DCW Conversation Hour

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'''DCW Conversation Hour''' is an open conversation hour by the Deoband Community Wikimedia for everyone in the world. It focuses on Wikimedia movement strategy initiatives such as increasing the sustainability of the movement, and helps invest in the skills and leadership development across Wikimedia entities. The conversation hour innovates in the free knowledge, through the prism of evaluation, iteration, and adaptation.   
'''DCW Conversation Hour''' is an open conversation hour by the Deoband Community Wikimedia for everyone in the world. It focuses on Wikimedia movement strategy initiatives such as increasing the sustainability of the movement, and helps invest in the skills and leadership development across Wikimedia entities. The conversation hour innovates in the free knowledge, through the prism of evaluation, iteration, and adaptation.   


DCW Conversation Hour went live for the first time in September 2022. We standardized it in March 2023 when we invited Dr. Nicole Schwitter to present on the effect of offline meetups of Wikimedia communities. Since then, the conversation hour touches on some burning and hot topics that relate to the global free knowledge movement and helps the movement's sustainability.
DCW Conversation Hour went live for the first time in September 2022. We standardized it in March 2023 when we invited Dr. Nicole Schwitter to present on the effect of offline meetups of Wikimedia communities. Since then, the conversation hour touches issues that relate to the global free knowledge movement and helps the movement's sustainability.


Previous editions can be easily accessed through [[DCW Conversation Hour Archive]].
Previous editions can be easily accessed through '''[[DCW Conversation Hour Archive]]'''.


==Our Featured Speakers==
==Our Featured Speakers==
{{#linkcards:
| link1  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bobbyshabangu
| title1 = Bobby Shabangu
| body1  =  Co-founder Afrika Baraza, former president Wikimedia ZA, and member of Wikimedia Foundation Board
| image1 = Bobby Shabangu 2.jpg
| link2  =  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Suyash.dwivedi
| title2 =  Suyash Dwivedi
| body2  = Vice-Chair, Affiliations Committee
| image2 = Suyash Dwivedi at Wikimania 2025 Day 3 by Pedro J Pacheco.jpg
| link3 = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_Søby
| title3 =  Jon Harald Søby
| body3=  Norwegian Wikimedian, Founding Member Wikimedia Norge
| image3 =  Jon Harald Søby, Wikimedia Norge.jpg
| link4  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:John_Cummings
| title4 = John Cummings
| body4  = Wikimedian in Residence
| image4 = John Cummings.jpg
}}


{{#linkcards:
{{#linkcards:
  | link1  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JStephenson_(WMF)
  | link1  =  
  | title1 = Jessica Stephenson
  | title1 = Dumisani NDubane
  | body1  = Lead Learning and Evaluation Officer, Wikimedia Foundation
  | body1  = Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, MMG EARTH
  | image1 = Jessica Stephenson small photo - 2021.jpg
  | image1 = Dumisani Ndubane-4626.jpg
 
  | link2  =  
  | link2  =  
  | title2 = Runa Bhattacharjee
  | title2 = Sneha PP
  | body2  = Senior Director of Product - Languages and Content Growth, Wikimedia Foundation
  | body2  = Senior Research Manager, Open Knowledge Initiatives at IIIT Hyderabad
  | image2 = Bhattacharjee, Runa September 2016 01.jpg
| image2 = Sneha PP at ATTT 2025.jpg
| link3=
| title3 =  Catalina Frigerio
| body3=  Director for Advocacy and Public Policy, Wikimedia Chile
  | image3 =  WECUDI 2025 97.jpg
| link4  =
| title4 = Pavan Santhosh
| body4  = Program Manager, Open Knowledge Initiatives at IIIT Hyderabad
| image4 = Pavan Santhosh on Day 1 of Wikimedia India Summit 2024.jpg
}}


