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Wikimedia Foundation part of "dot-org boom" festival

By Michael Snow, 11 April 2005

Wikipedia will be represented at another conference this week, as Wikimedia Foundation trustee Florence Devouard attends an event focusing on what some are calling the "dot-org boom".

Over the coming week, the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, Finland will host PixelACHE 2005, a "festival of electronic arts and subcultures". The main theme of the event is the "Dot Org Boom", characterized as a non-profit counterpart to the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s.

Florence Devouard (left) speaking in an April 12 seminar. Next to her is Naeem from disappearedinamerica.org.

As part of the pre-festival activities, Wikipedia will be featured in a seminar at the Finnish Embassy in Stockholm on Tuesday, April 12. The morning session, which is on "Amateurs taking the role of the journalists and experts", will include a presentation by Devouard on Wikipedia, along with a presentation from Muslim media activist Naeem Mohaiemen.

The main portion of the festival in Helsinki runs from April 14 to April 17. The schedule for this Saturday, April 16, also includes Wikipedia's participation in a seminar on the dot-org boom, along with several other participants including digitalopenandfree.org, a new project being launched as part of the festival.

Devouard indicated that Wikipedians are welcome to attend the events, and while registration is required it is free of charge.