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Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario will be the 12th in the series of annual international conferences which provide a unique opportunity for the Wikimedia community and our projects to come together, share their common goals, and develop better ways to work together on an international level.

Whether you are a community member of one of the Wikimedia projects (such as Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary, MediaWiki or others), or a fellow open content creator or consumer, we welcome your proposal for a session at Wikimania 2016.

• Call for proposals opens: …
• Deadline for submitting proposals: … 2016
• Notification of acceptance: … April 2016

Each year, we receive a large number of submissions for the programme. To accommodate as many of the great presentations as possible, we strongly suggest that you limit your proposed session's length to be a maximum of 18 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions. You can request additional time, which may be granted if your proposal is particularly extensive. The programme committee may offer a shorter slot than you propose if time in the schedule is tight.

Topic

Through this call we only accept what we call “critical issues”.

We are seeking for presentations about

1. problems and possible solutions in a specific field
2. proposals for others to replicate
3. issues (negative and positive) which have emerged from projects
4. issues you want to rise which you feel have not been discussed yet.
5. issues which are at the centre of an online debate and you would like to address offline.

Please note that your presentation does not need to be for everyone; you can specify the target you would like to address. Please also consider that the topic you are presenting can also be suggested as a discussion (there can be both a presentation and a discussion).

Which submissions are NOT accepted here

1. Simple presentation of projects. If you want to present a project you can make a poster [link]
2. Overviews and general presentations. The call these presentations “user digest” and there will be at Wikimania but directly assigned. Please contact the relevant team if you want to suggest ideas related to them [link]
3. Discussions. Please contact the relevant team if you want to suggest a discussion [link]
4. Training sessions. Please contact the relevant team if you want to propose a training [link]

Content and format

Your presentation will last 18 minutes and your goal is to make your point. Please make your point also in the abstract and explain how you will support that point (relevance to projects, online examples, case studies, experience …)

The submission process is online. In the form you will be asked

1. Your target – for whom is your presentation meant for? Is there any background knowledge people should have to understand your point?
2. Your topic – which issue would you like to bring up?
3. Your purpose – what is the result that you think should bring your presentation/proposal?
4. …

Evaluation

The submissions will be evaluated online using a blind peer-review process. This means that two evaluators will review the submission without knowing the name of its author. If there are strong divergences among the two evaluations, at least another review will be made.

The evaluation criteria are

1. The presentation is on topic: it is a “critical issue” as described above.
2. Personal interest in listening to it.
3. Relevance of the issue for the envisioned target group / specific community.
4. …

By submitting a proposal, you must agree that:

• your proposal's abstract and any slides associated with it will be released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike Licence 3.0; and
• if accepted, the session will be broadcast and/or recorded and made available in audio and/or visual form under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike Licence 3.0.

If you object to these requirements (for instance, if you would prefer not to be filmed), please talk to a programme committee member before submitting a proposal.

Your proposal will be discussed and rated in public by the Programme Committee, and you will be notified through the contact information you supply of the committee's decision. If your submission is not added to the preliminary schedule, please do not be discouraged: Wikimania 2016 will have time set aside in the schedule for participants and attendees to participate in unofficial, self-organized talks and working groups. You will have many opportunities to bring topics forward on-site, as well as socializing and sharing ideas casually.

For a list of currently submitted submissions, see Wikimania 2016 submissions.

Authors will be notified of paper acceptance or rejection no later than April 2016. If your paper is accepted and you need an invitation letter to apply for a visa to attend the conference, please contact wikimania-infowikimedia.org as soon as possible. (Visa applications can take at least 60 working days to process.) Please identify yourself as a presenter and include your mailing address in your email.

By submitting a paper, you agree that at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present it. If the conference registration fee will pose a hardship for the presenter of the accepted paper, please contact wikimania-registrationwikimedia.org. A limited number of stipends will be available for accepted speakers who need assistance with travel and accommodation. Complete program and registration information will be available in April or May 2016 on the conference website.