Wikimanía México 2015

Wikimania 2015 documentary.

The International Wikimedia Conference
July 15–19, 2015
Hotel Hilton Mexico City Reforma, Mexico City
Five days of free knowledge at the heart of the Wikimedia movement in a single gathering at Mexico City

Pre-conference Events: July 15–17 • Hackathon: July 15–17 • Programme: July 17–19 2015

Check out the programme and social events!

Some of the session videos are available on Wikimedia Commons and Youtube

What is Wikimania?

Wikimania 2015 is the annual conference celebrating Wikipedia and its sister free knowledge projects with conferences, featured talks, meetups and a hackathon with attendees of 40 countries. Digital rights leaders and hundreds of volunteers editors will come together to learn about new projects and approaches and discuss issues. Other themes to be addressed at Wikimania 2015 include the state of free knowledge, the role of Wikipedia in education, privacy and digital rights, using technology to grow participation, and more. This year’s conference will also feature a special focus on efforts in Latin America and other countries including Brazil, Spain and Portugal to increase the quality and amount of knowledge on Wikipedia and the other projects.
The main event itself is held in Hilton Mexico City Reforma Hotel. All are welcome, whether you're an expert, enthusiast, beginner or just curious!

Hashtag: #Wikimania

Conference

FEATURED TALKS

Lila Tretikov
Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation
Jimmy Wales
Co-founder of Wikipedia
Miguel Torruco Marqués
Head of Mexico City Tourism Board.
Renata Ávila
Human Rights Lawyer and public notary from Guatemala
Paz Peña
Journalist and Digital Right activist
Katitza Rodríguez
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Néstor García Canclini
Academic and anthropologist
Carlos Alberto Scolari
Digital media researcher
Imanol Ordorika Sacristán
Toda la UNAM en línea
César Rendueles
Spanish sociologist
Agustín Peña
Ibero 90.9

PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE TRACK

Wikimania will be partnering with the Digital Humanities Network (RedHD) a regional group of researchers and practitioners, to present an international track of talks and panels by multidisciplinary experts that will cover such subjects as human knowledge, its production, and the technology in the digital world: where do we stand, in terms of philosophy, anthropology, sociology, and their related fields?

Ernesto Priani
(Philosopher)
Edward N. Zalta
Philosopher and editor
Anita Chan
Researcher and teacher
Domenico Fiormonte
Researcher and teacher
Ernesto Miranda Trigueros
Researcher and teacher
Wikipedia Five Pillars Panel
By RedHD members

Latin America Internet Freedoms Panel

In this panel we want to show a panorama about the exercise of the rights and freedoms of internet on the region and the challenges to face: the right to access of information and freedom of expression versus the so-called "right to be forgotten" (privacy and data protection); national and public security versus surveillance and spying and net neutrality versus content discrimination.
Participants: