Zürich Hackathon 2014

   » May 8:
 * Arrival & Registration

» May 9:
 * Opening
 * tba.
 * 20:00 Wikipedia PingPong + KJ Olafs

» May 10:
 * tba.
 * Barbecue

» May 11:
 * tba.
 * Closing

 Registration

please fill in form!

If you need a scholarship and / or visa assistance fill out the registration form (which is also the scholarship request form) by 16 March.

If you need lodging fill out the form by April 5th.

Otherwise, please submit it as soon as you can -- we may fill up!



Venue and Accomodation

Youth Hostel Zürich (Map) (Location, OSM)  Topics

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Wikimedia Hackathon Zürich 2014 The next Wikimedia annual development community meet-up — the Wikimedia Hackathon — will be held in  Zürich ,  Switzerland  in 2014 from May 9-11.

It is planned to be a long weekend filled with hacking anything related to MediaWiki  or one of the  Wikimedia  projects (and sometimes other things, too). The Hackathon is completely open; we welcome both seasoned and new developers, as well as people working on MediaWiki, tools, pywikibot, gadgets, extensions, templates, etc.

Previous hackathon events were held all over the world, such as in Amsterdam, Netherlands (2013),  Pune, India (2012),  San Francisco, USA (2012),  Mumbai, India (2011),  Brighton, UK (2011),  New Orleans, USA (2011),  Berlin, Germany (2011) and  Washington DC, USA (2010).

Venue and Accommodation The venue and accommodation will be both at the same site: Youth Hostel Zürich, Switzerland . All conference rooms are available to us including a nice yard. We have a big main conference hall and three workshop rooms. There is a beer bar in the Foyer of the Youth Hostel.

Zürich Youth Hostel Mutschellenstrasse 114 8038 Zürich (ZH) Phone: +41 43 399 78 00 Fax:  +41 43 399 78 01 zuerich@youthhostel.ch www.youthhostel.ch/zuerich 

The Youth Hostel Zürich offers accommodation in 4-bed rooms. For a surcharge there are also single and double rooms with bath room ensuite.
 * Accommodation

We have all four workshop rooms of the Hostel booked for us. All rooms have Wifi and a projector.
 * Workshop Rooms


 * Power Adapters
 * Switzerland uses 230 V / 50 Hz power with Type J  sockets / plugs.
 * unearthed Europlugs (Type C)  are compatible - other European plugs (such as Schuko) are not as their contacts are thicker than the sockets.
 * The Youth Hostels lends power adapters for many common plug types (for free, just a deposit required which will be given back upon return of the adapter).

Meals will be provided by the Youth Hostel in the venue. They serve different options of Halal / Kosher / vegetarian / vegan food by default. Food is marked in English.
 * Catering

We will be provided with a Coffee Station where fresh coffee can be brewed 24/7 in our conference room, including soft drinks. This is free for our participants.

Travel and Directions '''Wikimedia CH will send you a public transport ticket, valid May 8th - 12th for Zürich City Centre and Airport, via e-mail. You just have to print it and bring it. You do not need to buy any public transport tickets unless you are going to do your own tour outside the city or do not arrive / leave from Zürich Airport.'''

The venue can easily be reached by public transport: train ticket are only dependant on the relation, not on the train type - you can take any train (S, Regional, IR, IC, ICN...)
 * Zürich Airport (ZRH) to Zürich Hauptbahnhof (main station)
 * at the airport any train on platform 3 or 4 (via Zürich HB - Main Station)
 * after 11 minutes get off at Zürich HB (3rd or 1st stop, depending on train type)
 * Zürich Hauptbahnhof (main station) to Zürich Wollishofen
 * at Zürich Hauptbahnhof take any train on platform 51 or 52 (to Pfäffikon SZ or Horgen Oberdorf)
 * after 8 minutes get off at Zürich Wollishofen (3rd stop)
 * Zürich Wollishofen to Youth Hostel
 * walk 550 m / 9 minutes (map)
 * alternatively take Tram line 7 to Zürich Wollishofen
 * after 3 minutes get off at Zürich Morgental (2nd stop)
 * switch to bus line 33 to Zürich Bahnhof Tiefenbrunnen
 * after 1 minute get off at Zürich Jugendherberge (1st stop)
 * Zürich Hauptbahnhof (main station) to Youth Hostel
 * take Tram line 13 (towards Albisgütli) from Hauptbahnhof to Waffenplatzstrasse
 * switch to bus line 33 (towards Morgental) or bus line 66 (towards Neubühl) and get off at Thujastrasse.
 * walk 1 minute to the hostel.

Do not buy local transport tickets from / to the airport to / from the Youth Hostel yet as we plan to provide them to you in advance.

Visa Switzerland belongs to the Schengen Area. You can check on the website of the Federal Office for Migration if you need a visa, which requirements apply and which documents / proofs you must submit to obtain a visa. Wikimedia CH will provide Visa Assistance.


 * 1) Check the box for visa assistance on the registration form and provide us with some additional personal information.
 * 2) Please use the forms provided by the Federal Office for Migration to apply for a visa in your country.
 * 3) Submit the visa and the Invitation Letter issued by Wikimedia CH at the Swiss Embassy in your country. Wikimedia CH will send the Invitation Letter to your Embassy as well to facilitate the process.

If you have any questions or issues with the visa process please contact us. We are in good contact with the Federal Office for Migration in Berne.

Schedule

Rooms 

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<h2 style="color: #cccccc;">See also
 * Friendly space policy applies to this Hackathon too.
 * DevCamp at Wikimania 2013  and Hackathon in  Amsterdam.
 * Scholarships for Hackathon 2014