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.


Sessions

08-09
11:15
25min
Future of Online Engagement at Wikimania
Lodewijk, Elena Lappen (WMF), Mario Behling

🎥 Session recording: https://www.youtube.com/live/IIJaOtycCf0?feature=shared&t=7317 🎥

We want to keep improving the online engagement of Wikimania. In this session, we will briefly present what changed in the online elements of Wikimania in the past years through Eventyay, what we already know we want to improve and then continue into a discussion with our online participants for feedback and ideas.

Community Engagement
MERU (🗣️ 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)