This is a list of public speakers who are available to give presentations about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
The people presented here do not necessarily speak on behalf or at the request of the Wikimedia Foundation. However, this community-maintained list shares a variety of perspectives and experiences about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
Speakers may be contacted on their user page or through the "E-mail this user" feature in the toolbox found in the left sidebar. You may also contact the Wikimedia chapters to see if they would recommend additional speakers who are not listed here.
United States
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Position
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Languages
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Comments
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| Dan Rosenthal
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Press Contact, Communications Committee Member
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English
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Based in Washington, D.C.
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| Daniel Mayer, mav
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Wikipedian since first year of the project, Wikimedia Steward, former CFO, former English Wikipedia ArbCom member
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English
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Lives and works in the Atlanta area. Has given several presentations on Wikipedia. Largely responsible for a couple dozen featured articles. Ranked as the #1 English Wikipedia contributor in "Persistent Word Views" by a 2007 study.
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| Durova, Lise Broer
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Has made over 400 featured content contributions to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Sysopped on multiple WMF projects.
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English
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Winner of the 2009 WikiCup. Personal blog about Wikipedia selected for "Blogs of Note" by the staff of Blogger. Has given presentations about Wikipedia. Based in San Diego, California.
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| Eloquence
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Wikimedia staff, former board member of the Wikimedia Foundation, developer, instigator of Wikinews and Wikimedia Commons
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English, German
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Author: Die heimliche Medienrevolution
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| Frank Schulenburg
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Wikimedia Foundation's Head of Public Outreach
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English, French, German
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Living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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| GChriss
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Once-active on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, now working on OpenMeetings.org
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English
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University technology (both social and technical); Pennsylvania, USA.
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| Jonathan Hochman
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Wikipedia Administrator
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English
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Example presentation: Defending Wikipedia, given at the in 2008.
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| Jimbo Wales
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Founder of the Wikimedia Foundation
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English
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| Lee Daniel Crocker
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Initial developer of MediaWiki software, long-time free software advocate.
Sacramento, CA.
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English, Spanish
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| Llywrch
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Longtime user of EN.Wikipedia, have contributed to commons.
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English
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I live in Oregon, so arrangements more than a days' drive need to be discussed.
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| Piotrus
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Longtime user of English wiki
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English, Polish
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Currently residing in Pittsburgh, PA, US, but visiting Poland from time to time). I specialize in the university settings (Wikipedia and other wikis as a research and teaching tools).
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| +sj+
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Longtime Wikipedian, contributor to Wikinews, Wikisource, Wikibooks and our translation process.
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English
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Regularly in Boston, NYC, SF. Audiences: librarians, web archivists, university tech groups, law and business schools.
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| Steven Walling
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Wikimedia Volunteer, Administrator on English Wikipedia
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English
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Based in Portland, OR. I've given presentations on Wikimedia as part of Portland WikiWednesday and elsewhere. Audiences include conferences, unconferences and academic settings. I can focus on specific areas, such for journalists and bloggers.
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Europe
Germany
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Position
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Languages
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Comments
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Former board member of Wikimedia Deutschland
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German
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| Ian Holton
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Administrator en.Wikipedia, long-time user
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German (native), English (native), Chinese (conversational)
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South Germany: Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen,....
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Former board member of Wikimedia Deutschland
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German, English
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Former president of Wikimedia Deutschland
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German
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Netherlands
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Position
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Languages
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Comments
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| Andre Engels
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Long time user of Wikipedia
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Dutch, English, German
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In or near the Netherlands (might want travel expenses paid)
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Dutch, English
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On testing and supporting MediaWiki, supporting languages, lexical terminological and ontological support in a MediaWiki environment.
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| Guido den Broeder
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Founder of Wikisage
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Dutch, English
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Keywords: expertise, policy, project leadership, social experiment.
Locations: the Netherlands.
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Board member (secretary) of Wikimedia Nederland
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Dutch, English
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Given some talks earlier. Fees (except for travel expenses) will go to Wikimedia Nederland as a donation.
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User, member of WM-nl and WM-de
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German, Esperanto, Dutch, English
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In or near the Netherlands (might want travel expenses paid).
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France
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Position
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Languages
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Comments
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| Anthere
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Former Chair of the board of the Wikimedia Foundation
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French, English
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http://speaker.devouard.com
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| guillom
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Author of a French handbook of Wikipedia, former secretary of Wikimedia France, regular editor on the French-language Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, steward
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French, English
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| ~Pyb
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Former chair of Wikimedia France, regular user on the French-language Wikipedia and Wikisource
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French, English
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| Yann
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Former secretary of Wikimédia France
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French
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United Kingdom
- Also see Wikimedia UK speakers
| User
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Position
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Languages
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Comments
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| Mike Peel
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Company Secretary of Wikimedia UK; admin on English Wikipedia; photographer on Wikimedia Commons
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English
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| Sean Whitton
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EnWiki admin, involved in WMF communications-type stuff. Good at speech-making.
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English
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Based in Sheffield and Oxford in term time.
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Northern Europe & Baltic countries
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Position
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Languages
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Comments
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| Domas Mituzas
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Site technologist, ex-member of Board of Trustees
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Lithuanian, English
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In Lithuania or other Baltic states, as well as global technology conferences.
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| Guttorm Flatabø
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Norwegian, English, (German)
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In Norway
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| Jan Ainali
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Board member of Wikimedia Sverige
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Swedish, English
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Southern Europe
| User
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Position
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Languages
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Comments
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| Cool Cat
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User of English wiki
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English, Turkish
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Currently located in Turkey
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| Elitre
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Admin and user on it.wiki, OTRS' volunteer, former member of WMI
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Italian, English, French
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Living in the south of Italy. Previous experiences.
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Australia
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Position
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Languages
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Comments
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| Angela
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Chair of the Advisory Board of the Wikimedia Foundation
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English
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Based in Sydney
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| Daniel
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Email response team leader
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English
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Based in Adelaide; volunteer English Wikipedia Administrator; mainly present on e-learning and collaboration at a secondary and tertiary education level.
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| Witty Lama (Liam Wyatt)
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Vice President of Wikimedia Australia, History thesis about Wikipedia
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English
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Sydney.
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Asia
| User
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Position
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Languages
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Comments
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| Dror Kamir
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Member of the board at Wikimedia Israel
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Hebrew, Arabic, English
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Based in Holon, Israel;
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| Mardetanha
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Long-term user and meta steward
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Persian, Azery, English
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Based in Zanjan, Iran.
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