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[[File:The_Wellcome_Building.jpg|thumbnail|right|The Wellcome Building, home to the conference centre|360px]]
'''In partnership with the Wellcome Trust, we hosted a two-day conference sharing skills, tools, and ideas in the intersection of STEM subjects and Wikimedia, on 2nd and 3rd September 2015.'''

This was prompted by the growing interest in Wikipedia, Wikidata, Commons, and other Wikimedia projects as platforms for opening up the scientific process.

Convenor: [[User:MartinPoulter|Dr Martin Poulter]] | hashtag: #wikisci | Short link: tinyurl.com/wikisci15

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;Where?
[http://wellcomecollection.org/what-we-do/henry-wellcome-auditorium The Henry Wellcome Auditorium] and Wellcome Collection Conference Centre, the Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Wellcome+Trust/@51.525706,-0.135021,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x48761b25fe44f4b7:0x8d0b599119134025 NW1 2BE], UK. This is adjacent to Euston Square tube and within easy walking distance of three other tube stations. It is close to the Euston, King's Cross and St. Pancras rail stations, and a short tube ride from Paddington rail station.

Despite the London location, this is a national conference, scheduled with long-distance travellers in mind.

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Weds 2nd to Thurs 3rd September
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* Researchers and educators in STEM subjects
* Science communicators
* Librarians & other information professionals
* Managers & funders of research
* Wikipedia/ Wikimedia volunteers and staff

Wikimedia UK's [[Friendly space policy]] will apply at the event and there will be trusted individuals on hand with whom you can raise any related issues.
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Thanks to the generosity of the participating charities and volunteers, the registration charge for this two-day conference was just '''29 pounds''', including lunch on both days.

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Note: a theme appearing here does not mean that it will be covered exhaustively in the conference. These themes define the overlap of Wikipedia and science: it will be up to the participants to decide which themes to focus on.

* Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects (including [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page Wikidata], [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons]...) as platforms for promoting informed public discussion of scientific topics (acknowledging that the public have a curiosity about all sorts of scientific topics, and overwhelmingly use Wikipedia as a starting point to self-educate).
* Wikipedia and/or Wikimedia as platforms for research, including citizen science (e.g. the [[:meta:Research:Index|Research portal]]).
* Wikipedia and/or Wikimedia as models for scientific publishing (including [http://www.openmedicine.ca/article/view/652/565 Wiki-to-Journal publication], [http://wikiambassador.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2014/03/28/publishing-scholarly-wikipedia/ Journal-to-Wiki publication], [[:wikipedia:Category:Wikipedia_articles_incorporating_text_from_open_access_publications|adding OA paper text to Wikipedia]], [http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/wikimedia-and-metrics/ altmetrics], machine-extraction of data from published research, open bibliographic data, data citation, [http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/crowdsourcing/practice/ crowdsourced enhancement of scholarly databases], integration of Wikipedia with open/free services such as Figshare, ORCID, Flickr...)
* Wikipedia and/or Wikimedia as platforms for scientific education.
* Under-represented groups in STEM subjects: is Wikipedia reinforcing stereotypes or providing role models? What is being done?

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;Keynotes
* [[:w:Wendy Hall|Dame Wendy Hall]]: Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton
* [[:w:Peter Murray-Rust|Dr Peter Murray Rust]] ([[:w:User:Petermr|User:Petermr]]): Reader, University of Cambridge

The following is a '''''draft'' programme''' and is subject to change.

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;Friday 4: Cambridge Hackathon (see below)
;Saturday 5: London Hackathon (see below)

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There will be two related hackathons. One of them is a satellite event taking place on Friday September 4th at the European Bioinformatics Institute in Hinxton. More details on that are available [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computational_Biology/EBI_hackathon_on_September_4,_2015 here].
The second one is taking place on Saturday 5 September in London, from 10am to 3pm. More details [[Wikipedia Science Conference/Submissions/Hackathon|here]]. It will be led by '''Daniel Mietchen''' (National Institutes of Health) and '''Stefan Kasberger''' ([http://www.gesis.org/en/home/ GESIS Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences]/ [http://contentmine.org ContentMine]/ [http://openscienceASAP.org openscienceASAP]/ [https://okfn.at Open Knowledge Austria]). Attendance is free, and we encourage you to start early in planning what projects to embark on.
For both hackathons, more details are to follow. In any case, '''please bring a laptop.'''

