User:Iopensa/opening ceremony 2024

Wikimania Katowice, August 7th, 2024.

Iolanda

Welcome to Wikimania!

I am... (round of presentations)

We are from the Wikimania Steering Committee.

We are the group that supports and selects the location of Wikimania.

We are joined by other members of the committee, can you please stand?

Phoebe

wikimania is the place where our global communities get together in person and online, to learn, exchange and discuss

Here you can build the relationships you need

to improve your work to conceive new ideas and to solve problems.

This is your event. Whether this is your first Wikimania, or your 19th, Wikimania is your event to

create with every conversation, impromptu meetup, and session. And this gathering is made possible by a huge number of people. Thank you to all the organizers, local team, and people involved here in Katowice.

And if you want to get involved in planning Wikimania in the future, get in touch with us

and come to the future of Wikimania session on Saturday at 10:30.

Iolanda

My friend Elitre once told me that in the wikimedia movement we arrive for the content

but we stay for the people

we wish you a wikimania

capable of nourishing collaborations

creating and reinvigorating friendships

and building effective conversations with all the elephants in the rooms.

Have a great Wikimania 2024!