Wikimedia Developer Summit/2017

The Wikimedia Developer Summit 2017 (#WikiDev17) is the main gathering of the Wikimedia technical community to push the evolution of the MediaWiki architecture and the Wikimedia Engineering goals for 2017. Like WikiDev16, but with an extra +1! :-)


 * Date: January 9-11, 2017
 * Location: Golden Gate Club, Presidio, San Francisco (California, USA)
 * Phabricator project for planning and sessions.

Registration
We are hoping to open registration for this event within the next week. More details soon.

Participants of this event agree to follow the Friendly Space Policy.

Call for Participation
More information coming soon

Phabricator board: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/2205/

Monday and Tuesday, January 9 & 10
Two full days of discussion sessions. Some sessions will be scheduled in advance and there will be room for un-conference sessions as well.

Location: Gold Gate Club, Presido, San Francisco, USA

Wednesday, January 11
Unscheduled discussion, social & hackathon day

Location: Gold Gate Club, Presido, San Francisco, USA

Participants will have access to food, drinks, wifi & breakouts spaces and can use their time as they see fit.

Social Events
Each evening we will host an event in the Wikimedia Foundation head quarters event space. We will provided food and drinks, a space to chat and/or continue working as well as activities.

We will have a board games night, a karaoke night and a 5 min of fame / lightning talks night.

Information for participants

 * If possible, please bring a reusable water bottle. We will be working to find ways to make this event more environmentally friendly.
 * If any participants prefer not to have their photos taken there will be name tag lanyards available that indicate that as well as "no photo" seating sections in some of the larger rooms.
 * A quiet room will be available throughout the event for participants who need a break from noise and socialization
 * Bus transportation will be arranged for participants once a day in each direction from downtown SF (hotel & WMF office area) to the Presidio.

Previous summits

 * Wikimedia Developer Summit 2016
 * MediaWiki Developer Summit 2015
 * 2014 Architecture Summit
 * 2013: All-Hands/Tech Days
 * 2012: San Francisco Hackathon
 * Other All-Hands/Tech Days likely documented in the page history