MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2024
The MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference, Fall 2024 (MUDCon), formerly SMWCon, was held November 4-6, 2024 at Gasometer D in Vienna, Austria. The conference was organized by the MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group with the help of its sponsors and partners.
Conference audience and mission
[edit]The MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2024 was a three-day conference featuring discussions of topics related to the usage of MediaWiki software by and within companies, non-profits, governments, organizations, and communities, including the Semantic MediaWiki community. If you use MediaWiki or you're interested in it, we would love to see you attend.
This conference aims to:
- inspire/onboard new users
- inform on where and how MediaWiki is used
- convey and consolidate best practices
- initiate/foster/integrate application and development
- strengthen the community of stakeholders and its service portfolio
Learn how to "do" MediaWiki in order to assume your responsibilities regarding your organization's knowledge management.
Event details
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- Dates: November 4-6, 2024
- Location: Municipal and Provincial Archives of Vienna Gasometer D, Vienna, Austria
- Website: conference.knowledge.wiki
- Social Media: LinkedIn
Keynote
[edit]The keynote "Empowering Knowledge Workers" was presented by Karsten Ehms, Siemens on November 5, 9:45 CET.
Remote attendance
[edit]The event was streamed to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SemanticMediaWiki - remote attendees could use the comment function on the live stream. Exceptional online presentations were given via Zoom link (for presenters only).
Program
[edit]The program is available on the conference website: https://conference.knowledge.wiki ()
Social events
[edit]- Monday: Informal get-together at 7Stern Bräu (Siebensterngasse 19, 1070 Wien)
- Tuesday: Conference dinner at the Heuriger 10er Marie at 7:00pm CET (Ottakringerstraße 222-224)
- Wednesday: in the afternoon ~ 16:00 CET there was a celebration of 10 years of the Vienna History Wiki.
Participants
[edit]Feel free to list yourself below if you plan to attend. Please be aware that registration is required to actually participate!
In person
[edit]| Name | Affiliation | Arrival in Vienna | Departure from Vienna |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernhard Krabina | Knowledge Management Associates | ||
| Jeffrey Wang | MyWikis Europe | Monday morning | Thursday morning |
| Lex Sulzer | |||
| Ad Strack van Schijndel | Juggel | ||
| Ike Hecht | WikiTeq | ||
| Zoran Dori | MyWikis Europe | ||
| Robert Vogel | BlueSpice MediaWiki | ||
| Anton Krom | WikiTeq | ||
| Eric-Jan van Kakerken | Wikibase Solutions | Sunday afternoon | Wednesday afternoon |
| Jeroen De Dauw | Professional Wiki | Saturday evening | |
| Cindy Cicalese | |||
| Ada Jakubowska (WMPL) | WMPL | ||
| Sabine Melnicki | WikiAhoi | ||
| Miriam Schlindwein | BlueSpice MediaWiki | ||
| Rich Evans | NASA GRC-ATF, USA | ||
| Mglaser | |||
| Daniel Scherzer | WikiTeq | ||
| Kirill Klimov | WikiTeq | ||
| Bryan Hilderbrand | Tegnosis & WikiWorks | ||
| Megan Cutrofello | wiki.gg | Friday morning | |
| Lozana Rossenova | |||
| Thomas | Topway.it | Tuesday 5 | Friday 8 |
| Toine Schijvenaars | ArchiXL | ||
| Dragonearin77 | ArchiXL | ||
| Wolfgang Fahl | BITPlan GmbH Willich near Düsseldorf/Germany | Thursday evening | Thursday morning |
| Maria Fahl | BITPlan GmbH Willich near Düsseldorf/Germany | Thursday evening | Thursday morning |
Remote
[edit]- Jefsey Morfin
- YOUR1 (ArchiXL)
- Wouter Rademaker
- Viktor Schelling (Pegasystems)
- TuukkaH
Sponsorship
[edit]Gold
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Silver
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Bronze
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Organizers
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Conference venue
[edit]- Location: Municipal and Provincial Archives of Vienna, Gasometer D, Guglgasse 14, 1110 Vienna, Austria
External links
[edit]- "2024 MediaWiki Conference Highlights" (Professional Wiki blog post)