SMWCon Fall 2015

SMWCon Fall 2015
The 12th conference on Semantic MediaWiki (SMWCon) brings together developers, users, and organizations from the semantic wiki community around the world.
Conference details
Location	Fabra i Coats, Barcelona, Spain
Start:	October 28, 2015
Finish:	October 30, 2015
Calendar:	Event schedule
General Chair:	Alina Mierluș
Local Chair:	Toni Hermoso
Program Chair:	Lia Veja, Karsten Hoffmeyer
Type:	SMWCon
Audience:	Everyone
Feed:	RSS feed, Atom feed
Wikidata-ID:	Q42407053
Address
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Fabra i Coats, Barcelona, Spain
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SMWCon Fall 2015 - the 12th Semantic MediaWiki Conference:

October 28 - 30, 2015, Barcelona

• Location: Fabra i Coats, Art Factory (3rd floor). Carrer Sant Adrià, 20 (Sant Andreu neighbourhood), Barcelona. (maps link)

  Closer public transportation: Sant Andreu (Metro L1, red line), Sant Andreu Comtal regional railway station

• 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 can be done via Tito. The early bird registration period runs until October 5, 2015.

• Social Media: The hashtag on Twitter is #SMWCon.

• Video documentation: The conference days were recorded to provide a video documentation (playlist). The videos are also linked from the respective individual talk pages. See also this video as a conference mashup. See you next time!

Program

→ Quick list of program contributions

Tutorial day - October 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 - October 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. Click on the button to see the program.

Full program schedule →

Social program

• 27th Informal get-together - On the evening prior to the tutorial day (October 27, 2015)
• 27th Catalan modernism in architecture - Barcelona City Tour to Catalan modernism in architecture (Ralf Roletschek - German language) - please add yourself on the page if you want to participate!
• 28th Informal get-together - On the evening of the tutorial day (October 28, 2015)
• 29th Conference dinner - On the evening of the first conference day (October 29, 2015)

Attendees

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

1. Denny Vrandečić
2. Markus Krötzsch
3. Alina Mierluș
4. Toni Hermoso
5. Karsten Hoffmeyer
6. Jeroen De Dauw (Wikimedia Deutschland e. V.)
7. Alexander Gesinn (gesinn.it GmbH & Co. KG)
8. Lia Veja
9. Yaron Koren
10. Remco de Boer
11. Toine Schijvenaars
12. Erwin Oord
13. Lex Sulzer
14. Simon Heimler (gesinn.it GmbH & Co. KG)
15. Nicolas NALLET (semantiki.fr)
16. Tobias Weller
17. Ad Strack van Schijndel
18. ☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ + 1 (MediaWiki Stakeholders)
19. Wolfgang Fahl
20. Steffen Rietzschel
21. Sabine Melnicki
22. Richard Heigl (Hallo Welt! Medienwerkstatt GmbH)
23. David Mason
24. Daniel Herzig (SearchHaus GmbH)
25. Chris Koerner
26. Lloyd Rutledge
27. Natasha Brown (WikiTranslate)
28. Edlira Dushku (WikiTranslate)
29. Tommi Suominen (European Forest Institute)
30. Ralf Roletschek (Fahrradmonteur.de)
31. Dan Bolser
32. Rudiger Wolf
33. Jan Willem van Veen
34. David Gómez (Dvdgmz)
35. Jeff Thompson
36. Peter Meyer
37. Alessio Melandri

Sponsors

SILVER

an ArchiXL company  specialist in enterprise IT architecture, knowledge management and semantic wikis

Acknowledgments

• Associació per a la difusió de la Filosofia for providing the necessary legal framework.
• Iglor for Internet access in the venue.
• CRG for providing coffee machines.
• BennyBeat for the photos and video recording of the event and its post-production.

Organizers

Institut de Cultura - Ajuntament de Barcelona
Municipal institution for the promotion of Culture in Barcelona

Amical Wikimedia
Local Wikimedia Organization

OSDA
Open Semantic Data Association e. V.

Additional information and links

Travel & Accommodation

• WikiVoyage - Barcelona
• After the event, you can decide to enjoy the city during La Castanyada (Catalan Halloween)
• See here a list of places to stay nearby.

If you plan to move around Barcelona with public transportation (train, bus, metro), we strongly recommend you to purchase a 10-ride intermodal ticket (less than 10 EUR).

The cheaper option for arriving Sant Andreu neighbourhood (around 1 hour) from the airport:

• Buy a T10 10-ride ticket there in train station (Where to buy T10 in BCN airport)
• Take the train (schedule) - Source: Aeroport.
• Destinations:
  • Fabra i Coats or places such as NH Hotel.
    • Stop at Barcelona-Sant Andreu Comtal. Go either direction. Less than 10 min.
  • Ibis Meridiana or around
    • Stop at Barcelona-El Clot-Aragó, Commute to Metro Red Line 1 (walk underground less than 5 min). Destination: Fondo.
    • Stop at Fabra i Puig and then walk if you go to a hotel such as Ibis Meridiana.

Keep an eye and be always close to your belongings during your trip, especially at stations and touristic hotspots. You must not be afraid about your physical integrity, but you must be concerned about any pickpocketing attempt. More details...

Other useful information

• Weather forecast - Barcelona
• Barcelona Public Transportation

• Close to the venue you can enjoy churros (cat: xurros) and other local sweet delicacies! (Timeout BCN es, Facebook)

Reach out

• Initial Announcement of SMWCon Fall 2015 - May 27, 2015
• Call for Contributions SMWCon Fall 2015 - September 1, 2015
• Call for Participation SMWCon Fall 2015 - October 3, 2015

Grants for Wikimedians

Travel & Participation Support funds Wikimedians to actively represent Wikimedia at events around the world. Learn about the Travel & Participation Support program

Code of conduct

This conference adheres to the principles behind Code of conduct for technical spaces of the Wikimedia community (still in draft at the time of writing). In case of any concerning issue, do not hesitate to contact Toni Hermoso by email Template:Email or directly during the event.

Thanks

Thank you to the organizers and participants. Add your note!