Wikimania/2016

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Wikimania overview

Organization

• Committee
• Community group
• Handbook
• Checklist

Next event

• 2025 (Nairobi, Kenya)

Future events

• 2026 (Paris, France)
• 2027 To be determined

Past years

• Details of past Wikimanias
• 2024 (Katowice, Poland)
• 2023 (Singapore)
• 2022 (Virtual event)
• 2021 (Virtual event)
• 2020 (Cancelled)
• 2019 (Stockholm, Sweden)
• 2018 (Cape Town, South Africa)
• 2017 (Montréal, Canada)
• 2016 (Esino Lario, Italy)
• 2015 (Mexico City, Mexico)
• 2014 (London, United Kingdom)
• 2013 (Hong Kong SAR, China)
• 2012 (Washington, D.C., USA)
• 2011 (Haifa, Israel)
• 2010 (Gdansk, Poland)
• 2009 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 2008 (Alexandria, Egypt)
• 2007 (Taipei, Taiwan)
• 2006 (Boston, USA)
• 2005 (Frankfurt, Germany)

Wikimania 2016

Wikimania 2016 was held in Esino Lario, Lake Como area, Province of Lecco, Lombardy Region, Italy. Esino Lario on OpenStreetMap.

General information:

• Official wiki: https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org
• Location: The entire village of Esino Lario using specifically 7 buildings
• Attendance:
• Conference languages: English.
• Cost to attend:
• Accommodation: Hotels and hostels: Clink78 (500 beds), Sundial Court (531 beds), YHA St Paul's (210 beds)

Program:

• Keynote speakers:
• Program information: Schedule
• Link to CfP:
• Link to program proceedings:
• Session videos:
• Preconferences:
• WMF organizational meetings, special meetings:
• Program software used:
• Program review process used:
• Themes:
• Types of submissions:
• Parallel sessions:
• Program committee:

Media:

• Link to photos: Wikimania 2014 on Wikimedia Commons
• Link to videos: Videos
• Number of journalists:
• Media stories:

Planning:

• Lead organizers:
• Planning teams:
• Paid organizers?:
• Planning mailing list:
• Planning wiki or other sites:
• Registration software used:
• Bid page: London (Wikimania 2014/Bids)

Budget and funding:

• Total budget:
• Scholarship budget:
• Total scholarships awarded:
• Link to budget breakdown:
• Funds from the WMF:
• Sponsors:

Reports:

• Postmortem page:
• Suggestions page:
• Budget reports:
• Other reports: