Bristol

This event is hosted by the University of Bristol. The costs of the event are being met by HP Labs. The marketing is provided by the Bristol Festival of Ideas & it is highly likely that BBC Anchor Trust will film the event and make the recording free under a public domain or CC-by-SA licence (still to be confirmed)

Event Name: Wikipedia at 10

Date: Thursday, 13 January 2011

Time:· 12:00 - 13:00 (doors open 11.30: attendees must be seated by 11.45)

Victoria Rooms, University of Bristol, BS8 1SA

Description: Jimmy Wales talks about the development and future of Wikipedia

In association with Bristol Festival of Ideas, Bristol City Council, BBC Anchor Trust and Wikimedia UK: a special event to mark 10 years of Wikipedia with the man behind the project.

A decade ago the idea of a constantly updated online encyclopaedia, which would be collaboratively written by tens of thousands of people and read by hundreds of millions, was a dream. Since then, Jimmy Wales has inspired others to join him, and has formed a 100,000-strong online volunteer community, which has built Wikipedia into a worldwide force for free learning and general education, run with modest resources, engaging communities worldwide. It's now firmly established, but where will it go next?

This is a rare opportunity to hear Jimmy Wales talk about the history of this remarkable project as well as the plans for future development.

To reserve a seat please mail: jimmywales-bristolbristol.ac.uk

Phone hotline is: 0117 928 8515

Free event but must book seat in advance Steve virgin 11:21, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

After this event, there will be a get-together at en:Watershed Media Centre, to which all local Wikimedia contributors are invited. See the discussion at en:Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Bristol#Free_Event:_Jimmy_Wales.2C_Founder_of_Wikipedia.2C_Talks_in_Bristol MartinPoulter 23:14, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

A recording of the talk can be seen here. Smartse 17:23, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

BBC Anchor Project has also made a professional recording of the Jimmy Wales speech in Bristol - they are donating it Public Domain licence to the community - should be available next week Steve Virgin 23:41, 18 January 2011 (UTC)