Wikimania/2011

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Wikimania 2011

Wikimania 2011 was held in Haifa, Israel, 2011.

General information:

• Official wiki: https://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org
• Location: Haifa, Israel, Haifa Auditorium
• Attendance: 726
• Conference languages: English with some session in Hebrew and some translations.
• Cost to attend:
• Accommodation: Hotels and student dormitories: Technion Dorms - Technion Campus (25 beds), German Colony Technion Dorms (25 beds), Haifa University Dorms (Talia Dorms) (50 beds), University Shikma Dorms (50 beds), Port Campus Dorms (nn.)

Program:

• Keynote speakers: Yochai Benkler, Joseph Reagle
• Program information: Schedule
• Link to CfP: Call for participation
• Link to program proceedings:
• Session videos:
• Preconferences:
• WMF organizational meetings, special meetings:
• Program software used:
• Program review process used:
• Themes: (5 tracks) Wiki Culture and the Community; Wiki and Education - Wiki in Knowledge Collaboration; Wiki Infrastructure and Technology; Wikis, free knowledge and copyright law; Wiki Technology - Communication and Business.
• Types of submissions: presentations, panels and workshops, open space meetings and lightning talks.
• Parallel sessions: 5.
• Program committee: Harel Cain, Wikimania 2011 local team, program chair; Asaf Bartov, Wikimedia Foundation; Deror avi, Wikimania 2011 local team; OrsolyaVirág, Wikimedia Hungary; Aude, Wikimedia Washington DC + Wikimania 2012 team; Beria, Wikimedia Portugal + Wikimania 2009 program committee; TXiKi, Wikimania 2010 program team; Sasha, Harvard University, Wikimania 2006 program committee.

Media:

• Link to photos: Wikimania 2011 on Wikimedia Commons
• Number of journalists:
• Media stories:

Planning:

• Lead organizers:
• Planning teams: Organizing team Wikimania 2011
• Planning mailing list:
• Planning wiki or other sites:
• Registration software used:
• Bid page:: Haifa (Wikimania 2011/Bids)

Budget and funding:

• Total budget: $ 271,715
• Scholarship budget:
• Total scholarships awarded: 77 full scholarship recipients and 52 partial scholarship recipients awarded by Wikimedia Foundation
• Link to budget breakdown: Wikimania/Handbook#Wikimania 2011, Wikimania 2011/Budget
• Funds from the WMF:
• Sponsors: Sponsors are mentioned in the main page https://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Registration costs

Type	Wikimedia contributor (US$)	Without Wikimedia projects username(US$)
Early bird (all 3 days)	45	70
Early Registration (all 3 days)	55	90
Regular registration (all 3 days)	75	120

Price per day	Wikimedia contributor (US$)	Without Wikimedia projects username(US$)
Early bird	20	30
Early Registration	25	40
Regular registration	35	50

Reports:

• Postmortem page: Wikimania 2011 lessons
• Suggestions page: https://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Feedback
• Budget reports:
• Other reports:

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