Wikimania 2005 conference report

Some points the overall report should cover (a very preliminary draft):

Operations
1. Budgeting
  - Sponsorship identification and other fundraising
2. Scheduling
  - Programme of presentations
  - Social events, parties for attendees and special guests
  - Coordination with local venues and related events (Eo: / tangential events, city calendars)

Coordination
1. Wiki/IRC/other coordination before the event
2. Wiki/IRC/in-person coordination during the event
  - IRC channels
  - Mailing lists / other announcement channels
  - Discussion pages (wikimania-wide, per event)
  - Group discussions (roundtables, brainstorming workshops)
3. Coordination between organizers and speakers/guests
4. Coordination between press, observers, and community members
5. Volunteer and staff identification, delegation, communication

Program & Content
1. Conference presentations
  - Workshops, Tutorials
  - Presentations
  - Posters, Papers (Proceedings)
2. Video, audio, transcripts online
  - Conference presentations
  - Interviews with attendees by media
  - Interviews of attendees by one another
3. Proceedings
  - Text and slides
  - Discussions, followup; print and archival formats (for the future?)

Events
1. Competitions
  - Long-standing, planned (Media, Writing)
  - For fun (Trivia, &c.)
2. Parties (Dinner, drinks, dancing)
3. Gatherings (ice-brekers, opening/closing meals, photo shoots)
4. Outings (City tour, library visit, museum visits, &c.)

Content analysis
1. Breadth
  - Types of events - speeches, tutorials, posters, jam sessions, riverwalks, contests
  - Key subject areas (speeches, papers, et al)
  - Key projects
  - Key academic and other disciplines)
2. Depth
  - Novice and expert content for each major subject/discipline
  - Tracks introducing people to detailed content in a new area
3. Multilingualism
  - Attraction of speakers and attendees from many language backgrounds
  - Live interpretation for attendees
  - Translations of the website, programme, abstracts, proceedings