SMWCon Fall 2016

SMWCon Fall 2016 - the 13th Semantic MediaWiki Conference:

September 28 - 30, 2016, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Schloßstraße 29, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (map) SAALBAU Schönhof Musikübungszentrum (MÜZ), Rödelheimer Straße 38, 60487 Frankfurt am Main (map)
 * /Locations/:
 * Main location (Organizers headquarters & Tutorial Day):
 * 2nd location (Conference Days):


 * Participants: Everybody interested in semantic wikis, wikis and open knowledge, especially in Semantic MediaWiki, e.g., users, developers, consultants, business or government representatives, researchers.


 * Registration: Official registration was done via Tito. The early bird registration period ran until September 14, 2016.


 * Social Media: The hashtag on Twitter icon.jpg Twitter is . The event is also on 677166248.png as a Facebook event you can join and share. → Twitter - Storyboard
 * Event listings: This SMWCon is also listed on opensource.com, on Lanyrd as well as on WikiCFP.


 * /Feedback/

Program
→ Quick list of program contributions

Tutorial day - September 28
On the Tutorial Day our experts will teach and introduce various topics related to semantic wikis, e.g. usage, conception etc. Just click on the button to see what will be prepared for you. We will probably also have special workshop track for advanced users. There is also a workshop track offering various possibilities of directly participating in the program.

Full program schedule →

Conference days - September 29 and 30
The Conference Days gather people from business, academia, government and non-profit organizations giving talks about applying semantic wikis as well as about newest developments in the field. The program included a key note, talks, lightning talks and a poster session.

At this conference, we had four main topic areas:
 * Future outlook
 * Best Practices and use cases in science, enterprise and education
 * eHumanities & Open Data
 * Extensions & Technical Setup (Lightning Talks)

Full program schedule →

Social program

 * 28th Informal get-together - On the evening of the tutorial day (September 28, 2016)
 * 29th Conference dinner - On the evening of the first conference day (September 29, 2016)

Attendees
In case you also want of make your attendance visible, just add your name to the list below:


 * 1) Kendra Sticht
 * 2) Lia Veja
 * 3) Christoph Schindler
 * 4) Karsten Hoffmeyer (WikiHoster.net)
 * 5) Marc Rittberger
 * 6) Martin Gruner
 * 7) Bernhard Krabina
 * 8) Daniel Hansch
 * 9) Stefan Seidner
 * 10) Alexander Gesinn (gesinn.it)
 * 11) Stephan Gambke
 * 12) Lex Sulzer
 * 13) Toni Hermoso
 * 14) Edlira Dushku
 * 15) Nicolas NALLET
 * 16) Yaron Koren
 * 17) Sabine Melnicki (WikiAhoi)
 * 18) Matthias Frank
 * 19) Nicole Merkle
 * 20) Ad Strack van Schijndel (Wikibase)
 * 21) Hermann Schwärzler
 * 22) Dennis Göhlert
 * 23) Simon Heimler (gesinn.it)
 * 24) Lloyd Rutledge
 * 25) Basil Ell
 * 26) Mark A. Hershberger
 * 27) Robert Radke
 * 28) Marcin Cieślak
 * 29) Lydia Pintscher
 * 30) Wolfgang Fahl
 * 31) Natasha Brown (WikiTranslate)
 * 32) Richard Brown (WikiTranslate)
 * 33) Robert Vogel (Hallo Welt! GmbH)
 * 34) Richard Heigl (Hallo Welt! GmbH)
 * 35) Leonid Verhovskij (Hallo Welt! GmbH)
 * 36) Tobias Oetterer (University of Paderborn)
 * 37) Julian Hocker (DIPF)
 * 38) Toine Schijvenaars (ArchiXL)
 * 39) Remco de Boer (ArchiXL)
 * 40) Joris Dirks (ArchiXL)
 * 41) Alina Mierlus
 * 42) Markus Glaser (Hallo Welt! GmbH)
 * 43) Samuel Lampa (UU, RIL Partner AB)
 * 44) Dennis Groenewegen (CODECS, Wikibase)
 * 45) Viktor Schelling (Wikibase)
 * 46) Benedikt Kämpgen (FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik)
 * 47) Ton van der Zwet
 * 48) Jan Willem van Veen (ArchiXL)
 * 49) Sébastien Beyou (Wiki Valley)
 * 50) Jeroen De Dauw (Ministry of LolCats)
 * 51) Karsten Krumrück
 * 52) Ernst Rosser
 * 53) Slawomir Brzezicki
 * 54) Johannes A. Löcker
 * 55) Christian Wagner
 * 56) Fotis Routsis
 * 57) David Bromoiras
 * 58) Johannes Dyck
 * 59) Thomas Urban
 * 60) Eva Kissel
 * 61) Ueli Zuberbühler
 * 62) Anja Hemmersbach
 * 63) Axel Heinemann
 * 64) Tim Sobkowiak
 * 65) Bernd Kreissig

Travel & Accommodation

 * WikiVoyage - Frankfurt
 * See here a list of places to stay nearby.

Directions to DIPF Frankfurt am Main
Here is how you can get to DIPF in Frankfurt am Main: Directions to DIPF

Other useful information

 * Weather forecast - Frankfurt
 * Frankfurt Public Transportation

Grants for Wikimedians
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Reach out

 * Initial Announcement of SMWCon Fall 2016 - June 7, 2016
 * Call for Contributions for SMWCon Fall 2016 - August 9, 2016
 * Call for Participation SMWCon Fall 2015 - September 9, 2016