{{#linkcards:
| link1  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:عباد_ديرانية
| title1 = Abbad Diraneyya
| body1  = Conversational AI Designer, Uber
| image1 = Wikimedia Summit 2019 - Portrait Abbad Diraneyya.jpg
| link2  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ARamadan-WMF
| title2 = Amal Ramadan
| body2  = Senior Movement Communications Specialist (Product & Tech), Wikimedia Foundation
| image2 = Amal Ramadan.jpg
| link3= https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JChen_(WMF)
| title3 = Jacqueline Chen
| body3= Senior Program Officer, Wikimedia Foundation
| image3 =  Jacqueline Chen (WMF).jpg
| link4  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Astinson_(WMF)
| title4 = Alex Stinson
| body4  = Lead Program Strategist, Wikimedia Foundation
| image4 = Alex Stinson-IMG 3315.jpg
}}
{{#linkcards:
| link1  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SGill_(WMF)
| title1 = Satdeep Gill
| body1  = Senior Program Officer, Culture and Heritage, Wikimedia Foundation
| image1 = Gill, Satdeep Jan 2020.jpg
| link2  = https://jgu.edu.in/jslh/faculty/dr-swati-chawla
| title2 = Swati Chawla
| body2  = Associate Professor, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities
| image2 = Swati Chawla.jpg
  | link3  =  
  | link3  =  
  | title3 = Jake Orlowitz
  | title3 = Stacy Burnett
  | body3  = Founder, The Wikipedia Library & Wiki Blueprint
  | body3  = Senior Product Manager, ITHAKA
  | image3 = Jake Orlowitz at WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto.jpg
  | image3 = Stacy Burnett - portrait.png
 
  | link4  = https://www.iup.edu/languageliteraturewriting/faculty/vetter-matthew.html
  | link4  =  
  | title4 = Matthew Vetter
  | title4 = Manavpreet Kauur
  | body4  = Professor of English, Indiana University of Pennsylvani
  | body4  = Movement Charter Drafting Committee
  | image4 = Matthew Vetter at Wiki Conference NA 2018 (cropped).jpg
  | image4 = Manavpreet Kaur at the opening session of WikiWomenCamp 2023.jpg
}}
}}
{{#linkcards:
{{#linkcards:
  | link1  = https://cis-india.org/about/people/cis-team-members#Tanveer%20Hasan%20A%20K
  | link1  = https://cis-india.org/about/people/cis-team-members#Tanveer%20Hasan%20A%20K
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  | body1  = Executive Director, CIS India
  | body1  = Executive Director, CIS India
  | image1 = Tanveer Hasan 20180912.jpg
  | image1 = Tanveer Hasan 20180912.jpg
| link2  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JStephenson_(WMF)
| title2 = Jessica Stephenson
| body2  = Lead Learning and Evaluation Officer, Wikimedia Foundation
| image2 = Jessica Stephenson small photo - 2021.jpg
| link3  =
| title3 = Runa Bhattacharjee
| body3  = Senior Director of Product - Languages and Content Growth, Wikimedia Foundation
| image3 = Bhattacharjee, Runa September 2016 01.jpg
| link4  =
| title4 = Jake Orlowitz
| body4  = Founder, The Wikipedia Library & Wiki Blueprint
| image4 = Jake Orlowitz at WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto.jpg
}}


  | link2  =  
{{#linkcards:
  | title2 = Sam Walton
| link1  =
| title1 = Sam Walton
| body1  = Senior Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
| image1 = Walton, sam January 2019.jpg
  | link2  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:IFried_(WMF)
  | title2 = Ilana Fried
  | body2  = Senior Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
  | body2  = Senior Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
  | image2 = Walton, sam January 2019.jpg
  | image2 = Ilana Fried.jpg
 
  | link3  =  
  | link3  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ARamadan-WMF
  | title3 = Manavpreet Kauur
  | title3 = Amal Ramadan
  | body3  = Movement Charter Drafting Committee
  | body3  = Senior Movement Communications Specialist (Product & Tech), Wikimedia Foundation
  | image3 = MKaur-WMF portrait for DCW.jpg
  | image3 = Amal Ramadan.jpg
 
