 Hello. Good morning! How's everyone doing? You have a good night? Okay. Just set everyone's expectation. This is still Wikimania. This is not a launching of a new phone. Okay. Okay. So... Welcome to Singapore and welcome to Wikimania. So... We have our... Buche, Bustria. The event lead of the core organizing team for EASIA. And with me, Kendrick of an Indonesian who are also based here in Singapore. So technically we're foreigners but we're somewhat in Singapore in a way. But just in case if we run out of Jews, we also have Robert on the side to help us out. Can we have the slides? Okay. Kendrick, can you start? Sure. Welcome to Singapore. So this year's Wikimania theme is about diversity, collaboration and the future. So firstly, this session is about Singapore orientation. So what is Singapore? Singapore experience is a diverse, friendly, easy to navigate city with a great transport network. So the venue that you are all here is Atlantic Convention Center. It's a very big place and it has a lot of food, a lot of entertainment going on and feel free to enjoy it during your time here. Okay. So our schedule for today so as you know, everyone arrived on the 14th majority of you. Yesterday we had the pre-conference pre-workshops and moving strategy. People went to Google. Sorry if we won't be able to accommodate you all but everyone did a good time each and every location. And then today, we will be having our first day of the conference. We will be having the Wikimedian of the year. So usually the Wikimedian of the year is on the last day but this year we'll make it on the first day. So that Wikimedian of the year you will be able to see that person okay? So that will be happening at 5pm on the opening, part of our opening reception and also if you have a traditional attire we have 30 minutes from 4.30 to 5 if you want to change to a traditional attire it's up to you what is the best time that you will change to your traditional attire. And then from tomorrow until the 19th the lecture starts comes in in the Thursday till Friday and then on the 19th we will be having the closing event at the gardens by the bay. So we will be having a formal turn over here in Suntec right after that we'll head over to the gardens by the bay for the dinner and dance. Of course you need to practice your best TikTok moves but TikTok is just a few minutes a few seconds so you need to make 30 minutes of TikToking moves okay? And then on the 20th some of you will be flying back home but those who are still in Singapore those who already signed up they could go to the National Library we have a good session at the National Library some of you you could avail the tours discover Singapore and then that's it next I'm sorry it's me So the Wikimedian of the Year there will be the winners will be featured in every region of the world we will be have as you know it is the category includes newcomer laureate tech contributor in media honorable mentions and of course the main award the Wikimedian of the Year okay? So be prepared for a magical opening event so we will not reveal what's the opening event you don't know who will be on that stage but you will be you will be surprised it's our best culture of the Isiap region okay? So we will also have hybrid elements thanks to EventKey we will be having an also an on-demand content for those who are watching right now on a pre-record in Europe or Africa you might be watching me six hours from now so hi and if in case they won't be able to make it to Singapore they could always pre-record next and then it's not limited to the ones who are in virtual if in case you want to catch up with the other breakout sessions you can just go back home at your hotel at the sessions that are recorded in EventKey but those who are already here you could also use your headsets I send you an email if you want to if you are not a native English speaker try to use the language interpretation services in Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia, Arabic Chinese and Spanish, French okay yeah, so let's go to go back to Singapore so what's the best thing about Singapore for me is the food so you can experience the whole Singapore food experience from breakfast, lunch, dinner and even more maybe so some of the food highlights in Singapore is that for breakfast you can have nasi lemak and have kway putu or kopi o for some beverage you can see there's Milo and snack you can get a popya and even some of the home cooked foods in Singapore is also very amazing okay, so I think I don't need to explain this anymore because we're already in Sante Convention Centre next slide so we know, yeah, go ahead so what we'll expect here you saw the big W there is a live illustration wall that you could write tell us more we have the suites table available you could park your suites and also the stickers and other paraphernalias or souvenirs that you have back home and then you want to share it with other Wikimedians so just leave it on that floor in the centre and then there's also a media booth at the bottom at the third level and the concourse area wherein you can do your selfie like you're in the Oscars or, yeah, in awards night so please do your most glamorous pose okay, and we also have a world map so you can pin which country or location you best represent okay, next okay, so jump off some of you already know this but Jessica so for the sparkling services let's say the gardens by the bay the drop off is in there so for the drop off of the gardens by the bay will be in cycle so we will give further instructions closer to that closing event next okay, so the closing event will be happening in the gardens by the bay flower field hall so you could use that opportunity to mingle make your best moves and, yeah, it's wonderful there's a light show at 7.45 and 8.45, so maximize your presence in gardens by the bay next and this is the location map or picture