Some background to these hackathons: There are many technical aspects to the interaction between the Wikimedia and research communities and platforms. These days are dedicated to exploring them together with others who share an interest in these matters. This may include work on 
*content import ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Modifications-to-the-Aesops-Fable-Paradigm-Change-New-Caledonian-Crow-Performances-pone.0103049.s003.ogv&oldid=129914743 example])
*semantic mapping ([https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q80&diff=201701957&oldid=200823929 example])
*tools for collaboration ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ADaniel_Mietchen%2FSuggestBot&diff=649535347&oldid=648495909 example])
*social hacking ([[doi:10.5281/zenodo.13906|example]])
*analyses ([http://events.labs.crossref.org/events/types/WikipediaCitation example])
:or many other things. Suggestions are most welcome.

The London hackathon venue is ''not'' the conference venue, but in the basement of [[Office|Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT]]. Old Street tube station is very close by. The door may well be locked but there is an intercom through which you can request access.

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Add yourself here to indicate an interest. Optionally, add a one-line description of why the conference is relevant to you.
* [[User:MartinPoulter]] (Wikimedian In Residence at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford; Former Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador; former WMUK Associate promoting Expert outreach)
* [[User:Johnbod]] (Wikipedian in Residence, The Royal Society; Wikipedian in Residence, Cancer Research UK)
* Andy Mabbett, [[User:Pigsonthewing]] (Wikipedian in Residence, ORCID; Wikimedian in Residence, Royal Society of Chemistry)
* [[User:Yaris678]]
* [[User:HenryScow]] (Cancer Research UK)
* [[User:Fnorman]] (Librarian, Francis Crick Institute)
* [[User:Sjgknight]]
* [[User:Daniel Mietchen]] (Creator of OAI Importer bot; former Wikipedian in Residence at Open Knowledge Foundation)
* Brian Kelly ([[User:Lisbk]])
* [[User:Stevie Benton (WMUK)|Stevie Benton]] (WMUK staff)
* [[User:HJ Mitchell|Harry Mitchell]]
* [[:en:User:The_anke|Anke Holst]]
* {{U-en|RexxS}}
* {{U-en|Ben Moore}}
* [[:en:User:Samwalton9|Sam Walton]] (astrophysics student)
* [[User:CT Cooper|CT Cooper]]
* [[User:Leutha|Leutha]] ([[User talk:Leutha|talk]])
* [[User:Jcmolloy|Jenny Molloy]] (Coordinator, Open Knowledge Open Science Working Group)
* [[:en:User:Magnus Manske|Magnus Manske]]
* [[:en:User:ACrockford|Ally Crockford]] (Wikimedian in Residence, National Library of Scotland; Medical Humanities researcher/teacher)
* [[:en:User:Technolalia|John Levin]]
* [[:en:User:bondegezou|Henry Potts]] (Senior Lecturer @ UCL Institute of Health Informatics; have carried out research on Wikipedia)
* [[:en:User:Melissa Highton|Melissa Highton]] (Director of IT, University of Edinburgh)
* [[:en:User:Julia Kloppenburg (WMDE)|Julia Kloppenburg (WMDE)]]
* [[:en:User:Paul W|Paul Wilkinson]] (on CIPR working group on science communications)
* [[user:Thryduulf|Thryduulf]] (talk: [[user talk:Thryduulf|local]] | [[w:user talk:Thryduulf|en.wp]] | [[wikt:user talk:Thryduulf|en.wikt]]) (Wikimedia editor and trainer)
* [[User:Fæ|Fæ]] ([[User talk:Fæ|talk]])
* [[:en:User:Anthonyhcole|Anthonyhcole]]
* [[User:EdSaperia]] ([https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Access_Reader Open Access Reader])
* [[User:DarTar|Dario Taraborelli]] (Head of [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research Research], Wikimedia Foundation; coauthor of the [http://altmetrics.org/manifesto/ altmetrics manifesto] and WMF's [http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/18/wikimedia-open-access-policy/ OA policy])
* [[User:Mmmarksman|Michael Markie]] (Associate Publisher, F1000Research)
* [[:en:User:Metacladistics|Ross Mounce]] (ContentMine, Open Knowledge Open Science Working Group, Postdoc)
* [[User:The wub|The wub]] ([[User talk:The wub|talk]])
* [[User:Duncan Hull]] (University of Manchester)
* User:Arbeck (Ant Beck:University of Nottingham)
* [[user:Ginsta|Ginny Hendricks]] ([http://CrossRef.org CrossRef.org] - scholarly metadata)
* [http://sback.it Alberto Bacchelli] (research on data repositories, mostly software data repositories)
* [[User:Karolinaj|Karolinaj]] ([[User talk:Karolinaj|talk]]) 17:56, 26 June 2015 (BST) [http://www.cybersalon.org Cybersalon] intern and Middlesex University student
*[[User:Eva.pascoe|Eva.pascoe]] ([[User talk:Eva.pascoe|talk]]) (urban data visualisation) [http://www.cybersalon.org Cybersalon]
* [[w:de:Benutzer:Frank Schulenburg|Frank Schulenburg]] (Wiki Education Foundation is planning to launch a "Year of Science" initiative in 2016)
* [[User:Rodw|Rodw]]
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'''[http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/ The Wellcome Trust]''' is "a global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in health by supporting the brightest minds". in the UK, it is one of the leading organisations promoting open access to research and encouraging scientists to engage with the public. It funds an enormous amount of cutting-edge research related to health, as well as the preservation and use of existing knowledge. Its other activities with Wikimedia include funding the [http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2014/01/16/weve-joined-forces-with-wikipedia-to-improve-cancer-information/ Cancer Research UK Wikipedian In Residence]. In January 2014, Wellcome Images [http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2014/01/thousands-of-years-of-visual-culture-made-free-through-wellcome-images/ released 100,000 historical images under a Wikipedia-compatible licence] which have been [[:Commons:Category:Files_from_Wellcome_Images|uploaded to Wikimedia Commons]] by [[User:Fæ|Fæ]].

