EMWCon Spring 2018

The Enterprise MediaWiki Conference Spring 2018, or EMWCon Spring 2018, will be held March 21-23 in Houston, TX. 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 2018 is anyone who uses, or would like to learn more about, MediaWiki within organizations.

This is the third EMWCon. EMWCon began as a spinoff of the Semantic MediaWiki Conference, or SMWCon, which is an annual conference held each fall in Europe. EMWCon and SMWCon are both three-day conferences with similar topics of discussion. EMWCon has a broader scope.

Event details

 * Dates: Wed-Fri, March 21-23 2018
 * Times:
 * Location: The Houston Technology Center (HTC).

Organizers
The organizers of EMWCon Spring 2018 are:
 * General Chair: Mark Hershberger
 * Local Chair: Frank Taylor
 * Registration Chair: Yaron Koren
 * Program Chair: Ginger Hershberger
 * Create Camp Chair: James Montalvo
 * Video Chair: Greg Rundlett
 * Chair Emeritus: Cindy Cicalese

Registration
To register for EMWCon, please go to the EMWCon Spring 2018 page at Eventbrite.

The cost for the three-day event is:


 * $424.35 - standard rate
 * $160.41 - students and freelancers

(If you would be paying your own way, go with the lower rate. If your company or organization is paying, the standard rate applies.)

Sign-up
Also, feel free to add your name to the informal registration signup, below:
 * Peter J. Woudsma, NATO
 * Lex Sulzer, dataspects
 * Wolfgang Fahl, BITPlan/ProfiWiki
 * Yaron Koren
 * Bryan Hilderbrand
 * Mark A. Hershberger
 * Cindy Cicalese
 * Greg Rundlett
 * Daren Welsh
 * Costa Mavridis, NASA/SGT
 * Evita Hollis
 * Tony Mallia, Edmond Scientific
 * Ad Strack van Schijndel, Wikibase Solutions
 * Ben Fletcher
 * Frank Taylor
 * Billy Coffield
 * Michael Barylak
 * Chris Koerner

Local accommodations
Here are some hotels within walking distance of the conference venue:


 * Doubletree (directions to HTC, 14 minute walk)
 * The Doubletree on Dallas St. will have a number of rooms reserved for us at $159/night from the 20th to 23rd of March. Please email Ginger Hershberger at ginger@mwstake.org before February 28th if you would like this rate. These are doubles (2 beds in one room), but singles (1 bed in one room) can also be arranged.
 * Holiday Inn (directions to HTC, 11 minute walk)
 * Best Western (directions to HTC, 10 minute walk)
 * Hyatt (directions to HTC, 11 minute walk)

METRO is the agency for public transportation in Houston, Texas. The services include the bus and the light rail. A handy way to pay the fare of $1.25 for three hours is the Q Card.

Social activities

 * TBD