Social activities

Social activities will include:
  • July 7, 1815-2100 — An all-conference reception immediately proceeding the conference closing at the Dom Muzyka restaurant. Open bar and snacks — come downstairs to have a pre-dinner drink and time to chat with your fellow conference attendees.
  • July 8: afternoon poster reception
  • July 7 & 8 — special interest dinners — self-organize into dinner groups based on common interest. (Sign up below if you are interested in this — signups and restaurant suggestions will also be on site).
  • July 7, 8 & 9 — "the living wiki" — a special art piece will mysterious and organically appear on-site in the open space. Stay tuned for details.

Wikimania social activities (see schedule (external link)) will include:
  • July 9, 2000-2200 — a special concert in the Gdansk Philharmonic
  • July 10, 2000-2200 -- Premier of the film Truth in Numbers, about Wikipedia (Gdansk Philharmonic
  • July 11, 2000-2300 — World cup party/afterparty

Informal events will include

Special interest dinners

Wikisym attendees are encouraged to form evening dining groups based on common interests. Please sign up here for these self-organized dinners. The WikiSym venue is nearby historic Gdansk, which has a variety of lovely restaurants with outdoor terraces. A list of some restaurants in Gdansk can be found here (external link).

Being a leader means that you make sure a restaurant is chosen for your dinner and that everyone signed up knows where to go. If you put down a topic you are encouraged to also sign up as the leader, but you don't have to.

Suggested topics:
  • everything data: semantic mediawiki, dealing with data, etc
  • wiki companies and wiki consultants
  • researching Wikipedia
  • everything open education
  • community builders
  • women and wikis
or something non-wiki...
  • traveling around Europe
  • foodies
  • knitters/crafters
  • add your own

July 7

  • suggested topic
    • restaurant
    • leader
    • interested attendees
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    • restaurant
    • leader
    • interested attendees
  • suggested topic
    • restaurant
    • leader
    • interested attendees

July 8

  • suggested topic
    • restaurant
    • leader
    • interested attendees
  • suggested topic
    • restaurant
    • leader
    • interested attendees
  • suggested topic
    • restaurant
    • leader
    • interested attendees

July 9

  • suggested topic
    • restaurant
    • leader
    • interested attendees
  • suggested topic
    • restaurant
    • leader
    • interested attendees
  • suggested topic
    • restaurant
    • leader
    • interested attendees


The original document is available at http://www.wikisym.org/ws2010/Dining+and+social+activities