EMWCon Spring 2020

'''Update:The conference is on! It will be April 1-3 in Sandusky, Ohio USA.''' If you plan to attend, please do the following:


 * 1) "Add" your name to the "Unofficial sign-up" section of this page
 * 2) "Watch" this page for Additional detail as we add it.
 * 3) "Book your room" using this link: https://book.passkey.com/e/50040957  to get the EMWCon 2020 conference rates.

The Enterprise Mediawiki Conference Spring 2020, or EMWCon Spring 2020, will be held on April 1-3, 2020 in Sandusky, Ohio (50 miles west of Cleveland). EMWCon is a three-day conference featuring discussions of topics related to "Enterprise MediaWiki", i.e. the usage of MediaWiki software by and within companies, non-profits, governments, and other organizations. The intended audience of EMWCon Spring 2020 is anyone who uses, or would like to learn to more about, MediaWiki within organizations.

Event details

 * Announcement: HERE
 * Date/time: 9 AM - 5 PM, April 1-3, 2020
 * Location: Kalahari Resorts Sandusky, 7000 Kalahari Dr, Sandusky, OH 44870 (see Google map)
 * Venue Map: https://www.kalaharimeetings.com/media/4347/oh-floorplan-capacity-chart.pdf
 * Chat URL: https://riot.im/app/#/room/#emwcon:matrix.org
 * Social media: Please use the hashtag #EMWCon
 * YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQVG_tuf3Q2fji-CwqEDRJpZuf23wevrq
 * Etherpad for MWStake meeting: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/EMWCon2020MWStake

Talks
If you would like to give one or more talks, please put the talk title and your name below.

Lightning talks
To give a short (5 minutes or so) lightning talk, plus put the title and your name below.

Keynote
tbd

Create Camp
more soon

Technical Tour
We are planning to a provide a tour of NASA's Plum Brook Station:
 * details tbd

Social activities
We are planning a few social activities:
 * Dinner (tbd)

Registration
There is no official registration yet. The attendance fee is expected to be roughly $400 for "corporate" attendees (anyone whose company or organization is paying for them to attend), and $100 for students and freelancers.

Unofficial conference sign-up
To indicate that you are interested in attending, please add your name below. (And if you do plan to attend, it is a good idea to "watch" this page, for further updates.)
 * 1) Richard Evans
 * 2) Yaron Koren
 * 3) Ike Hecht
 * 4) Cindy Cicalese
 * 5) Peter Meyer
 * 6) Megan Cutrofello
 * 7) Bryan Hilderbrand
 * 8) Greg Rundlett
 * 9) Bawolff (talk) 22:53, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * 10) Stanley Gould
 * 11) Billy Coffield

Accommodations
The Kalahari in Sandusky has been selected because it is an "all-in-one" conference center, hotel and resort.

Please be sure to book your rooms at the Kalahari using the following link:


 *  https://book.passkey.com/e/50040957 

ref: https://www.kalaharimeetings.com/media/4334/oh_resort_map.pdf

Sponsors
Conference planners please see https://emw-meza.site/emwcon for internal planning details.