SMWCon Fall 2018

SMWCon Fall 2018
The 15th conference on Semantic MediaWiki (SMWCon) brings together users, organizations and developers from the wiki community around the world.
Conference details
Start:	2018-12-12
Finish:	2018-12-14
General Chair:	Alexander Gesinn
Local Chair:	Silke Gesinn
Program Chair:	Michael Scherm
Financial Chair:	Alexander Gesinn
Sponsorship Chair:	Michael Scherm
Feed:	RSS feed, Atom feed
Wikidata-ID:	Q50802407
DOI:	not yet provided
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15th Semantic MediaWiki Conference
#SMWCon

Recordings: Conference Day 1 – Conference Day 2

Get ahead with digitization
Learn how Semantic MediaWiki empowers knowledge workers, automates information rich processes and gets teams ready for the next level of agility.

Venue

, Franz-Mayer-Straße 1, 93053 Regensburg, Germany

RVV Public Transport Regensburg (Bus)

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Regensburg: UNESCO world heritage site, international tourist destination and one of the major economic centers of Germany.

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Agenda

Conference Day 1 "Business Solutions"
Wednesday, December 12

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8:30

60 min.

Registration onsite

Register onsite and get your conference badge.

9:30

15 min.

Welcome and Opening

9:45

30 min.

Keynote: Sustainable technical documentation

How the Thomas Krenn Wiki became an indispensable self-service capacity for information seekers inside and outside the company

10:15

30 min.

Semantic MediaWiki Overview

An overview of SMW and how it can turn your data into knowledge.

10:45

30 min.

Coffee Break 1, Day 1

Coffee Break

11:15

30 min.

Data Cockpit - SMW as GDPR compliance tool

How SMW can be used to fulfill documentation requirements posed on organizations by the General Data Protection Regulation

11:45

30 min.

GDPR: Simplify managing "Data Catalogue" and "Records of Processing Activities"

12:15

30 min.

Implementation and Application of an interface between project planning software and SMW based documentation

This talk shows how a coupling between project management software and SMW based documentation has been established and how it is used in real projects for project controling and reporting/documentation

12:45

Lunch, Day 1

Lunch break

13:30

30 min.

Running an SMW-based integrated management system in highly regulated environments

Presentation of our SMW-based integrated management system, some functionalities, some experience from use, some future plans

14:00

30 min.

Semantic BPMN - Business Process Management the wiki way

Semantic Wiki + BPMN 2.0 Editor: A strong team to establish a culture of continual improvement and sustainable business processes.

14:30

30 min.

From "Word" to Wiki - Quality Management at Handelslehranstalt Hameln

15:00

30 min.

Coffee Break 2, Day 1

Coffee Break

15:30

30 min.

Housing for people with disabilities

How SMW is a strong basis for an innovative website that matches people with disabilities to special housing opportunities.

16:00

30 min.

Dokit: a platform to create step-by-step instructions powered by SMW

Introduction to the main features of the platform and some business use-cases

16:30

30 min.

Semantic Organization – Supporting Self-Management in Organizations

How SMW can help businesses and other types of organizations to strengthen collaboration providing a reliable and transparent infrastructure

19:00

Conference Dinner

MEIER ein Lokal, Stadtamhof 15, 93059 Regensburg

Recording of Conference Day 1 – "Business Solutions"

Conference Day 2 "Education, Research, Science / SMW News / Lightning Talks"
Thursday, December 13

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9:00

30 min.

Registration onsite, Day 2

9:30

30 min.

How human perception and classification influence semantic knowledge, and vice versa

The classification and recognition of common things such as colors and sounds are relative and often arbitrary. In this talk, the role of human perception is explored in relation to the creation of knowledge systems such as Semantic MediaWiki.

10:00

30 min.

Use SMW to cohere business knowledge scattered across information sources — and integrate on search

You don't add 1000 PDFs to SMW — you include them in search results

10:30

30 min.

Coffee Break 1, Day 2

Coffee Break

11:00

15 min.

Chameleon 2 Skin

New features / wishes for the forthcoming next release.

11:15

30 min.

WSForm

A forms extension

11:45

15 min.

SRF Mermaid: Gantt Charts from Semantic Data

A new Result Format to render Gantt charts

12:00

30 min.

