Wikimania 2025

Mario Behling

Mario Behling is an open source innovator passionate about fostering collaboration and connecting communities through technology. In 2009, he co-founded FOSSASIA with Hong Phuc Dang. Under his leadership, the organization has launched over 200 open source projects, built a community of 7,000+ developers on GitHub, and pioneered solutions like Eventyay, SUSI.AI, the Pocket Science Lab IoT platform, and Badge Magic.


Session

08-09
16:45
25min
Empowering the Wikimedia Community in Africa and Around the World with Open Source
Mario Behling, boz

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 (Meeting room B) 🌐 💬