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9 January 2015, Friday Gandhi Bhavan Gandhi Bhavan Dr. K. P Day 1 9 January 2015, Friday 08:00 Spot Registration – Primary Interaction 09:00 Gandhi Bhavan Opening Note on behalf of Organizing Committee: Atanu Saha / Dr. Tanmay Bir Welcome Note: Prof. Asis Mazumdar, Dean, ISLM, Jadavpur University Speech: Sanjay Gopal Sarkar, Jt. Registrar, Jadavpur University Speech by WMF Member: Bishakha Datta, Member, Board of Trustees, WMF 09:00 Speech by Wikimedia India Chapter Member: Jayanta Nath, Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter – 10:40 Keynote: Prof. Pabitra Sarkar, Former Vice-Chancellor, Rabindra Bharati University Speech by Chief Guest: Prof. Basab Chaudhuri, Registrar, Calcutta University State of Indic language Wiki projects By Wikimedia India Chapter member Valedictory Note: Prof. Mahidas Bhattacharya, Director, SLL, Jadavpur University 10:40 – Tea Break 11:00 International Dr. K. P. Basu Memorial Hall Vivekananda Hall Relations Seminar Gandhi Bhavan Engineering Science Building Subarna Jayanti Building Hall PG Arts Building Paper Presentation Workshop Track: Community Track: Bengali Chair: TBD Wikipedia Time: 30 minutes Chair: Kalyan Sarkar each Time: 30 minutes each Title: How to type in 11:00 Bengali – Presenter: Ayan 11:30 Closed Choudhury Title: Collaboration between Microsoft Title: How to edit 11:30 and Indic language Bengali Wikipedia – community Presenter: Ayan 12:00 Presenter: M. Closed Choudhury Krishna Doss, R&D, Microsoft India Paper Presentation Track: Outreach Chair: Bishakha Datta Title: How to create a Time: 20 minutes each new article Presenter: Sarban 12:00 Closed • Title: Wikipedia As A Teaching Bandyopadhyay – Learning Tool In The Field Of 12:30 Higher Education 12:30 Presenter: Dr. Indrani o Title: Advanced editing – Nath, Sarsuna College in Bengali Wikipedia 13:00 • Title: Information and Presenter: Sarban Communication Technologies Bandyopadhyay (ICTs) and Wikispaces for Engineering Students - Relevance and Utility o Presenter: Dr. Barnali Chetia, Heritage Institute of Technology • Title: WikiInitiatives: Noble way to a smart outreach o Presenter: Priyanka Raj, Sambuddha Ghosh & Saurav Raj 13:00 – Lunch 14:00 International Dr. K. P. Basu Memorial Hall Vivekananda Hall Relations Seminar Gandhi Bhavan Engineering Science Building Subarna Jayanti Building Hall PG Arts Building Paper Presentation Panel Discussion Chair: Workshop Track: Technology Prof. Pabitra Sarkar Track: Wikimedia Chair: Dr. Niladri Sekhar Dash, Asst. projects Prof., ISI, Kolkata Chair: Kalyan Sarkar • Title: Localisation of software Title: Collaboration with Title: How to 14:00 in Indian Languages – Past and academic institutes for the collaborate in – Prospects growth of Wikimedia Wikipedia Presenter: 14:30 o Presenter: Srijan Kumar projects in Indian Partha Sarathi Banerjee languages • Title: Bridging the Digital Panelists: 14:30 Divide: Enabling Indic Support Rajib Chakraborty, - in Public Library Websites SNLTR 14:40 o Presenter: Sandip Das Prof. Uday Kumar Chakraborty, JU Title: How to upload Prof. Arup Kumar Das, images in Wikimedia Commons Closed CU Dr. Prasun Ghosh, CU Presenter: Biswarup 14:40 Sushanta Kar, Tinsukia Ganguly - Break College 15:00 Dr. Sujit Kumar Pal, VU Dr. Naba Gopal Roy, SKB University Paper Presentation Open Discussion Track: Community Co-ordinator: Partha Title: How to Chair: Rangan Datta Sarathi Banerjee contribute in Bengali Wikisource 15:00 • Title: Community and Presenter: Sujay - Communication: A Study of Title: Collaboration Chandra 15:30 Wikipedia in Contrast with among Bengali language 15:30 Social Media Wikipedians of West Title: How to - o Presenter: Rianka Roy Bengal and Bangladesh contribute in Bengali 