Details: The Wikimedia Developer Summit 2018 (WMDS 18) is an invitation only event hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. The format of the WMDS 18 will be discussions and conversations with stated goals and actionable outcomes regarding the future Wikimedia Tech strategy. Participants will submit position statements to the event organizers, which will be anonymised and ranked by our Program Committee. Invitations will be extended to the top 40 position statements; the 10 remaining invitations will be chosen by the program committee to ensure diversity at the event in terms of technical background, organizations / projects represented, and regional representation.
The Wikimedia Foundation has been hosting invitation-only, strategic, technical events yearly beginning in 2012 starting with the Architecture Summit. This event has changed names and grown over time until the Wikimedia Developer Summit 2017. As we are experimenting with a new format this year and will collect feedback and make changes for the future based on that feedback.

Next steps for interested prospective attendees:

• Review the Wikimedia Developer Summit 2018 event page
• Review Thematic Overview
• Spend some time thinking about how you believe Wikimedia Tech should move forward into the future
• Submit Position Statement

Position Statements can be submitted between Friday, September 8th and Friday, September 29th.

We are looking forward to reviewing your statements!