SimpleGraph Semantic Media Wiki Module

How Semantic Media Wiki integrates with multiple other systems via Apache TinkerPop/Gremlin

12:30

60 min.

Lunch, Day 2

Lunch break

13:30

45 min.

What's new in Semantic MediaWiki 3.0

New features in Semantic MediaWiki 3.0 and how you can contribute

14:15

15 min.

About MediaWiki evolution - notes about the recent Wikimedia Technical Conference

Notes about the recent Wikimedia Technical Conference

14:30

10 min.

How to successfully lose readers

Content Design in the wiki – idea on how to improve text-heavy pages

14:45

30 min.

Coffee Break 2, Day 2

Coffee Break

15:15

30 min.

The Embassy of Good Science

15:45

30 min.

A Citizen Science Approach for a SMW-based eHumanities Project

Use of open educational resources (OER) for Citizen Science

16:15

45 min.

Conference Exhibition

Products, Projects, Posters and Live-Demos

Recording of Conference Day 2 – "Education, Research, Science / Semantic MediaWiki News / Lightning Talks"

Tutorial and Workshop Day - "Beginners" Track
Friday, December 14

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9:00

240 min.

Semantic MediaWiki, Zero to Hero

This talk is aimed at those who are new to using Semantic MediaWiki or those who think it might be the solution to their requirements.

12:00

60 min.

Lunch, Day 3 (Track 1)

Lunch break

13:00

120 min.

Meet & Greet / Hackathon

Meet & Greet developers and users, discuss forthcoming projects, hackathon

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Tutorial and Workshop Day - "Developers, DevOps, Pros" Track
Friday, December 14

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9:00

120 min.

Benefits of running MediaWiki in a pertinent dockerized setup

You buy a dishwasher — not 1000 parts and a screwdriver

12:00

60 min.

Lunch, Day 3 (Track 2)

Lunch break

13:00

120 min.

How to store and structure knowledge on a SMW — here's the framework

You furnish your empty apartment — for things in it should be accessible and practical

Registration

Registration is open, get your tickets now!

	Student 1	Professional	Sponsor Silver 2	Sponsor Gold 3
Conference days only (12, 13 Dec)	75,- EUR	165,- EUR
Tutorial day only (14 Dec)	45,- EUR	65,- EUR
Conference and Tutorial (12-14 Dec)	105,- EUR	195,- EUR	450,- EUR	900,- EUR

¹ To be eligible for the reduced fee, students must be able to present proof of student status upon request
² 1 Ticket for Conference and Tutorial Day, sponsoring banner on this page
³ 1 Ticket for Conference and Tutorial Day, sponsoring banner on this page, your roll-up / flag in the conference room, your logo on conference poster

Hotels & Travel

Air Travel

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Munich International Airport (MUC)

Two options:

1. MUC -Minibus→ Regensburg: Minibus Transfer Munich > Regensburg, ~ 40 €
2. MUC -Bus→ Freising -Train→ Regensburg Central Station: DB BAHN, ~ 23 €

Nürnberg International Airport (NUE)

• NUE -Subway→ Nürnberg Central Station -Train→ Regensburg Central Station: DB BAHN, ~ 23 €

Train & Public Transport

• DB BAHN
• RVV Public Transport Regensburg (Bus)

Hotels

Try to get a Hotel in Regensburg inner city, e.g.

• ibis Regensburg City Hotel
• Star Inn
• Park Hotel Maximilian
• Hotel am Peterstor
• Youth Hostel Regensburg (a little bit outside of the inner city)

Sponsors

Gold

ArchiXL
Specialists in enterprise architecture, knowledge management, and semantics

Digitale Gründerinitiative Oberpfalz
Aufbau einer nachhaltigen Gründungskultur im Bereich Digitalisierung in der gesamten Oberpfalz für mehr digitale Gründungen.

Wikibase Solutions
Specialist in business solutions with MediaWiki

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Get a "Silver Sponsor" or "Gold Sponsor" ticket to show your support.

Organizers

gesinn.it GmbH & Co. KG
Empowering Information Workers
semantic::core - Enterprise Class MediaWiki

General/Financial Chair

Alexander Gesinn

Local Chair

Silke Gesinn

Program/Sponsorship Chair

Michael Scherm