Lightning Talks

The Lightning Talks are an opportunity for teams @ WMF to showcase a milestone, recent and exciting developments, or releases to the rest of the foundation and the movement as a whole, as these talks will be open to our communities. These talks are open to all WMF staff members to attend or present.

Teams can sign up for a ten-minute slot for their presentation and should present something more substantial than a sprint iteration. Each presentation should be 10 minutes or less, the formal part should not be longer than 5 minutes and the remainder can be used for questions.

Too many questions to answer in the allotted time? No worries, your lightning talk will be a great candidate for a future Tech Talk.

How to Attend
The Lightning Talks are hosted at the Wikimedia Foundation typically every 4th Tuesday of the month at 11:00 Pacific Time in the 5th Floor Collab Space. The schedule may change, see below for a list of confirmed Lightning Talks.

The Lightning Talks will be presented using BlueJeans Video Conferencing Software for remotees to watch live or stream later. A link to watch the meeting live will be provided in advance of the talks and a YouTube recording will be provided following each event. You can also join the conversation and participate in Q&A after each Lightning Talk by connecting to the IRC channel:

Upcoming Lightning Talks
When: Tuesday, August 25th: 11:00 - 12:00am PDT

Please sign-up for the August 2015 Lightning Talks in the table below.

June 2015
When: Tuesday, June 23rd: 11:00 - 12:00am PDT

Where: 5th Floor Collab Space

Remotees: The Lightning Talks will be presented using BlueJeans Video Conferencing Software for remotees to watch live or stream later.

Lightning Talks Meeting URL: https://bluejeans.com/362967934

June 23 YouTube recording