MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2024

The MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference, Fall 2024 (#MWCon), formerly SMWCon, will be held November 4-6, 2024 in Vienna, Austria. The conference will be organized by the MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group with the help of its sponsors and partners.

Conference audience and mission

#MWCon will be a three-day conference featuring discussions of topics related to the usage of MediaWiki software by and within companies, non-profits, governments, organizations, and communities, including the Semantic MediaWiki community. If you use MediaWiki or you're 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 in order to assume your responsibilities regarding your organization's knowledge management.

Event details

• Dates: November 4-6, 2024
• Location: Vienna, Austria

Registration

Registration will open a few months before the event.

Rates: MediaWiki Stakeholders Group Members: Freelancer: TBD Professional: TBD Student: TBD Early Bird Registration (ended on Mar 17th): Freelancer: TBD Professional: TBD Student: TBD Regular Registration: Freelancer: TBD Professional: TBD Student: TBD Sponsor: Free

Early bird registration will likely end about one month before the conference.

Participants

Feel free to list yourself below if you attended.

In person

1. Bernhard Krabina (Knowledge Management Associates)
2. Jeffrey Wang (MyWikis Europe)
3. (add yourself here)

Remote

1. (add yourself here)

Sign up to present

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Sponsorship

Sponsors will be announced soon.

Organizers

• 
  MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group
• 
  KM-A
• 
  Municipal and Provincial Archives of Vienna

Become a sponsor

If you are interested in sponsoring MWCon Fall 2024, please contact Bernhard Krabina.

Sponsorship levels will be announced soon. Note that the sponsorship levels in European MWCon may not correspond to the North American MWCon conferences.

Conference venue

• Location: Municipal and Provincial Archives of Vienna, Gasometer D, Guglgasse 14, 1110 Vienna, Austria

The conference venue Gasometer D is reachable by subway U3 (orange line), station "Gasometer". This line runs through the city centre (station "Stephansplatz" as well as "Landstraße" where travellers usually arrive from the Vienna Internatioal Airport). By car you take the exit "St. Marx" from the highway A23 and follow the signs to "Gasometer City". Car parking is available for 7,5 EUR/day. You can find details here: http://www.wien.gv.at/english/history/archives/contact.html

Travel and Accomodation

Accommodation

You are responsible for booking accomodation individually. We will soon provide some suggestions.

Airport

Vienna

Vienna Airport is reachable by the more expensive but fast CAT - City Airport Train or the slower but cheaper S-Bahn both arrive at the station "Landstraße" where you can take the U3 to Gasomater (direction "Simmering").

Note that the train "Railjet" departs from Vienna Airport and usually has the next stop at Vienna central station. From there you have to take the U1 to the city center (Stephansplatz) and change into the U3 (direction Simmering) to go to Gasometer.

Bratislava

An alternative (reached by some low-cost airlines) is the Bratislava Airport. From there you can take the bus or train.

Public Transport

Austrian Railway

http://www.oebb.at/en

Vienna Subway

There are 24, 48 and 72hour Tickets for getting around in Vienna by public transport.

Visa assistance

This information is available at MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference/International travel#Europe and the Schengen Area.

General Infos and Tipps

• Visiting Vienna: http://www.wien.gv.at/english/culture-history/tourism/
• Route planner AnachB, also available as app: http://www.anachb.at
• Car parking: https://www.apcoa.at/parken/wien/gasometer-city-c-wien-apcoa/
• WiFi in Vienna: https://www.wien.info/en/travel-info/tourist-info/wlan-366210

Financial Support

International Visitors

If you are a Wikimedia community member, you can ask for participation support at Wikimedia Foundation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start

Visitors from Austria

If you are a visitor from Austria, you can ask for a similar support at Wikimedia Austria: https://wikimedia.at/aktivitaeten/freiwilligen-unterstuetzung/ - please contact Claudia Garard at verein[at]wikimedia.at