Wikimania 2025

President of Italian Linux Society (300+ voting members).

Tech Commission in Wikimedia Italy.

Author of the Tech Strategy in Wikimedia Switzerland.


Sessions

08-07
15:45
85min
Lightning Talk Showcase I
Max Wang, Ceslause Ogbonnaya, laliv g, Freddy Veloz, boz, Sam Walton, ROCKY, José Reyes (WMMX), Jorge Gemetto, Soylacarli, Mubiru Shafik/Fiktube, Rosalind Hinton, Richard Nevell, Lajmmoore, Friederike von Franqué, antanana, Mykola (NickK), Shyamal, myacoubcriner, Lucy Gichane, Carolyne Chepng’Eno

🎥 Session recording: https://youtu.be/WaWk6hNGRrk?list=PLhV3K_DS5YfJtMBKTkOdmzfP3ENS24BJ-&t=16292 🎥

The Lightning Talk Showcases are a fun, fast-paced afternoon event filled with 5-minute lightning talks in rapid succession on a range of topics. Wikimania Nairobi will have two Lightning Talks Showcase sessions to highlight some of the most compelling concepts and powerful thinking developing across the Wikimedia Movement. Read more at: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Program/Lightning_Talk_Showcases.

Lightning Talk Showcase
NAIROBI (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw)
08-09
16:45
25min
Empowering the Wikimedia Community in Africa and Around the World with Open Source
Mario Behling, boz, Alice Kibombo

🎥 Session recording: https://www.youtube.com/live/IIJaOtycCf0?feature=shared&t=26330 🎥

This panel will explore the intersection between Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and the Wikimedia movement, focusing on strategies to expand community participation, particularly in Africa and other emerging regions. By bringing together visionaries in the fields of open source and free knowledge, we will discuss the shared values of collaboration, openness, and community building.

Community Engagement
MERU (🗣️ ar, es, fr, sw)