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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 establish a movement wide knowledge base.
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==
==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:
| link1  =
| title1 = Dumisani NDubane
| body1  =  Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, MMG EARTH
| image1 = Dumisani Ndubane-4626.jpg
| link2  =
| title2 =  Sneha PP
| body2  = Senior Research Manager, Open Knowledge Initiatives at IIIT Hyderabad
| 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  =
| title3 = Stacy Burnett
| body3  = Senior Product Manager, ITHAKA
| image3 = Stacy Burnett - portrait.png
| link4  = https://www.iup.edu/languageliteraturewriting/faculty/vetter-matthew.html
| title4 = Matthew Vetter
| body4  = Professor of English, Indiana University of Pennsylvani
| image4 = Matthew Vetter at Wiki Conference NA 2018 (cropped).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  =
| title3 = Manavpreet Kauur
| body3  = Movement Charter Drafting Committee
| image3 = MKaur-WMF portrait for DCW.jpg
| link4  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:PDas_(WMF)
| title4 = Praveen Das
| body4  = Lead Partnerships Manager, South Asia, Wikimedia Foundation
| image4 = Praveen Das at Indic Hackathon 2022.jpg
}}


  | link3 = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Exec8/Introduction_of_Exec8
{{#linkcards:
  | title3 = Butch Bustria
| link1  = https://heyne.io/
  | body3  = Lead, Wikimania 2023
| title1 = Marcel Heyne
  | image3 = Wikimedia Summit 2019 - Portrait Butch Bustria.jpg
| body1  = Founder & Director, Audiopedia Foundation
 
| image1 = Marcel Heyne.jpg
  | link4  = https://heyne.io/
  | link2 = https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholesaad/
  | title4 = Marcel Heyne
| title2 = Nichole Saad
  | body4  = Founder & Director, Audiopedia Foundation
| body2  = Founder, Open Learning Collective
  | image4 = Marcel Heyne.jpg
| 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
}}


{{#linkcards:
| link1  = https://infobomb.org/
| title1 = Martin Poulter
| body1  = WiR, Khalili Foundation
| image1 = Martin Poulter, WMUK board meeting, August 2011.jpg
| link2  = https://chitraparnasinha.com/
| title2 = Chitraparna Sinha
| body2  = Founder, Lekhak.xyz.
| image2 = Chitraparna Sinha (WWC 2023).jpg
| link3  = https://about.me/rohini
| title3 = Rohini Lakshane
| body3  = Technologist and Interdisciplinary researcher
| 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://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholesaad/
  | link1  =  
  | title1 = Nichole Saad
  | title1 = MAE Dockrat
  | body1  = Founder, Open Learning Collective
  | body1  = LanCSAL, University of Johannesburg
  | image1 = Nichole Saad WMF staff photo.jpg
  | image1 = Maulana Ashraf Dockrat.jpeg
 
  | link2  = https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/schwitternicole/
  | link2  = https://library.oregonstate.edu/staff/bridgesl
  | title2 = Nicole Schwitter
  | title2 = Laurie Bridges
  | body2  = Honorary Research Fellow, Warwick
  | body2  = Professor & Librarian, Oregon State University
  | image2 = Nicole Schwitter.jpg
  | image2 = Laurie Bridges.jpg
  | link3  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:دنيا
 
  | title3 = Donia Domiaty
  | link3  = https://chitraparnasinha.com/
  | body3  = Egypt Wikimedians User Group
  | title3 = Chitraparna Sinha
  | image3 = Wikimedia-Summit-2024-Portrait-73.jpg
  | body3  = Founder, Lekhak.xyz.
  | link4  = https://bilalaliansari.com/
  | image3 = Chitraparna Sinha (WWC 2023).jpg
  | title4 = Bilal Ali Ansari
 
  | body4  = Chair, Department of Hadith, Darul Qasim
  | link4  = https://about.me/rohini
  | image4 = Bilal Ali Ansari.jpg
  | title4 = Rohini Lakshane
  | body4  = Technologist and Interdisciplinary researcher
  | image4 = Wikimania 2015 - Edit-a-thons for bridging the gender gap -Rohini Lakshane (1) (cropped).JPG
 
}}
}}


== Featured Hosts==
{{#linkcards:
{{#linkcards:
  | link1  = https://bilalaliansari.com/
  | link1  =  
  | title1 = Bilal Ali Ansari
  | title1 = Aafi
  | body1  = Chair, Department of Hadith, Darul Qasim
  | body1  = Founder, Deoband Community Wikimedia
  | image1 =  
  | image1 = Aafi at Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Bhubaneswar 2024 (Portrait 59 by Jnanaranjan sahu).jpg


  | link2  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Astinson_(WMF)
  | link2 =  
  | title2 = Alex Stinson
  | title2 = Ariba Shoaib
  | body2 = Lead Program Strategist, Wikimedia Foundation
  | body2 = MSc Maths with CS, Jamia Millia Islamia
  | image2 =  
  | image2 = Ariba Shoaib.jpg


  | link3 = https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/schwitternicole/
  | link3 =
  | title3 = Nicole Schwitter
  | title3 = Affaf Nasir
  | body3  = Honorary Research Fellow, Warwick
  | body3  =Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia
  | image3 =  
  | image3 = Affaf Nasir.jpg


  | link4  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:IFried_(WMF)
  | link4  =  
  | title4 = Ilana Fried
  | title4 = Monib Ahmad
  | body4  = Senior Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
  | body4  = Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia
  | image4 =  
  | image4 = Monib Ahmad.jpg


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{{#linkcards:
| link1  =
| title1 = MAE Dockrat
| body1  = LanCSAL, University of Johannesburg
| image1 =


| link2  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:دنيا
[[Category:DCW Conversation Hour]]
| title2 = Donia Domiaty
| body2  = Egypt Wikimedians User Group
| image2 =
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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