Here's a copy of the call for participation in WikiSym 2005. There are quite a few people coming who are interested in wikis in education. Should be great fun!

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Call for Participation

WikiSym 2005, Oct 16-18, San Diego, California - http://wikisym.org

Did you ever wonder what made Ward Cunningham invent wikis? And what he
thinks is the next big thing?

Did you ever wonder how to create something as huge as Wikipedia? And
how to organize an international community?

Do you want to understand The Future of Wikis? Do you want to have your
say with industry greats and be heard?

Come to WikiSym, the 2005 International Symposium on Wikis!

At WikiSym, you'll

* hear Ward Cunningham, father of the Wiki, talk about wikis and
collaboration;

* hear Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, talk about the free culture
revolution;

* hear Ward Cunningham, Jimmy Wales, Ross Mayfield (founder of
Socialtext) discuss the Future of Wikis - moderated by Sunir Shah
(Meatball Wiki);

* hear Joe Kraus (JotSpot) Peter Thoeny (TWiki) Thomas Weigert
(Motorola Global Software Group) discuss wikis in the consumer
enterprise - moderated by Eugene Eric Kim (Blue Oxen Associates).

If you are a user and practitioner, you'll love the tutorials on
Getting Started with Wikis, Wikipedia, and Using Wikis in Software
Development, and a unique WikiSym experience, the SpeedDemos,
showcasing interesting wiki technologies and recent developments.

If you want to get work done, you'll enjoy attending any of the free
workshops on current wiki topics, such as dealing with WikiSpam, Open
Source Wikis, and InterWiki networking.

If you are a researcher, you'll want to attend WikiSym's technical
paper track with the best current research on wiki-based technology,
processes, and education.

So who's coming? Everybody who is anybody in the Wiki community!

Confirmed participants include Ward Cunningham (father of the Wiki),
Jimmy Wales (founder of Wikipedia), Sunir Shah (founder of Meatball),
Peter Thoeny (creator of TWiki), Joe Kraus (CEO of JotSpot), Ross
Mayfield (CEO of SocialText), Eugene E. Kim (PurpleWiki, Blue Oxen
Thinktank), Matthias Jugel (SnipSnap) and and and.

WikiSym takes place Oct 16-18, 2005, in San Diego, California, U.S.A.
in conjunction with ACM OOPSLA, and right after RubyConf.

For more information, see http://www.wikisym.org

WikiSym is an ACM-sponsored, peer-reviewed, archival conference.