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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://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DerHexer
| title1 = Martin Rulsch
| body1  =  Wikimedia Steward and 2024 Laureate
| image1 = Wikimedia-Futures-Lab-26-Sunday-58.jpg
| link2  =  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Auregann
| title2 =  Léa Lacroix
| body2  = Community Engagement Consultant
| image2 = Lea Lacroix in Catania in 2025, 1.jpg
| link3 =  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ndahiro_derrick
| title3 =  Ndahiro Derrick Alter
| body3=  Founder, Wikimedia Rwanda
| image3 =  Ndahiro Derrick AlteR.jpg
| link4 = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_Søby
| title4 =  Jon Harald Søby
| body4=  Norwegian Wikimedian, Founding Member Wikimedia Norge
| image4 =  Jon Harald Søby, Wikimedia Norge.jpg
}}
{{#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:AAlikhan_(WMF)
| title2 =  Anusha Alikhan
| body2  = Chief Communications Officer, Wikimedia Foundation
| image2 = Wiki Indaba 2023 - Friday 3 November - Anusha.jpg
| link3  = hhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nicole_Ebber_(WMDE)
| title3 = Nicole Ebber
| body3  =  Chief of Staff, Wikimedia Deutchland
| image3 = Bündnis_F5_at_Republica25-Day1-51.jpg
| link2  =  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AAlikhan_(WMF)
| 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
  | title1 = Tanveer Hasan
  | title1 = Tanveer Hasan
  | body1  = Executive Director, CIS India
  | body1  = Executive Director, CIS India
  | image1 =  
  | image1 = Tanveer Hasan 20180912.jpg
 
  | link2  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JStephenson_(WMF)
  | link2  = https://library.oregonstate.edu/staff/bridgesl
  | title2 = Jessica Stephenson
  | title2 = Professor Laurie Bridges
  | body2  = Lead Learning and Evaluation Officer, Wikimedia Foundation
  | body2  = Professor & Librarian, Oregon State University
  | image2 = Jessica Stephenson small photo - 2021.jpg
  | image2 =  
  | link3  =  
 
  | title3 = Runa Bhattacharjee
 
  | body3  = Senior Director of Product - Languages and Content Growth, Wikimedia Foundation
  | link3  = https://chitraparnasinha.com/
  | image3 = Bhattacharjee, Runa September 2016 01.jpg
  | title3 = Chitraparna Sinha
  | link4  =  
  | body3  = Founder, Lekhak.xyz.
  | title4 = Jake Orlowitz
  | image3 =  
  | body4  = Founder, The Wikipedia Library & Wiki Blueprint
 
  | image4 = Jake Orlowitz at WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto.jpg
 
  | link4  = https://heyne.io/
  | title4 = Marcel Heyne
  | body4  = Founder & Director, Audiopedia Foundation
  | image4 =  
 
}}
}}


{{#linkcards:
{{#linkcards:
  | link1  = https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholesaad/
  | link1  =  
  | title1 = Nichole Saad
  | title1 = Sam Walton
  | body1  = Founder, Open Learning Collective
  | body1  = Senior Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
  | image1 = Nichole Saad WMF staff photo.jpg
  | image1 = Walton, sam January 2019.jpg
 
  | link2  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:IFried_(WMF)
  | link2  =  
  | title2 = Ilana Fried
  | title2 = Sam Walton
  | 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
}}


{{#linkcards:
| link1  = https://heyne.io/
| title1 = Marcel Heyne
| body1  = Founder & Director, Audiopedia Foundation
| 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
}}


  | link3 = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Exec8/Introduction_of_Exec8
{{#linkcards:
  | title3 = Butch Bustria
  | link1 = https://infobomb.org/
  | body3 = Lead, Wikimania 2023
| title1 = Martin Poulter
  | image3 = Wikimedia Summit 2019 - Portrait Butch Bustria.jpg
| body1  = WiR, Khalili Foundation
 
| image1 = Martin Poulter, WMUK board meeting, August 2011.jpg
 
| link2  = https://chitraparnasinha.com/
  | link4 = https://about.me/rohini
  | title2 = Chitraparna Sinha
  | title4 = Rohini Lakshane
  | body2 = Founder, Lekhak.xyz.
  | body4 = Technologist and Interdisciplinary researcher
  | image2 = Chitraparna Sinha (WWC 2023).jpg
  | image4 = Wikimania 2015 - Edit-a-thons for bridging the gender gap -Rohini Lakshane (1) (cropped).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:
| link1  =
| title1 = MAE Dockrat
| body1  = LanCSAL, University of Johannesburg
| image1 = Maulana Ashraf Dockrat.jpeg
| link2  = https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/schwitternicole/
| title2 = Nicole Schwitter
| body2  = Honorary Research Fellow, Warwick
| image2 = Nicole Schwitter.jpg
| link3  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:دنيا
| title3 = Donia Domiaty
| body3  = Egypt Wikimedians User Group
| image3 = Wikimedia-Summit-2024-Portrait-73.jpg
| link4  = https://bilalaliansari.com/
| title4 = Bilal Ali Ansari
| body4  = Chair, Department of Hadith, Darul Qasim
| image4 = Bilal Ali Ansari.jpg
}}
}}


