Wikipedia Day 2025 with General Assembly
Shape the Future of Free Knowledge with Wikimedia CH
Join us on May 10 for an interactive co-creation day where we’ll lay the foundation for what’s next. This is your chance to help shape Wikimedia CH’s future and tackle key questions like:
- Where can Wikimedia CH make the biggest impact in these fast-changing times?
- How can we strengthen the open knowledge and software movement?
- How do we secure our place in an ever-evolving digital world?
Expect a day full of inspiration, dynamic workshops, meaningful networking and engaging discussions—all in the vibrant setting of Welle 7, 3rd floor (Workspace), right next to Bern’s train station. And of course, delicious food and drinks are on us!
Be part of the change – we need you!
We are counting on you and are looking forward to seeing you in Bern.
Please register using the form below!
Good to know
- The event and the GA are open and free for everybody. Registration is required for organizational reasons by 01 May at the latest.
- In the GA, only active members have the right to vote. Read more about all members rights and obligations in our Bylaws, §4. All members will get an official invitation. You want to become a member? Here we go!
- Our members who come to the GA can find all relevant documents on the page Members wiki. This wiki is restricted to Wikimedia CH members. If you lost your access please contact membership@wikimedia.ch.
- Food and drinks will be provided for free for registered people only.
- Please let us know if you need a baby sitter.
- Helping hands wanted! All volunteers who want to give active support in this event, please contact us via events@wikimedia.ch
(THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!) - The event will be filmed and photographed. We will provide red lanyards for anyone who does not wish to be photographed. The photographers and filmers engaged by Wikimedia CH will be informed about this restriction.
- Wikimedia CH has a Friendly space policy. We kindly ask all guest to respect this policy.
- Further information will follow here as soon as possible.
Our speakers and panelists
Michel Bachmann, Moderator
Michel Bachmann facilitates the co-creation of planetary communities. He works with a variety of global networks to help grow community and cultivate a culture of genuine co-creation. Previously, Michel co-founded Impact Hub Zürich and led the transition of the global Impact Hub network towards a distributed organization with 100+ spaces across the world.
Gerhard Andrey, Parldigi core team and National Council
Gerhard Andrey is a Swiss entrepreneur and Green Party politician. In 2007, he co-founded the digital agency Liip AG and has served on several organisational boards, including the Alternative Bank Switzerland. Active in politics since 2010, Andrey has been a member of the Swiss National Council since 2019 and was a Green Party candidate for the Federal Council in 2023.
Photo Credit: http://www.parlament.ch, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons
Monique Morrow, Pioneering Leader in Emerging Technologies and Digital Ethics
Monique Morrow is a global technology leader with 25+ years of experience driving innovation and growth. She serves as Venture Partner at Sparklabs Accelerator and is an Independent Director at Hedera Hashgraph. Previously, she was Senior Distinguished Architect for emerging technologies at Syniverse Technologies. Her expertise spans cybersecurity, privacy, blockchain, mobile payments, and ethics in XR. Monique co-founded the Humanized Internet, a nonprofit focused on digital identity and ethics. She chairs IEEE working groups on XR and Metaverse ethics and has contributed to GSMA and WEF initiatives. Recognized by Forbes and WomenTech Network, she holds over 17 patents. Monique has an MSc in Digital Currency and Blockchain, an MBA, and is pursuing a doctorate in Cyberpsychology.
Anna Jobin, President of the Swiss Federal Media Commission
Anna Jobin is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Fribourg, President of the Swiss Federal Media Commission, and an internationally recognized expert on the social aspects of artificial intelligence and new media. After Cornell University, Tufts University, ETH Zurich, and the HIIG, she is now at the interdisciplinary Human-IST Institute, teaching also in the new Digital Society master programme. Her research focuses on algorithmic systems as sociotechnical institutions.
Photo Credit: Pakeha
Mirko Bischofberger, Lecturer at EPFL, ETH, Uni. Basel and ZH
Mirko Bischofberger is an expert in science communication with more than 20 years of experience. He’s a lecturer at EPFL, ETH Zurich, University of Basel and University of Zurich. Mirko studied molecular biology and specialised in computational biology during his PhD. After working for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and the Swiss Parliament, he joined the SNSF and EPFL. He has won numerous communication grants and awards and works for several funding agencies such as the ERC, the SNSF and the FWF.
Programme (draft)
Location: Welle 7, 3rd floor (Workspace), Schanzenstrasse 5, Bern – directly at the West exit of Bern PostParc station.
“Shape the Future of Free Knowledge with Wikimedia CH”
09:15 – Check-in & Get together with coffee, tea, croissants in the Foyer
09:45 – Opening the doors to the event room
10:00 – Welcome & Introduction Gerhard Andrey, Michel Bachmann & Jenny Ebermann
10:20 – Panel with Anna Jobin, Monique Morrow and Mirko Bischofberger
10:40 – World Café
11:45 – Share-out and Next Steps
12:00 – Vegan buffet & Get to know the Wikimedia CH Programmes
13:00 – Break-out group Workshops
14:10 – Share-out and Next Steps
14:30 – Closure & Coffee
15:00 – General Assembly (ca. 75 min – public, but only active members have voting rights (see bylaws, §4)
16:15 – END
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Do you remember?
Do you remember Wikipedia Day 2024? We met on 27 April under the title ‘Wikipedia & AI: The Race for Free Knowledge’. Eleven partners and like-minded organisations presented themselves at the ‘marketplace’ before the general assembly began. The award ceremoniy of the Wiki Science Competition was embedded in that event.
It was quite another format as the 2025 edition.
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