WikiSym 2009 is shaping up nicely; we’ll soon be providing a first glimpse at the program. For now, here are the confirmed speakers, more to follow: Fernanda Viegas, IBM, and Martin Wattenberg, IBM, on Many Eyes, Visualization, and Wikipedia Brion Vibber, CTO, Wikimedia Foundation, on Community Performance Optimization Barbara Liskov, MIT, presenting a lecture repeating [...]

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We are very happy with the interest in WikiSym 2009 and all the early travel planning. Here is the 2009 participation fee schedule. Registration will open in July, cut-off date for early registration is September 17, 2009. Registrant type Participation fee Early registrant $560 Early registrant, ACM member $490 Regular registrant $650 Regular registrant, ACM [...]

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