About AdaCamp DC

AdaCamp Melbourne attendees

Applications to attend AdaCamp DC are now open.

AdaCamp is a Ada Initiative event focused on increasing women’s participation in open technology and culture. AdaCamp brings together people to build community, discuss issues women have in common across open technology and culture fields, and find ways to address them. Open technology and culture includes open source software, Wikipedia and other wiki projects, open data, open government, fan/remix culture, open libraries, and more. Attendance is by invitation and attendees are selected from qualified applicants through an open invitation process. Attendance is open to people of all genders. The first AdaCamp was AdaCamp Melbourne, in January 2012.

AdaCamp DC, July 2012

AdaCamp DC is a 150-200 person unconference in Washington, D.C. on July 10-11, 2012. It is co-located with Wikimania 2012, the global conference for Wikipedia and related Wiki projects. Wikimania brings influential and talented people from around the world who are interested in improving the participation of women in Wikipedia and other open data projects, as shown by Wikimania’s selection of Ada Initiative co-founder Mary Gardiner as a keynote speaker. People who plan to attend AdaCamp DC include Sue Gardner, CEO of Wikimedia Foundation, Sarah Stierch, Wikimedia Community Fellow and advocate for women in Wikipedia, and Joseph Reagle, author of Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia.

Sponsors

Sponsors of AdaCamp have the opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to increasing the participation and status of women in open technology and culture. They support the largest gathering of advocates for women in open tech/culture in history, which would not be possible without their help. See the sidebar on the right for the full list of sponsors.

Contact us at sponsors@adainitiative.org to become an AdaCamp sponsor today!