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WikiSym Program Announced
June 7th, 2010 · No Comments
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WikiSym 2010: Where great minds collide!
April 1st, 2010 · No Comments
Now in its sixth year, WikiSym, the International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration, reliably draws together many of the diverse crowds that comprise the Wiki ecosystem. Its location alternates between North America and Europe; this year’s WikiSym is in the Polish city of Gdańsk, situated on the southern edge of the Baltic Sea. WikiSym [...]
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WikiSym 2009: Demos and Posters session (2008)
September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
The following video is a tour around very lively conversations for Demos and Posters last year. [kaltura-widget wid="w9nufs0m28" width="400" height="365" type="whiteblue" addPermission="1" editPermission="1" /] It’s a fairly noisy video due to the intensity of conversation. Many of these researchers, are booked to be participants this year so if you have favorites you’ll have the opportunity [...]
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WikiSym 2009: 6 minutes of WikiSym 2008!
September 21st, 2009 · No Comments
Liked last year’s conference? Check out the full-length trailer! From Open Space, to a fuller set of testimonials, to our great Social Events: watch the video and re-live your enjoyment. [kaltura-widget wid="vbmph15ch4" width="400" height="365" addpermission="" editpermission="" /]
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Why do participants attend WikiSym?
September 14th, 2009 · No Comments
[kaltura-widget wid="erfbxuyt8g" width="400" height="365" addpermission="" editpermission="" /] Last year, I interviewed attendees why they attended WikiSym. Over the next few days drop in and see why this conference is a must for Companies, Consultants, Academics and Practitioners alike. Martin Cleaver Special Kudos to Kaltura.com for sponsoring the Media portion of WikiSym 2009.
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WikiSym 2009 Early Registration Deadline Approaching Fast!
September 7th, 2009 · No Comments
It is less than two weeks now until the September 17th early registration deadline for WikiSym 2009, which will give you reduced fees and guaranteed participation! Check out the WikiSym 2009 program full of research and experience talks, open space collaboration, tutorials and workshops, panels, demos, etc. You’ll get to see and meet the leaders [...]
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WikiSym 2009 Paper: Wiki Credibility Enhancement
September 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
Authors: Felix Halim, Wu Yongzheng, and Roland Yap (National University of Singapore) (Singapore) Abstract: Wikipedia has been very successful as an open encyclopedia which is editable by anybody. However, the anonymous nature of Wikipedia means that readers may have less trust since there is no way of verifying the credibility of the authors or contributors. [...]
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WikiSym 2009 Paper: SAVVY Wiki: A Context-oriented Collaborative Knowledge Management System
September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Authors: Takafumi Nakanishi, Koji Zettsu, Yutaka Kidawara(NICT)(Japan), and Yasushi Kiyoki(NICT/Keio University)(Japan) Abstract: This paper presents a new Wiki called SAVVY Wiki that realizes context-oriented, collective and collaborative knowledge management environments that are able to reflect users’ intentions and recognitions. Users can collaboratively organize fragmentary knowledge with the help of the SAVVY Wiki. Fragmentary knowledge, in [...]
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WikiSym 2009 Panel: Creating “the Wikipedia of pros and cons”
September 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Debatepedia Founder Brooks Lindsay will host a panel focusing on projects and individuals attempting to build what amounts to “the Wikipedia of debates” or “the Wikipedia of pros and cons”. The panel will bring together Debatepedia founder Brooks Lindsay, Debatewise founder David Crane, Opposing Views founder Russell Fine, and ProCon.org editor Kambiz Akhavan. We will [...]
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WikiSym 2009 Talk: Wiki for Law Firms
August 24th, 2009 · No Comments
Author: Urs Egli (Egli Partners Attorneys-at-Law, Zurich, Switzerland) and Peter Sommerlad (HSR Hochschule für Technik, Rapperswil, Switzerland) Abstract: This practitioner report gives an overview the experiences of a law firm with adopting Wiki Webs for knowledge management and collaboration over the last two years. Wikis created a business advantage for the lawyers through better re-use [...]
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