  | link4  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:PDas_(WMF)
  | link4  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:PDas_(WMF)
  | title4 = Praveen Das
  | title4 = Praveen Das
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{{#linkcards:
{{#linkcards:
  | link1  = https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholesaad/
  | link1 = https://heyne.io/
  | title1 = Nichole Saad
| title1 = Marcel Heyne
  | body1 = Founder, Open Learning Collective
| body1  = Founder & Director, Audiopedia Foundation
  | image1 = Nichole Saad WMF staff photo.jpg
| image1 = Marcel Heyne.jpg
| link2 = https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholesaad/
  | title2 = Nichole Saad
  | body2 = Founder, Open Learning Collective
  | image2 = Nichole Saad WMF staff photo.jpg
| link3  = https://library.oregonstate.edu/staff/bridgesl
| title3 = Laurie Bridges
| body3  = Professor & Librarian, Oregon State University
| image3 = Laurie Bridges.jpg
| link4  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Exec8/Introduction_of_Exec8
| title4 = Butch Bustria
| body4  = Lead, Wikimania 2023
| image4 = Wikimedia Summit 2019 - Portrait Butch Bustria.jpg
}}


  | link2 = https://library.oregonstate.edu/staff/bridgesl
{{#linkcards:
  | title2 = Laurie Bridges
  | link1 = https://infobomb.org/
  | body2  = Professor & Librarian, Oregon State University
| title1 = Martin Poulter
  | image2 = Laurie Bridges.jpg
| body1  = WiR, Khalili Foundation
  | link3  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Exec8/Introduction_of_Exec8
| image1 = Martin Poulter, WMUK board meeting, August 2011.jpg
  | title3 = Butch Bustria
| link2  = https://chitraparnasinha.com/
  | body3  = Lead, Wikimania 2023
  | title2 = Chitraparna Sinha
  | image3 = Wikimedia Summit 2019 - Portrait Butch Bustria.jpg
  | body2  = Founder, Lekhak.xyz.
 
  | image2 = Chitraparna Sinha (WWC 2023).jpg
  | link4  = https://heyne.io/
  | link3  = https://about.me/rohini
  | title4 = Marcel Heyne
  | title3 = Rohini Lakshane
  | body4  = Founder & Director, Audiopedia Foundation
  | body3  = Technologist and Interdisciplinary researcher
  | image4 = Marcel Heyne.jpg
  | image3 = Wikimania 2015 - Edit-a-thons for bridging the gender gap -Rohini Lakshane (1) (cropped).JPG
  | link4  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:RASharma_(WMF)
  | title4 = Rachit Sharma
  | body4  = Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist, South Asia, Wikimedia Foundation
  | image4 = Rachit Sharma (cropped).jpg
}}
}}


{{#linkcards:
{{#linkcards:
  | link1  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Astinson_(WMF)
  | link1  =  
  | title1 = Alex Stinson
  | title1 = MAE Dockrat
  | body1  = Lead Program Strategist, Wikimedia Foundation
  | body1  = LanCSAL, University of Johannesburg
  | image1 = Alex Stinson-IMG 3315.jpg
  | image1 = Maulana Ashraf Dockrat.jpeg
 
  | link2  = https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/schwitternicole/
  | link2  = https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/schwitternicole/
  | title2 = Nicole Schwitter
  | title2 = Nicole Schwitter
  | body2  = Honorary Research Fellow, Warwick
  | body2  = Honorary Research Fellow, Warwick
  | image2 = Nicole Schwitter.jpg
  | image2 = Nicole Schwitter.jpg
 
  | link3  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:دنيا
  | link3 = https://chitraparnasinha.com/
  | title3 = Donia Domiaty
| title3 = Chitraparna Sinha
  | body3 = Egypt Wikimedians User Group
| body3  = Founder, Lekhak.xyz.
  | image3 = Wikimedia-Summit-2024-Portrait-73.jpg
| image3 = Chitraparna Sinha (WWC 2023).jpg
 
| link4  = https://about.me/rohini
| title4 = Rohini Lakshane
| body4  = Technologist and Interdisciplinary researcher
| image4 = Wikimania 2015 - Edit-a-thons for bridging the gender gap -Rohini Lakshane (1) (cropped).JPG
}}
 