16:00 Wiktionary • Title: Telugu Wiki An approach Presenter: Santanu to reach to local community Chandra o Presenter: Kashyap P. • Title: Wikipedia and Culture o Presenter: Sk. Ashif Karim 16:00 - High Tea 16:20 Paper Presentation Open Discussion Workshop Track: Knowledge Co-ordinator: Partha Track: Extensions Chair: Prof. Mahidas Bhattacharya, Sarathi Banerjee Chair: Kalyan Sarkar Director, SLL, JU • Title: Glocalizing Asia: Title: How to extend 16:20 Connecting differences globally MediaWiki - and locally Presenter: Sucheta 16:50 o Presenter: Samir Ghoshal Karmakar & Chandan Adhya, JU Closed • Title: Understanding The Role Title: Collaboration Of Hashtags As A News Filter: among Bengali language A Case Study of The 2014 Gaza Wikipedians of West Title: Wikipedia for the 16:50 Conflict Bengal and Bangladesh differently abled – Presenter: Neha Gupta o Presenter: Prachatos 17:20 & Saurabh Das Mitra • Title: Smile On Your Face During Wiki Inter-Face • Presenter: Kinshuk Kalyan Sarker & Dhrubo Jyoti Sen 17:20 - Bengali Wikipedia 10th anniversary celebration 18:00 Day 2 10 January 2015, Saturday 08:00 – Photosession at Green Zone 09:00 International Gandhi Dr. K. P. Basu Memorial Hall Vivekananda Hall Relations Bhavan Engineering Science Building Subarna Jayanti Building Seminar Hall PG Arts Building Paper Presentation Open Discussion Track: Bengali language Co-ordinator: Bodhisattwa Mandal Bengali Wikipedia Closed Chair: Samir Karmakar, Asst. Prof., JU Editathon 09:00 – Title: Collaboration among Indic Speech by Binayak Bandyopadhay 09:20 language communities • Title: ‘বাংলা উইিকঅিভধান’ �কে� আিদবাসী ভাষা - সংেযাজেনর �য়াস ও �যুি� 09:20 – : সমস뷍া েথেক সম-আশা 09:40 o Presenter: Debdip Dhibar • Title: অ�মতা েথেক স�মতার িবক� : 09:40 – স�ান সহয়তামূলক �যুি�র নানািদক 10:00 o Presenter: Bubai Bag, Bagnan College • Title: বাংলা ভাষা ও সািহেত뷍 উইিকিপিডয়া 10:00 – o Presenter: Sujit Kumar 10:20 Pal, VU 10:20 – Break 10:40 10:40 – Tea Break 11:00 International Gandhi Dr. K. P. Basu Memorial Hall Vivekananda Hall Relations Bhavan Engineering Science Building Subarna Jayanti Building Seminar Hall PG Arts Building Invited Talks Open Discussion Chair: Selvyn Jussy, CU Co-ordinator: Ayan Choudhury 11:00 – Speech by Anindya Sen Gupta, JU Topic: Wikipedia Students Meet 11:30 Panel Discussion (from 12:30) 11:30 – Speech by Dr. Rita Ray, JU 12:00 Topic: দসু뷍 কারভালেহা Chair: Bishakha Datta, Member, Bengali Wikipedia Closed Board of Trustees, WMF Editathon Speech by Ashwin Baindur Title: Women's Contribution to 12:00 – Topic - Crafting Knowledge-smiths : Wikipedia 12:30 Attributes of Accomplished Wikipedia Editors Panelists: Speech by Ranjit Bharti, BRAU Dr. Rita Ray 12:30 – Topic: बह�भाषी नेटवक셍 : िविकपीिडया के बह�भाषी �ान के Dr. Barnali Chetia 13:00 िवतार का एक आयाम Dr. Indrani Nath 13:00 – Lunch 14:00 International Gandhi Dr. K. P. Basu Memorial Hall Vivekananda Hall Relations Bhavan Engineering Science Building Subarna Jayanti Building Seminar Hall PG Arts Building Panel Discussion Poster Presentation Chair: Prof. Sukanta Chowdhury, Bengali Wikipedia Closed Prof. Emeritus, JU Editathon 14:00 - In front of K.P.Basu Memorial Hall Title: Collaboration with academic 16:00 institutes for the growth of Wikimedia projects in Indian languages Panelists: Amit Chaudhuri, C-DAC Selvyn Jussy, CU M Krishna Doss, Microsoft India Rajib Chakraborty, SNLTR Dr. Niladri Sekhar Dash, ISI Kolkata 16:00 – Tea 16:20 Dr. K.P.Basu Memorial Hall Engineering Science Building 16:20 – Prize Distribution: Photography Contest 16:40 16:40 – Award Distribution: Noteworthy Wikimedian 17:00 17:00 – Closing Note 17:20 17:20 – Second Day closing with English Wikipedia 14th Anniversary Celebration 18:00 .
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