like to credit the photographer of this one, though it's this 12, I'm sorry, 10 years ago but it's still reflective of what's scenes on the gardens by the bay so if you're taking a public transport take that route in the green I don't know where's the drop off or the gardens by the bay the new gardens by the bay MRT station and then for those who takes a bus you can just use the drop off point and then walk through that yellow symbol and going to the flower dome just in case today's featured articles is the Esplanade MRT check your English Wikipedia so you take Esplanade MRT from there you take the bayfront MRT and then you will just walk from that green symbol going to the flower dome so we also have volunteers and scholars to assist you if in case you have queries regarding the event where to go where they're very cordous and already trained on what to do for Wikimedia of course they're still young so don't give them some pressure but they already handled this type of situation and other conferences as well we would like to thank the National Youth Award Association for the extra help to the ECAP regional cooperation next so yesterday some of you might have already joined the tour to Singapore Botanic Gardens and yesterday we also bring some of you to Adam Food Centre but there are more places like that so these places are called Hawker Centre basically a food court usually in the open area some of the recommended ones are Maxwell Food Centre Newton Food Centre Fortune Food Centre and a lot of more in Chinatown and Little India there are a lot of Malay Food and Halal Food too in Gelang area so all these places are all well known and you can search it up and feel free to try them when you are free so some dishes I would recommend uniquely Singaporean dishes are like kaya toast basically some toast with butter and kaya chicken rice char kway teow is basically some fried noodle roti prata is an Indian food but you can only sort of find it only in Singapore and ice chandel is a dessert so some tips in Singapore so smoking area is a very limited and vapes are actually illegal here and if you have tissues or tissue packets make sure to bring it with you because most places don't give it for you and you can see that if you visit those hawker centres a lot of people leave their packets of tissues there that means they reserve the place and the other thing is that the standard of hygiene are very high in Singapore so you'll be quite safe eating out and some interesting fact is that chewing gum is actually banned in Singapore the reason is that there are some historical reasons like people litter the chewing gum everywhere when and the other thing is that people here are friendly you can approach and ask any questions but make sure that you'll respect them and be polite too Singapore is also very safe but just because it's very safe doesn't mean there's no crime so please make sure you keep your belongings safe so for transportation you can you can use you can walk, you can use taxi, you can use normal taxi you can use bus and you can use even MRT so as you might have noticed just now earlier we mentioned that Santa have three MRT stations nearby and how to go there you can basically check Google Maps or even city mappers is very good apps with directions and all that so some fun fact is that in Singapore I think recently from the past few years you can actually use your visa or mastercard or even your next card if you are a scholar to pay for your public transport you just tap it in then that's it and then it will charge according to the distance so if you don't have those cards they also sell some prepaid cards called easy link at the MRT stations or even convenience stores the public transport usually is the public transport is not 24-7 the public transport ends at usually 11pm or midnight or on weekends and it will start like 5 or 6am in the morning so some of the ideas for self-organized tour from National Heritage Board all the details are on the wiki but some of them are highlighted here like Jubilee Walk Belastere Heritage Trails Little India Heritage Trails Sentosa Heritage Trails and Orchard Heritage Trails and they also give wikimania attendees some discounts for for entry to National Museum so photography in Singapore the best time is actually day time sunset is slightly later at 7pm and photo walks at night are actually quite good during at the Marina Bay area there's also a lot of nature you can go to Botanic Gardens or Pulau Ubin and northwest side also have a lot of flora and fauna and Gailang is actually a quite good place to see the shop houses and see the architecture there also a lot of cultures and religious sites to visit in downtown in Little India, in Arab town and even Chinatown okay so we would like to rebind that we're practicing the friendly space and trust in safety so we have trust in safety officers at the near this 401402 main hall that's on the main entrance so if in case you have queries regarding trust in safety they are free to assist you we will also have trust in safety people on a virtual space so if in case you're in event day virtual meeting room there's also a trust in safety officer checking what's going on there there's also a room angel who is also tasked to reach out with trust in safety in case there's some incidents of trust in safety and if in case you have questions about the policy there's also help desk on the breakout rooms to assist and Wikimedia community is dedicated to providing a welcome experience to everyone regardless of gender sexual orientation, gender identity or expression disability, appearance, race religion or preferred free license or not limited to those aspects also a free expression we do not tolerate harassment of participants participants violating these rules will be asked to leave the venue or on the virtual space leave the virtual platform at the discretion of event organizers