{{#linkcards:
| link1  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:IFried_(WMF)
| title1 = Ilana Fried
| body1  = Senior Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
| image1 = Ilana Fried.jpg
 
| link2 = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:دنيا
  | title2 = Donia Domiaty
  | body2 = Egypt Wikimedians User Group
  | image2 = Wikimedia-Summit-2024-Portrait-73.jpg
 
| link3  =
| title3 = MAE Dockrat
| body3  = LanCSAL, University of Johannesburg
| image3 = Maulana Ashraf Dockrat.jpeg
 
  | link4  = https://bilalaliansari.com/
  | link4  = https://bilalaliansari.com/
  | title4 = Bilal Ali Ansari
  | title4 = Bilal Ali Ansari
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  | title1 = Aafi
  | title1 = Aafi
  | body1  = Founder, Deoband Community Wikimedia
  | body1  = Founder, Deoband Community Wikimedia
  | image1 = Aafi on Day 1 of Wikimedia India Summit 2024.jpg
  | image1 = Aafi at Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Bhubaneswar 2024 (Portrait 59 by Jnanaranjan sahu).jpg


  | link2 =  
  | link2 =
  | title2 = Ariba Shoaib  
  | title2 = Ariba Shoaib  
  | body2 = MSc Maths, Jamia Millia Islamia
  | body2 = MSc Maths with CS, Jamia Millia Islamia
  | image2 = Ariba Shoaib.jpg
  | image2 = Ariba Shoaib.jpg


  | link3 =  
  | link3 =
  | title3 = Monib Ahmad
  | title3 = Affaf Nasir
  | body3  = Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia
  | body3  =Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia
  | image3 = Default pfp.jpg
  | image3 = Affaf Nasir.jpg
 
}}
 
{{#linkcards:
| link1  =
| title1 = Affaf Nasir
| body1  =Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia
| image1 = Default pfp.jpg
 
| link2  =
| title2 = Aishwariya Kumar
| body2  = Research Scholar, Ambedkar University
| image2 = Default pfp.jpg
 
| link3  =
| title3 = Faizan Moquim
| body3  = Assistant Professor, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies
| image3 = Faizan Moquim.jpg


  | link4  =  
  | link4  =  
  | title4 = Sumaiya Laraib
  | title4 = Monib Ahmad
  | body4  = Student, Amity University, Kolkata
  | body4  = Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia
  | image4 = Default pfp.jpg
  | image4 = Monib Ahmad.jpg
 


}}
}}


[[Category:DCW Conversation Hour]]
[[Category:DCW Conversation Hour]]

Latest revision as of 16:29, 26 January 2026

DCW Conversation Hour is an open conversation hour by the Deoband Community Wikimedia for everyone in the world. It focuses on Wikimedia movement strategy initiatives such as increasing the sustainability of the movement, and helps invest in the skills and leadership development across Wikimedia entities. The conversation hour innovates in the free knowledge, through the prism of evaluation, iteration, and adaptation.

DCW Conversation Hour went live for the first time in September 2022. We standardized it in March 2023 when we invited Dr. Nicole Schwitter to present on the effect of offline meetups of Wikimedia communities. Since then, the conversation hour touches issues that relate to the global free knowledge movement and helps the movement's sustainability.

Previous editions can be easily accessed through DCW Conversation Hour Archive.

Our Featured Speakers

Featured Hosts