Wikipedia Academy Mainz 2007

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These are photos from the second German Wikipedia Academy at Mainz, August 24th to 25th, 2007. For further information about the event please have a look at the Academy website and the referring page in the German Wikipedia.

Peter Wippermann during his lecture on the impact and social relevance of Wikipedia
The philosopher Herbert Hrachovec, University of Vienna, during a discussion Friday afternoon
Markus Mueller, board member of Wikimedia Deutschland, during his lecture on the quality management of the German Wikipedia
Ulrich Johannes Schneider, Director of the University Library of Leipzig, during his lecture “Johann Heinrich Zedler’s Universal-Lexicon and the premature attempt to start Wikipedia in the 18th century”

[edit] Press coverage

Eric Beres and his cameraman (ARD-Aktuell, German television)
Martin Haase, Wikipedian and Professor for Linguistics at the University of Bamberg, interviewed by the German television.

[edit] Johann Heinrich Zedler Medal

The “Johann Heinrich Zedler Medal”, named after the 18th-century publisher of a German encyclopedia, the Universal-Lexicon
Josef Winiger (left), Gernot Wilhelm (middle) and Frank Schulenburg during the award ceremony
Josef Winiger, author of a biography on the German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach and winner of the Zedler Medal 2007
Gernot Wilhelm (left) and the Wikimedia Deutschland board members Frank Schulenburg and Markus Mueller with Josef Winiger, winner of the first Zedler Medal for his Wikipedia article on “Ludwig Feuerbach”

[edit] Panel discussion

Overview of the panel
Professor Dr. Ernst Fischer (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz)
Professor Dr. Gudrun Gersmann (University of Cologne)
TV moderator Volker Panzer and Professor Dr. Martin Haase (University of Bamberg)
Professor Dr. Herbert Hrachovec (University of Vienna) and Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Elmar Mittler (Georg-August University of Göttingen)
Professor Dr. Gerald Spindler (Georg-August University of Göttingen)

[edit] Smalltalk

TV moderator Volker Panzer with participants of the panel discussion

[edit] Participants / Organization

Nando Stöcklin, Wikimedia CH
Arne Klempert, CEO of Wikimedia Deutschland
Michail Jungierek, Board member of Wikimedia Deutschland
Wikimedians Marcus Cyron, Jonathan Groß and Delphine Ménard at the conference office
Wikimedians during a lecture
Wikimedians documenting the panel discussion