==Publicity and coverage==
* The conference generated more than a thousand tweets. [https://storify.com/F1000Research/wikipedia-science-conference Tweets from Day 1], [https://storify.com/F1000Research/wikipedia-science-conference-day-2 Tweets from Day 2] (Storified by Eva Amsen of F1000 Research)
* Eva Amsen [http://blog.f1000research.com/2015/09/04/wikipedia-science-conference/ "Wikipedia Science Conference"] ''F1000 Research'' blog post

=== Publicity ===

Except where indicated, publicity materials are licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0, giving you permission to republish them or remix them.

* [https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2015/06/booking-open-for-wikipedia-science-conference/ Blog post announcing that booking is open]
* [https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2015/03/call-for-proposals-the-wikipedia-science-conference-deadline-8-may/ Initial blog post explaining the idea of the conference and inviting submissions]
* [https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2015/08/science-and-wikipedia-a-round-up/ Science and Wikipedia: a round-up] Blog post advertising the conference in the context of recent developments in science.

=== Coverage ===

* Media in [[:commons:Category:Wikipedia Science Conference 2015]]
* Storify (curated tweets)
** [https://storify.com/F1000Research/wikipedia-science-conference Day 1]
** [https://storify.com/F1000Research/wikipedia-science-conference-day-2 Day 2]
* ''[http://blog.f1000research.com/2015/09/04/wikipedia-science-conference/ Wikipedia Science Conference]'' - Blog post by Eva Amsen of F1000Research

==Planning==
See [[/Planning]] subpage for suggestions about timescale/ publicity etc.
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