MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2026

MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2026
Conference details
Start:	November 11, 2026
Finish:	November 13, 2026
General Chair:
Local Chair:	Simon Krek
Program Chair:
Financial Chair:	Eric-Jan van Kakerken
Sponsorship Chair:	Bernhard Krabina
Feed:	RSS feed, Atom feed
Wikidata-ID:	Q138863477
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The 6th MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference brings together developers, users, and organizations from the MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki community around the world.

November 11–13, 2026, Ljubljana, Slovenia

• Location: Jožef Stefan Institute, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/15045627 Jamova cesta 39 SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia ]
• Website: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Users_and_Developers_Conference_Fall_2026
• Social Media: SMW on Facebook, MWStake on Mastodon, SemanticMW on X, Semantic MediaWiki on YouTube. Hashtags on X and Mastodon are #MUDCon and #SMWCon.

Conference audience and mission

The MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference will be a three-day conference featuring discussions of topics related to the use of (Semantic) MediaWiki software within companies, non-profits, governments, organizations, and communities, including the Semantic MediaWiki community. If you use MediaWiki or are interested in it, we would love to see you attend.

This conference aims to:

• inspire/onboard new users,
• inform on where and how MediaWiki is used,
• convey and consolidate best practices,
• initiate/foster/integrate application and development and
• strengthen the community of stakeholders and its service portfolio.

Learn how to "do" MediaWiki to assume your responsibilities regarding your organization's knowledge management.

Please also refer to the following pages for further details:

• Main conference page on MediaWiki.org

Local accommodations

The officially recommended hotels will be announced soon...

Each accommodation has been carefully selected for the comfort and convenience of our attendees.

Special guide for Americans

If you are not too familiar with visiting Europe, the local chair (himself an American) has written a guide for you!

Scholarships

Scholarships are provided for this conference. They cover the full cost of the conference ticket, but transportation and lodging are still the attendees' responsibility. For more information, including how to apply, please visit mediawikiwiki:MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference/Scholarships. The deadline to apply is 30 September 2026.

Sponsors

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact bernhard.krabina[at]km-a.net

Organization

MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group
Advocating the needs of MediaWiki users outside the Wikimedia Foundation

ECHOLOT
Enabling the creation, provision and reuse of high-quality, semantically rich, interoperable cultural data. Creators of NeoWiki.

Jožef Stefan Institute
The Jožef Stefan Institute is the leading Slovenian scientific research institute, covering a broad spectrum of basic and applied research.