | Atrium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Arrive and review questions of the day (breakfast at venue) | 9:30 sync with the day's Session Leaders, Facilitators & Scribes | ||
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Architecting Core: layers/components/libraries | Architecting Core: concepts | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Morning Break (snack & coffee) | |||
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Architecting Core: stand-alone services | Architecting Core: extension interfaces | ||
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch and 3rd Party MediaWiki presentation (starting at 12:45 in main room) | |||
| 1:30 - 3:30 | Working together to develop our roadmap | |||
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Afternoon break (snack & coffee) | |||
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Report Outs | |||
| 4:30 - 5:00 | Closing Remarks | |||
| 5:00 - 5:30 | notes / documentation (Everyone is encouraged to help out with 'end of day' tasks and get a goat sticker!) | |||
| Social event details | Celebrate the event and finish up any conversations by joining us at Sauce Box restaurant (TIME CHANGE. Dinner now starts at 7pm. )followed by drinks and pool at a local brewery, Rock Bottom Brewing (starting at 9:30pm). | |||
Note takers and facilitators assigned to each session / session leader can be found here: Wikimedia Technical Conference/2018/Schedule/Roles
Room Descriptions[edit]
- Room 1 (B101 - 103): Main Room: Classroom for 60, projector, whiteboard, and microphones, power outlets/strips
- Room 2 (Classroom A108): Breakout Room: 30 person classroom, projector, whiteboard
- Room 3 (Channing Room): Breakout Room: 20 person, small tables. Projector & whiteboard & additional power strips.
- Atrium: Lobby space / registration / food service area
- Courtyard: private outdoor space with a few tables to get some fresh air
Social Event Details[edit]
Our evening events are meant to provide spaces for the conversations to continue informally! They are not big parties with lots of activities and they are also not mandatory for participants.
Join the social telegram group! https://t.me/joinchat/FYZ0Sw1kJER56TjtM1nUnw
Monday Night[edit]
Small group dinners. Sign up to join a group of other attendees around the city at a dinner venue.
Signups and details coming soon.
Tuesday Night[edit]
Starting at 7pm we will be meeting at Old Town Brewing for Pizza, drinks and to continue conversations from the day.
Google Map: 226 NW DAVIS ST. 97209
(Note: NOT the MLK Blvd. location that appears when you Google "old town brewing")
Wednesday Night[edit]
Unscheduled night. No organized dinner or plans for participants. This is a good opportunity to take a rest if you are feeling over socialized or schedule a meeting or meetup as you like.
We will have an informal etherpad for people to suggest ideas and meetups. Use this etherpad to self organize! https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WMTC18_Social
Thursday Night[edit]
Dinner at Sauce Box at 7pm, followed by a relaxed reception at Rock Bottom Brewery staring at 9:30pm. If you are not planning to attend dinner at Sauce Box event please email rfarrand@wikimedia.org so I can adjust the reservation.
Sauce Box: please arrive around 7pm for drinks, everyone will be seated and served by 7:30pm. Everyone will receive drink tickets
Rock Bottom will have a semi-private room, provided drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), pool tables, and lounge furniture.