Deryck Chan

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Hello, I am Deryck Chan. I attended Wikimania 2016 with a travel scholarship from Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Travel plan

• 22 June: Arrive at Malpensa 11:15 FY 8729, explore Milan
• 23 June: Explore Milan, then commute to Esino Lario late afternoon (Talk:Journey/Train)
• 27 June: Wikimania airport transfer to Linate, depart 16:55 AZ 238
  • ...and recorded an episode of Wikipedia Weekly with Jdforrester and Fuzheado!

Interested or attended sessions

Friday 24 June

Wikimania main conference begins!

• Opening ceremony etc
• m:Communications/Wikimania 2016 (talk to WMF communications team) Fri 14:00-14:30
• Critical issues presentations/Found in Translation: Comparing paid editing policies in the top Wikipedia language editions
• Critical issues presentations/That Was the Year That Was: What happened in Brussels, what comes next and what you should do - "ping-pong" between national level and EU-level advocacy
• Critical issues presentations/“Program and Engagement Coordination” – A reflective process management to take movement conferences to the next level - "Participants, not attendees"
• Programme/Stamp cancellation of Esino Lario Fri 14:00-19:00, Piazza Pensa
• Meetups/Wikimedia Asia Fri 18:00, School
• Evening programme/Aperitif Mauri cheeses Fri 17:00-21:30

Saturday 25 June

• 09:30 Esino Lario walking tour
• Discussions/Mobile
• Programme/Stamp cancellation of Esino Lario
• Critical issues presentations/Wikidata in Wikipedia Sat 14:00-15:30
• User:Cmglee - Dynamic SVG presentation
• Critical issues presentations/(Dis)information-graphics – Problems, challenges and prospects of visual information in Wikipedia

Sunday 26 June

• 10am WMF Board Q&A - Gym Palace
• Programme/San Giovanni
• Programme/Guided tours of the cultural heritage of Esino Lario
• Discussions/The future of Wikimania Sun 14:45-15:30, School room 11
• Programme/Wikimania closing ceremony and opening of Esino Lario collaborative space 16:00-17:30 Closing ceremony, Piazza Pensa
• Evening programme/I bagni di Gong Sun 18:30, Museum
• Chocholate corner, Tensile Structure, 20:30
• Evening programme/Theremin performance Culiarsi Sun 21:00

About me

In my day job, I am a doctoral researcher in civil engineering at Cambridge University. I am also the acting president of Cambridge University Wikipedia Society.

I have attended five previous Wikimanias:

• Danzig
• Haifa
• Washington DC (with WMF scholarship)
• Hong Kong (as organiser)
• London (with WMUK scholarship)