Portland wiki conference

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Saturday, March 26, 2010 and Sunday, March 27, 2010 at Webtrends in Portland, OR: (Wiki's 15th birthday is March 25, 2010)

Let's keep discussions on the discussion page.

Name of Conference

Portland WikiCamp

Goal of Portland Wiki Conference is to

Evangelize Wikis to a broad audience
Celebrate 15th anniversary of wikis & honor Ward's insight
Provide unconference setting for wikiphiles (technical, cultural, patterns, etc)
Give Portland Civic Wiki a major boost

I Will Help Organize This Event

Sign yourself up

David Galiel, Lead Organizer

Perfect Venues

Webtrends has now been confirmed as the site of this conference. [1]

Ideal Keynote Speakers, Panelists, other Speakers

It is valuable to have at least a keynote or two (or more, can have a keynote track) with marquee speakers who will attract an audience (including folks new to wikis) and help ensure participation in the conference. Add your suggestions below. Note: please identify specific people - we're looking for dynamic, insightful/entertaining/intriguing/exciting speakers. When we have confirmation, add "confirmed" to name. Also includes non-keynote speakers and/or panel participants.

Ward Cunningham (CONFIRMED)
Jimbo Wales
Michael Wesch (The Machine Is Us(ing) Us)
Vivek Kundra (US CIO)
Eugene Kim
Sunir Shah - editor of MeatballWiki
Peter Thoeny from Twikiwiki
Ross Mayfield
Peter from Dreamfish
Angela Beesly from Wikia
Pheobe
Matt from EditMe
___ from MuppetWiki
David Weekly from PBworks
Marc Laporte from Tikiwiki
___ from EditThis
Dave Weiner from RSS
Ray King from AboutUs
___ from WikiSpaces
Folk from WikiHow

The current plan is for the event to have one scheduled track, including one or two keynote speakers each day, with several unconference sessions running in parallel.

Proposed Tracks

Wiki 101
Wikipedia Academy
Content creation and other planning for Portland civic wiki
Wiki for biz (Oregon Training Network | Open Government Initiative
Wiki use with Open Government Initiative [[2]]

Proposed Topics/Presentations

Steven Walling presentation - Wikipedia for... (journalists? educators? what version would Steven like to present?)
Wikis and Social Change - Panel Discussion
End Wikilessness (modeled on End Bloglessness)
Rachel Kjack from Oregon Training Network on to provide session on Wiki in the Workplace a a virtual team tool
Wilm Leier to provide session TBD Teresa Boze