Public speakers about wikis

This is a list of public speakers who are available to give presentations about wikis, including (or especially about) Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects.

Disclaimer: The people presented here do not necessarily speak on behalf or at the request of the Wikimedia Foundation. However, in the spirit of open and transparent communication, various voices are represented in this self-generated and community-maintained list. Not all of the voices share the same perspectives or experiences about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

Through an Internet search, it should be simple enough to contact these speakers personally.

United States

User	Position	Languages	Comments
Eloquence	Wikimedia staff, former board member of the Wikimedia Foundation, developer, instigator of Wikinews and Wikimedia Commons	English, German	Author: Die heimliche Medienrevolution, accused of being a defender of pedophilia.
GChriss	Once-active on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, now working on OpenMeetings.org	English	University technology (both social and technical); Pennsylvania, USA.
Gregory Kohs	Wikimedia volunteer, Administrator on Wikimedia Flagged Revisions project, Key designer of 2009 WMF Fundraising Survey, Outspoken critic of governance of Wikimedia projects	English	Experienced conference speaker who outlines wikis, Wikipedia, and the Wikimedia Foundation through the lens of business ethics. His story remains publicized on over 70 mainstream news and other websites, and Kohs appeared on television on the G4 TV network. His business was covered by Harvard Law professor Jonathan Zittrain in the best-seller, The Future of the Internet.
Llywrch	Longtime user of EN.Wikipedia, have contributed to commons.	English	I live in Oregon, so arrangements more than a days' drive need to be discussed.
Piotrus	Admin of English wiki	English, Polish	Currently residing in Pittsburgh, PA, US, but visiting Poland from time to time). I specialize in the university settings (Wikipedia and other wikis as a research and teaching tools).
Dan Rosenthal	Press Contact, Communications Committee Member	English	Based in Washington, D.C.
Frank Schulenburg	Wikimedia Foundation's Head of Public Outreach	English, French, German	Living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area.
+sj+	Longtime Wikipedian, contributor to Wikinews, Wikisource, Wikibooks and our translation process.	English	Boston and New York. [audiences : librarians, km group, blogging event, 'user-generated' archivists, university technology groups, business schools].
Jimbo Wales	Founder of the Wikimedia Foundation	English	Involved in various public affairs that brought the Wikimedia Foundation into disrepute; including the Essjay scandal, the Rachel Marsden affair, and the lies about who really founded Wikipedia.
Steven Walling	Wikimedia Volunteer, Administrator on English Wikipedia	English	Based in Portland, OR, I've given numerous presentations on Wikimedia as part of Portland WikiWednesday and elsewhere. Audiences include conferences, unconferences and academic settings. I can focus on specific areas, such for journalists and bloggers.
Lee Daniel Crocker	Initial developer of MediaWiki software, long-time free software advocate. Sacramento, CA.	English, Spanish
Daniel Mayer, mav	Wikipedian since first year of the project, Wikimedia Steward, former CFO, former English Wikipedia ArbCom member	English	Lives and works in the Atlanta area. Has given several presentations before on Wikipedia. Largely responsible for a couple dozen featured articles. Ranked as the number one English Wikipedia contributor in terms of "Persistent Word Views" by a 2007 study.

Europe

Germany

User	Position	Languages	Comments
Elian	Former board member of Wikimedia Deutschland	German
Ian Holton	Administrator en.Wikipedia, long-time user	German (native), English (native), Chinese (conversational)	South Germany: Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen,....
Jakob Voß	Former board member of Wikimedia Deutschland	German, English
Kurt Jansson	Former president of Wikimedia Deutschland	German

Netherlands

User	Position	Languages	Comments
Andre Engels	Long time user of Wikipedia	Dutch, English, German	In or near the Netherlands (might want travel expenses paid)
GerardM		Dutch, English	On testing and supporting MediaWiki, supporting languages, lexical terminological and ontological support in a MediaWiki environment.
Guido den Broeder	Founder of Wikisage, Wikimedia Nederland member	Dutch, English	Keywords: expertise, policy, project leadership, social experiment. Locations: the Netherlands.
Hay Kranen	Board member (secretary) of Wikimedia Nederland	Dutch, English	Given some talks earlier. Fees (except for travel expenses) will go to Wikimedia Nederland as a donation.
Ziko	User, member of WM-nl and WM-de	German, Esperanto, Dutch, English	In or near the Netherlands (might want travel expenses paid).

France

User	Position	Languages
Anthere	Former Chair of the board of the Wikimedia Foundation	French, English
guillom	Author of a French handbook of Wikipedia, former secretary of Wikimedia France, regular editor on the French-language Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, steward	French, English
~Pyb	Former chair of Wikimedia France, regular user on the French-language Wikipedia and Wikisource	French, English
Yann	Former secretary of Wikimédia France	French

United Kingdom

Also see Wikimedia UK speakers

User	Position	Languages	Comments
Mike Peel	Chair of Wikimedia UK; admin on English Wikipedia; photographer on Wikimedia Commons	English
Sean Whitton	EnWiki admin, involved in WMF communications-type stuff. Good at speech-making.	English	Based in Sheffield and Oxford in term time.

Northern Europe & Baltic countries

User	Position	Languages	Comments
Jan Ainali	Board member of Wikimedia Sverige	Swedish, English
Guttorm Flatabø		Norwegian, English, (German)	In Norway
Domas Mituzas	Site technologist, ex-member of Board of Trustees	Lithuanian, English	In Lithuania or other Baltic states, as well as global technology conferences.

Southern Europe

User	Position	Languages	Comments
Cool Cat	User of English wiki	English, Turkish	Curently located in Turkey
Elitre	Admin and user on it.wiki, OTRS' volunteer, former member of WMI	Italian, English, French	Living in the south of Italy. Previous experiences.

Australia

User	Position	Languages	Comments
Angela	Chair of the Advisory Board of the Wikimedia Foundation	English	Based in Sydney
Witty Lama (Liam Wyatt)	Vice President of Wikimedia Australia, History thesis about Wikipedia	English	Sydney.
Daniel	Email response team leader	English	Based in Adelaide; volunteer English Wikipedia Administrator; mainly present on e-learning and collaboration at a secondary and tertiary education level.

Asia

User	Position	Languages	Comments
Dror Kamir	Member of the board at Wikimedia Israel	Hebrew, Arabic, English	Based in Holon, Israel;
Mardetanha	Long-term user and meta steward	Persian, Azery, English	Based in Zanjan, Iran.