== Featured Hosts==
{{#linkcards:
| link1  =
| title1 = Aafi
| body1  = Founder, Deoband Community Wikimedia
| image1 = Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Hyderabad 2026 Portraits Aafi.jpg


{{#linkcards:
  | link2 = Member:Munazza
  | link1 = https://bilalaliansari.com/
  | title2 = Munazza Anjum
  | title1 = Bilal Ali Ansari
  | body2 = CCO, DCW
  | body1  = Chair, Department of Hadith, Darul Qasim
  | image2 = Default pfp.svg
  | image1 =  


  | link2 = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Astinson_(WMF)
  | link3 =  
  | title2 = Alex Stinson
  | title3 = Ariba Shoaib
  | body2  = Lead Program Strategist, Wikimedia Foundation
  | body3 = MSc Maths with CS, Jamia Millia Islamia
  | image2 =  
  | image3 = Ariba Shoaib.jpg


  | link3  = https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/schwitternicole/
  | link4 =
  | title3 = Nicole Schwitter
  | title4 = Affaf Nasir
  | body3 = Honorary Research Fellow, Warwick
  | body4 =Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia
  | image3 =  
  | image4 = Affaf Nasir.jpg


  | link4 = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:IFried_(WMF)
  | link5 =  
  | title4 = Ilana Fried
  | title5 = Monib Ahmad
  | body4  = Senior Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
  | body5 = Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia
  | image4 =  
  | image5 = Monib Ahmad.jpg


}}
}}
{{#linkcards:


| link1  =
[[Category:DCW Conversation Hour]]
| title1 = MAE Dockrat
| body1  = LanCSAL, University of Johannesburg
| image1 =
 
| link2  = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:دنيا
| title2 = Donia Domiaty
| body2  = Egypt Wikimedians User Group
| image2 =
}}

Latest revision as of 04:37, 11 July 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.

Martin Rulsch Wikimedia Steward and 2024 Laureate
Léa Lacroix Community Engagement Consultant
Ndahiro Derrick Alter Founder, Wikimedia Rwanda
Jon Harald Søby Norwegian Wikimedian, Founding Member Wikimedia Norge
Bobby Shabangu Co-founder Afrika Baraza, former president Wikimedia ZA, and member of Wikimedia Foundation Board
Anusha Alikhan Chief Communications Officer, Wikimedia Foundation
Nicole Ebber Chief of Staff, Wikimedia Deutchland
John Cummings Wikimedian in Residence
Dumisani NDubane Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, MMG EARTH
Sneha PP Senior Research Manager, Open Knowledge Initiatives at IIIT Hyderabad
Catalina Frigerio Director for Advocacy and Public Policy, Wikimedia Chile
Pavan Santhosh Program Manager, Open Knowledge Initiatives at IIIT Hyderabad
Abbad Diraneyya Conversational AI Designer, Uber
Amal Ramadan Senior Movement Communications Specialist (Product & Tech), Wikimedia Foundation
Jacqueline Chen Senior Program Officer, Wikimedia Foundation
Alex Stinson Lead Program Strategist, Wikimedia Foundation
Satdeep Gill Senior Program Officer, Culture and Heritage, Wikimedia Foundation
Swati Chawla Associate Professor, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities
Stacy Burnett Senior Product Manager, ITHAKA
Matthew Vetter Professor of English, Indiana University of Pennsylvani
Tanveer Hasan Executive Director, CIS India
Jessica Stephenson Lead Learning and Evaluation Officer, Wikimedia Foundation
Runa Bhattacharjee Senior Director of Product - Languages and Content Growth, Wikimedia Foundation
Jake Orlowitz Founder, The Wikipedia Library & Wiki Blueprint
Sam Walton Senior Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
Ilana Fried Senior Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
Manavpreet Kauur Movement Charter Drafting Committee
Praveen Das Lead Partnerships Manager, South Asia, Wikimedia Foundation
Marcel Heyne Founder & Director, Audiopedia Foundation
Nichole Saad Founder, Open Learning Collective
Laurie Bridges Professor & Librarian, Oregon State University
Butch Bustria Lead, Wikimania 2023
Martin Poulter WiR, Khalili Foundation
Chitraparna Sinha Founder, Lekhak.xyz.
Rohini Lakshane Technologist and Interdisciplinary researcher
Rachit Sharma Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist, South Asia, Wikimedia Foundation
MAE Dockrat LanCSAL, University of Johannesburg
Nicole Schwitter Honorary Research Fellow, Warwick
Donia Domiaty Egypt Wikimedians User Group
Bilal Ali Ansari Chair, Department of Hadith, Darul Qasim
Aafi Founder, Deoband Community Wikimedia
Munazza Anjum CCO, DCW
Ariba Shoaib MSc Maths with CS, Jamia Millia Islamia
Affaf Nasir Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia
Monib Ahmad Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia
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