EMWCon Spring 2020

Please note - The information on this page is preliminary. The page is still being developed and all information contained is subject to change until the page creator removes this notice.

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

 * 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

Keynote
tbd

Lightning talks
more soon

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

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

We are working with the Kalahari Conference planners to obtain special rates for the EMWCon 2020 within the Kalahari Resort. Please wait until we update this section with those details before attempting to book a room for this event.

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.