Conference ”Stronger together: Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals”

Have you ever thought about how free knowledge and sustainable development can be connected? Or how we through cooperation, innovation and passion actually could build a better world? In August, you have the opportunity to participate as an event host at the international conference “Wikimania”. There, you will learn more about how free knowledge has the potential to change peoples’ lives!

What is Wikimania?

Wikimania is the official annual international conference of the Wikimedia Foundation. This year, the conference takes place in Stockholm from 14th to 18th August 2019 and the theme is Stronger together: Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals. It starts with a “pre-conference hackaton” and is then followed by three days of discussions, meetups, training, and workshops! Hundreds of volunteers and Free Knowledge leaders from around the world will gather to discuss issues, report on new projects and approaches, and exchange ideas – all connected to the Sustainable Development Goals.

What is the Wikimedia Foundation?

The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that supports and operates Wikipedia and its sister free knowledge projects. Wikipedia is the world’s free knowledge resource, spanning more than 40 million articles across nearly 300 languages. Every month, more than 200,000 people edit Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects, collectively creating and improving knowledge that is accessed by more than 1 billion unique devices every month.

Your tasks

As a volunteering event host, you will help out with various tasks such as registration, information desk and overlooking the session rooms. In return, and if you volunteer for at least eight hours, you get access to the conference (at value of $225 USD), and, when you are not scheduled, you will have the possibility to take part in interesting workshops, seminars and network with people from all over the world!

When: 14th-18th of August. If you cannot participate all days, indicate in the application which days you are available. Mandatory information briefing on the 13th of August (evening).
Where: Stockholm University, Stockholm
Link: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania