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.
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[edit] Opening
 Elke Lütjen-Drecoll, President of the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz |
.jpg) Doris Ahnen, Minister of Education, Research, Youth und Culture in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
 Audience at the “Plenarsaal” |
[edit] Lectures and Discussions
 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 |
.jpg) 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 |
[edit] Impressions
 Academy of Sciences and Literature, entrance |
 Academy of Sciences and Literature, courtyard |
 His favorite occupation |
