page_title: WikiConference North America
section_title: 2017–2019
hierarchical_section_title: WikiConference North America / History / 2017–2019
caption_attribution_description: English: WikiConference North America 2018 - Friday Group Photo
context_page_description: WikiConference North America, formerly known as WikiConference USA, is an annual conference organized by the Wikimedia community in North America. The first two events were held at New York Law School and Washington, D.C.'s National Archives Building in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The third annual conference, rebranded WikiConference North America, was held at San Diego's Central Public Library in 2016, with a pre-conference day at Balboa Park. WikiConference North America 2017 was held in Montreal in 2017, as a pre-conference to Wikimania. The 2018 and 2019 events were held in Columbus, Ohio and Cambridge, Massachusetts, respectively.
context_section_description: WikiConference North America was held at Le Centre Sheraton Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from August 9–10, 2017, as a pre-conference to Wikimania, the official annual conference of the Wikimedia Foundation.
  The 2018 conference was held in Columbus, Ohio, October 18–21, 2018, at Ohio State University's Thompson Memorial Library and other campus locations.
  The 2019 event was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, mainly in the Frank Gehry–designed Ray and Maria Stata Center, during November 8–11.
caption: 2018 conference participants
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