which is us so for shopping you can go to Sim Lim Center for electronics Chinatown for souvenirs and there are so many malls and if you notice Santa is also mall so gift shops in heritage museums you can there will be gift shops if you want to buy a lot of souvenirs and also Queen's Bay Mall for shoes tailors or tailoring stuff and sneakers okay so we respect with each other okay so please be mindful that each Wikimedia will not buy q so we are all diverse so we have to respect each other Wikimedia are really welcoming and some are of course introvert so please respect their privacy as well please be mindful of their own space of course if you see someone if you see that the person is jolly or you can always ask if you can shake their hands and then if in case you would like to take a photograph of course you need to make a quick consent if they are willing to okay and also watch out those wearing the red lanyards okay also be mindful with the cultural practices some of the rooms 325 and 326 will be using it around lunch break and around lunch break and then about 430 for their prayers so if in case please do not disturb them if in case you are doing a meet up go to your organized rooms if it is an impromptu please use the tables there on the if you are from the door you could go to the right if you are in the third level try to use the concourse area cocktail tables you can do your quick impromptu meet up there please be mindful also of course alcohol is served on the evening so be mindful in drinking alcohol alcohol is not bottomless so make sure that you be mindful in drinking alcohol of course the youth be cautious with them of course they are young don't overwhelm them and then there's also some shared spaces here in Santa X so be respectful with your other sharing weekend agents and their stables next some practical notes for Singapore Singapore uses the Singapore dollar and many places accept credit cards contactless cards but hawker centers that I mentioned earlier mainly accept cash but you can ask whether they accept card payments because some actually do but MRT buses taxi usually accept cards and to exchange money you can find money changer or bank at your home country or some ATM machines some services even in Santa X money changers so other notes that you probably have known from the travel page on wiki is that Singapore uses this socket this plugs which is type G or commonly known as the UK plug with this 234 and 50 hertz many places in Singapore have Wi-Fi and Santac have public Wi-Fi and we are actually using that at a conference Wi-Fi and if you are around please bring an adapter but if you forget remember there is always a mall next door in Santac and you can ask where to get an extra adapter and weather weather in Singapore is actually hot and humid most of the time actually it rains quite often maybe every other day it will rain and usually it will rain in the afternoons and there is a link here to the weather forecast from the government and usually is quite accurate most of the time for language we speak there are four official language in Singapore English, Bahasa, Malaya Mandarin and Tamil most places actually accept English and we have a colloquial language called Singlish so some so you can search up this article in English Wikipedia English vocabulary some of the common words you might hear marted by Singaporeans around here is like lah or can something like that even just now I just marted so some emergency contacts in Singapore 995 for the ambulance and fire emergency 999 for police 1777 for non-emergency ambulance 7139 for SMS police emergency SMS and on some day actually event organizers and help best and trust and safety team to also help you if you unsure so yeah just additional notes if in case you are just interested to get some medicines on the pharmacy you could always check the 2023 help page you will see the location and the pharmacies or chemists here in Singapore like gargant or unity those are one of the drug stores or pharmacies here in Singapore so we open the floor for any specific questions there are mics on each side so for some specific questions you could raise your hand for any queries that you have regarding Singapore so by the way if in case you are caught chewing gum don't worry you won't be caned you will be fine okay so with that please visit our social media accounts facebook for instagram at wikimedia.conference also with threads twitter at wikimania youtube at wikimania there's also at the wikimedia foundation for the other live streaming and our main website wikimedia.org or wikimania.wikimedia.org with that last minute if in case you have questions I'm sorry what's that can you go to the microphone I could not hear you sorry but maybe can I talk a little bit about my petition to the government of Team Alastaz it's a good way of view so I can could you give me a short background of that you want me to sign something no I want to ask wikipedians here all around well maybe I'm telling now my name is Patrick Fischer I'm the main editor for Team Alastaz in German Wikipedia Team Alastaz changed its copyright law last year and I want to give a petition to the government of Team Alastaz making all government publications on a free license I will meet the ambassador today and will give her the petition and I want to ask as many wikipedians as possible to signing this petition and that's what I want to ask here okay so thank you for that just in case if you need guidance there's also the public policy team for this type of public policy questions or concerns okay so again thank you for your presence today for our ECF family we will be having a family photo at room 325 and then everyone can go to your respective breakout rooms have a nice day and the next one in this plenary will be a digitization workshop from our partner Open Knowledge Foundation led by Karolina Matas have a nice day