Wikipedia at 25: A Fireside Chat with Selena Deckelmann CPO/CTO Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedia is one of the most visited sites in the world, and the person who leads its product and technology lives right here in Portland.
Selena Deckelmann, Chief Product and Technology Officer at the Wikimedia Foundation and TIME’s 2026 Tech & Data Executives of the Year sits down with Rick Turoczy of Silicon Florist to talk about how Wikipedia has thrived for 25 years on the work of volunteers, and what it takes to keep the open web open for people.
Long before Wikipedia, Selena helped build the Portland tech community many of us grew up in. She founded the Portland PostgreSQL Users Group, co-founded the Open Source Bridge conference, launched PyLadiesPDX and mentored startups at PIE. She then spent 9 years at Mozilla, rising to SVP of Firefox and leading about 400 people. Expect stories from all of it, plus thoughts on AI from a very unique perspective.
Doors open at 5pm, light snacks, drinks and mingling. Chat starts at 5:30pm.
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