Wikimania 2016 bids/Esino Lario

Wikimania 2016 candidate cities:

Atlantic City | Chennai | Dar es Salaam | Esino Lario | Manila | St. Louis

Slideshow: Have a quick look at the Bid Wikimania Esino Lario. Quicker on slideshare.

Wikimania Esino Lario is a site-specific event designed to bring together closely our community and to produce an impact beyond our event. In the small village of Esino Lario, Wikimania reconquers the strongly interactive nature of gatherings, where people meet, discuss and collaborate together during a three-days structured conference.

City proposed: Esino Lario, Lake Como area, Province of Lecco, Lombardy Region, Italy. Esino Lario on OpenStreetMap.

Proposed dates: Last week of June 2016. 21-28 June 2016.

Pre-conference wednesday 22 June - thursday 23 June 2016

Conference friday 24 June - sunday 26 June 2016

Post-conference monday 27 June 2016.

Number of participants: Event designed for 1’000 participants.

Request to Wikimedia Foundation: 250.000 $.

Contact person: the team, the institutions involved, Iolanda Pensa.

Wikimania Esino Lario on facebook (essentially in Italian but we appreciate "I like"s :)

@WikimaniaEsino (English)

Full description of the Bid Wikimania Esino Lario 2016 (how the project was presented in Winter 2014).
Below details of Wikimania Esino Lario 2016 updated throughout the preparation and implementation of the event.

• Meeting rooms: the conference takes place in a series of buildings in the middle of Esino Lario, all at a walking distance from each other and right next to bars, restaurants and the majority of the accommodation.
• Program: the conference is organized in a new way, with a series of working sessions which focus on a theme and on the different interests, expectations and expertise of the participants; the participants can attend plenary sessions, presentations (user digests and critical issues), thematic discussions, training, meetups and technical sessions (Hackathon/DevCamp and a 24/24 open collaborative space). The program also includes excursions, special events and children care.
• Connectivity.
• Accommodation: participants will be mainly hosted in Esino Lario at a walking distance for the venue. Other accommodation will be provided in Varenna and Perledo.
• Food: what we are going to eat and where.
• Journey: traveling to Esino Lario and moving around.
• Safety and accessibility: health and medical service is guaranteed throughout the event and accessibility is taken into consideration for venues, transport, restaurants, bars and accommodation.
• Participants.
• Budget.

• Further documentation about the proposal accessible on demand (documentation about the estimated costs, details of the budget, people involved, addresses and references, proposals for keynotes); please contact Iolanda Pensa to request access.