• The flagship annual conference celebrating Wikipedia, Wikimedia projects, and the volunteers who make them possible will take place in France for the first time from 21–25 July.

• Wikimania 2026 will bring together more than 1,200 in-person attendees from around the world to discuss the future of free knowledge, reliable information, and the role of human collaboration in the age of artificial intelligence.

• Key speakers include Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales, Wikimedia Foundation CEO Bernadette Meehan, and Wikimedia France Executive Director Rémy Gerbet, and UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information Mariya Gabriel.

• The closing ceremony will include attendees building a real-life, 944-piece Wikipedia Puzzle Globe to symbolize the collaborative effort needed to build the world’s largest encyclopedia .

Paris, France, 22 July 2026 — This week, Paris hosts Wikimania 2026 , the twenty-first edition of the flagship annual conference that celebrates Wikipedia , Wikimedia projects…