Wikimedia Conference 2015/Social events

Event schedule

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Casual meet-and-greet Tuesday afternoon and evening for those arriving early. Please email Pine to join.

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

See daytime tour information below

Thursday, May 14, 2015

See daytime tour information below
Dinner snacks and drinks will be provided at WMDE’s office and event space to meet, chat and to toast to a wonderful conference weekend.

Friday, May 15, 2015

After the end of the first conference day, snacks and drinks will be waiting for you at WMDE’s office and event space.

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Let’s have a party and round off Saturday in a club, with music and snacks. Starting at 7 p.m. we would like to take you out to HomeBase Lounge.We will begin the evening with dinner and drinks. A DJ will enhance the atmosphere with classic disco hits and get you in the dancing mood. The venue is conveniently located in walking distance to the conference venue, Potsdamer Platz and the hotel Motel One Leipziger Platz.

Sunday, May 17, 2015

See tour information below
A last dinner at WMDE’s office and event space will be provided to round off the Wikimedia Conference 2015.

Important Addresses

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WMDE Office (Dinner Snack)

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.

Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24

10963 Berlin

Click here for exact location.

HomeBase Lounge (WMCON Party)

HomeBase Lounge

Köthener Str. 44

10963 Berlin

Click here for exact location.

Guided city walks

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Martin Rulsch, former Board member of Wikimedia Germany, provides sightseeing tours through his home city Berlin on 13, 14 and 17 May. Please register for a tour if you want to join, and send him an email: Wikimail, martin.rulsch(_AT_)wikipedia.de.

For further information see the subpages and sign up there too.

Wednesday, 13 May: 9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (Potsdam tour)
Thursday, 14 May: 9:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Main sights in the inner-city)
Sunday, 17 May: after the conference – about 8:00 p.m. (Some sights in the inner-city)

Thematic/regional/language-specific meetups

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If you are planning a thematic/regional/language-specific meetup, please indicate your interest in the overview below. The event team suggests to use the rooms at the conference venue Verlag der Tagesspiegel from 6.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. on Friday, May 15, for this purpose. In order to be able to better plan ahead, we would like to kindly ask you to indicate your interest in hosting the get-together on Friday in the overview below (see "Comments").

Meetup Name Description Initiator/Contact Person Participants Date&Time(suggested by event team) Location(suggested by event team) Comments

Communications Happy Hour Katherine Maher, Juliet Barbara

Patrick Kenel

Thursday, May 14, evening Synkope room, WMDE's office

Francophones meetup WikiFranca is a partnership between francophone Wikimedia chapters and affiliated working groups. We invite francophones and francophiles to join this meeting in Room E, Friday 15 May at 18:00.

WikiFranca est une collaboration entre les chapitres francophones de Wikimédia et les groupes de travail affiliés. Nous invitons les francophones et francophiles à participer à la rencontre dans la salle E, vendredi 15 mai, à 18:00.

Benoit Rochon