Based on the example of building the CEE Hub, how can other regional and thematic networks learn from this example and how could their approaches to building their networks look like within the existing Wikimedia framework?

This session will introduce the GLAM CSI (Contributor Study Initiative), an ongoing 2024 project analyzing Wikimedia's contribution pipeline for cultural and heritage collaborations. Discover the documented "user stories" collected by the project so far and contribute additional "user journeys" in a workshop to pinpoint critical areas for Wikimedia engagement, empowering volunteers, Wikimedians in residence, and GLAM Wiki participants. (See: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_CSI)

It has been a year since Wikimedians took the stage in Singapore to share their excitement, concerns, and open questions about the impact of ChatGPT and other generative AI technology on our movement. This panel will bring together 5-6 diverse voices from our movement – volunteers, affiliates, researchers, and Wikimedia Foundation staff – to discuss how Generative AI is showing up in our movement's collective work to grow and sustain the sum of human knowledge.

This session discusses the role of high-quality portrait photos in enriching Wikimedia Commons and augmenting Wikipedia articles and Wikidata items. We'll cover the complexities of mass-scale portrait photography at events, including challenges such as obtaining press credentials, release/consent, and licensing. By reviewing projects such as WikiPortraits Studios in North America and Festivalsommer in Germany, we hope to enrich your understanding of open media, and how you can bring similar initiatives to your community.

Remote and hybrid events have demonstrated their ability to increase access to Wikimedia events over the last few years, shown particularly through recent Wikimanias. However, this has not been universal across all Wikimedia events, and online attendees have not always been able to gain the same benefits as in-person interactions. This session will highlight the available tools, design, and social approaches that can be taken to make any event more effectively hybrid, with equitable access online and in-person, and how they can be scaled appropriately to match different event sizes while simultaneously reducing environmental impact.

In this workshop we will explore ways to improve day-to-day wiki workflows using various GenAI platforms.