To be included

Map of Frankfurt (from box)
Frankfurt reader
Programme (2-pg version)
Wiki-bookmark and page-marker (metal) (from box)
General information sheet <see below>
Speaker information (for speakers & presenters only)
Press kit: Dossier, Wikimania info, programme, wiki-bookmark

General information

Meals

For all of those who have paid a full conference pass, meals included are dinner on Thursday (Aug. 4) and lunch on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 5-7). Your badge is your meal ticket, you have to show it to the kitchen staff while getting your meal.

About 10% of the ordered meals are vegetarian. Only a few people declared themselves as vegetarian when registering, but please do make sure, if you're not that those who have required vegetarian meals are able to get them.

For those who have paid for a single day pass, lunch is included in the price. Your badge will serve as a meal pass for the day you have registered.

Lunch will be served from 12.30 to 14.15. Please try to spread so that not all participants come at the same time for meals, so as to

Except for this one meal a day, other meals are not included in the conference price. You will find a wide range of restaurants 5 min. by foot from the Haus der Jugend, as well as a wide range of bars and cocktails bars.

The Wiki lounge (The Terrassensaal)

The wiki lounge is situated in the Terrassensaal, a room reserved for Wikimedians to socialize, get to know each other, tell wiki stories and have fun together. Please leave the room as clean as you would like to find it, and keep the noise down as much as possible. The Terrassensaal will be open until 22:00 each night.

Party Saturday night

Wikimania starts with an informal get-together on Thursday evening. On Saturday night, we'll have a big party in the Brotfabrik, sponsored by SUN Microsystems. The party starts at 8pm.

Brotfabrik

Bachmannstraße 2-7

How to get there: From the town center take the subway line U6 or U7 and get off at the station Große Nelkenstraße (U7) and Am Fischstein (U6). The Brotfabrik is in walking distance.

Photo policy

Please be aware that some people have required not to appear on pictures. Make sure, if you want to display pictures on the wiki, on your blog, or anywhere "public", to have obtained the authorization from the people appearing on the pictures. A category is available on Commons for pictures of the conference.

Lost & Found

All found items will be given to the Welcome desk of the Haus der Jugend, please refer to them for lost objects.
The keys to rooms are card keys. If you lose yours, please go to the Haus der Jugend welcome desk and ask them to change your card coding. Be aware that all people in your room will have to have their code changed, so that they can enter the room.
If you forget your room number, please refer to the Wikimania welcome desk and ask for it.

For speakers

Dear Speaker,

Thank you for being a part of Wikimania. The location of the main program is: http://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme

The link from your presentation should take you to the appropriate proceedings page on Wikibooks. If you have modified your presentation materials, please update them on the abstract page your final presentation text or slides as soon as you have them. Check your speaker biography information, and make sure it is accurate and complete.

Attendees are encouraged to comment directly on the Talk pages of the proceedings; you should also feel free to start any discussions you would like to see on that page.

To those in group sessions, please talk to your session moderator, so that you can meet beforehand. To find out who your moderator will be, or for other questions about your speech and room setup, please contact Sam Klein or Andrew Lih.

DAY OF PRESENTATION

• As a convenience, we have a special speaker’s lounge in room SR E311, which is on the top floor of the conference center. There you will find a quiet area for work, including power ports, wireless Internet and refreshments.

• If you are speaking in the Grosser or Kleiner Saal, your presentation will be audiocast and recorded. Some sessions will also be videotaped. Recordings will be available for downloading by the following day.

• You may use your laptop computer for presentation and projection. If you do not have one, please find someone with a Staff badge to have yours transferred to another laptop. (Even if you do have one, it is a good idea to have a copy made onto one of the Wikimania USB keys.)

AFTERWARDS

• If you are providing a paper for publication in the proceedings, please upload final revisions BY AUGUST 19 to the Wikimania Proceedings page directly, at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikimania05.

GETTING AROUND THE CITY

An informational note follows with detailed instructions about getting oriented and finding your way around the city and the conference.

Hotel information: Some speakers are staying at the Hotel Royal, at the following address: Wallstrasse 17, 60594 Frankfurt am Main

It's a 5-minute walk from the Haus der Jugend. If anything goes wrong, please call Delphine Menard at +49 160 223 83 73; if worst comes to worst, have yourself arrive at the Haus der Jugend, and ask for the Wikimedia Team in Garten Haus, they will lead you to us.

Local services: If you need access to copy and printing services, there is a Copyhaus two blocks away.

Sincerely,

Your Wikimania organizers

Participant information