01 June 2008

Wikimania 2008 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Next Month

With less than two months to go for the Wikimedia Foundation’s fourth annual Wikimania conference, registration is now available. Registration with accommodation will remain open until the 15th of June, while registration without accommodation is open until the 10th of July.

The Foundation’s Wikimania conference is intended to provide a venue for discussing various Wiki projects, their possible evolution, and to discuss several topics related to open source and free content. The conference also acts as a meeting point for Wiki users, providing them with an opportunity to interact and exchange expertise.

Keynote speakers sharing  the conference include Ahmed N. Tantawy, the Technical Director of IBM in the Middle East, and Eliane Metni, the founding director of the International Education Association. Invited speakers include Tim Spalding, the founder and lead developer of LibraryThing; Eric M. Johnson, the team leader for the Knowledge Management Action Team at the U.S. Department of State and Usama Fayyad,  Yahoo!'s executive vice president of Research & Strategic Data Solutions.

This year conference is generously supported by  Raya, ACT, Microsoft, HP, Cisco, and Intel, who are sponsoring the event.

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