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The MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference , Spring 2026 will be held March 25-27, 2026, at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

The MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference (MUDCon) is a three-day conference featuring discussions of topics related to the usage of MediaWiki software by and within companies, non-profits, governments, organizations, and communities.

If you are interested in attending the conference, feel free to add your name below. Please note that you'll still need to pay for a ticket on Luma (link below in the Registration section) if you're adding your name to the in-person list.

1. Bryan Hilderbrand
2. Jeffrey Wang
3. Cindy Cicalese
4. Rich Evans
5. Yaron Koren
6. Mark A. Hershberger
7. Darris Williams
8. Heylenny
9. James Hare
10. Scot Brooksby
11. Marc Feickert
12. Add your name here

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2. Dev Jadiya
3. Suyash Dwivedi
4. Jeroen De Dauw
5. Lucas Belo
6. Add your name here

FamilySearch Library

• Dates: March 25-27, 2026
• Location: FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150

Water, sodas, and other non-alcoholic beverages will be provided throughout the conference. However, to respect the traditions and customs of our hosts, coffee and tea will not be provided at the conference. Attendees can bring coffee and tea into the conference room for personal consumption as long as it's contained within a sealed container and consumed directly from said container. Each conference attendee will be provided, free of charge, with a conference-branded reusable thermos suitable for this purpose. It is yours to keep after the conference ends — consider it a memento from this year's conference! The Radisson Hotel will provide coffee which you can fill up on. The nearest coffee shops to the FamilySearch Library are shown below and more can be found here:

• Nordstrom eBar (Inside Nordstrom): 55 S W Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
• Starbucks (inside Marriott Hotel): 75 S W Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
• Alpha Coffee: 111 S Main St, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
• Counterpart: 2 S 400 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Register now for the conference

• Book at the official conference hotel with the special conference rate - Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown (starting at $192 per night for king bed)

We are honored to have as our keynote speaker Jon Morrey, manager of the Advanced Technology Research team at FamilySearch.

Talks on all MediaWiki-related topics are welcome! If you would like to give a talk, please put the proposed title, your name, and the proposed duration below. Please add "(remote)" if this talk would be given remotely. The deadline for talk submissions is March 9.

• Title TBD, 30 minutes, Mark Datysgeld and I would present on our work at ICANNWiki. --☠MarkAHershberger☢(talk)☣ 20:22, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Title TBD, 30 minutes, Jeffrey Wang, a presentation about AI in MediaWiki, in the afternoon
• "Interfacing with Wikidata for fun and profit" (30 minutes) - Yaron Koren

• Add your talk here

The recommended conference hotel is the Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown. The conference has a special group rate of $192/night ($225.25 after local and state hotel taxes), which represents a savings of over $50 per night. You can book with the following link:

• Book at Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown (starting at $192 per night for king bed)

The rate is refundable until 6pm Mountain Daylight Time of the day before your check-in date.

This rate includes free parking.

A 3-night stay will come out to $675.76 including all taxes.

The closest airport is Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), which offers flights to airports all across the country. SLC is a Delta Air Lines hub.

TRAX is the local light rail system. It offers free rides within their Free Fare Zone. The Green Line directly links Salt Lake City International Airport with the Radisson Hotel and the FamilySearch Library. Official conference activities will occur within walking distance of the conference venue and the official conference hotel, or will be accessible with light rail. There will not be any need to rent any cars.

Should you be driving a car to the conference, there will be discounted daytime parking available nearby the conference venue. More information coming soon.

A conference dinner will be provided on the evening of Thursday, March 26. It is included as part of everyone's paid conference ticket. Companions are welcome to join if they purchase a companion ticket, costing somewhere between $50-$75. Details will be released by February 2026.

There will be a free VIP guided tour of the library on one of the afternoons; non-attendee companions are welcome.

The FamilySearch Library are graciously offering their resources to help attendees find more information about their ancestry. There will be a short (30-60 minute) session during the conference when attendees can see what information can be found, and perhaps even find a family connection to other attendees. If you check the relevant checkbox during registration, you will be emailed by someone from FamilySearch, who will ask for whatever information you are willing to provide, up to and including DNA results (if you have them), to help them with their research. This is (in some cases) a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get genealogical research done by experts!

Unofficial social activities are listed below. Feel free to join the MUDCon Matrix channel to discuss joining them if you are interested.

There is a Utah Jazz basketball game on March 25 at 6pm.

Some attendees will be skiing at ski resorts affiliated with Alterra Mountain Company (i.e. ski resorts accessible with an Ikon Pass), such as Snowbird and Brighton, both before and after the conference. Up-to-date weather and snow pack level is available here. If that sounds like a good idea, bring your skis with you and let's shred some of that powder!

Anyone who has an Epic Pass may alternatively create their own Park City group.

Salt Lake City has a lot of restaurants to suit your food interests, see Gastronomic Salt Lake City, Utah's oldest food magazine for more ideas.

See the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau for more information about other activities in Salt Lake City.

The MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group will offer scholarships for in-person attendance. Depending on availability of funds and merit of the applicants, scholarships will be awarded to a certain number of applicants. In-person scholarships cover the cost of a conference ticket. Scholarships must be applied for. Applications will be reviewed by the MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group's scholarships committee, which is appointed by the MWStake Board of Directors.

For more information, please see MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference/Scholarships .

Sponsors for this conference are welcome; below are the standard sponsorship options.

If you are interested in sponsoring the conference, we thank you very much! Please contact Jeffrey Wang, the sponsorship chair, to get started.

The MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group will provide affidavits for attendees who need to apply for a B-1/B-2 visa at a U.S. mission's consular section. The contact person from whom to request this affidavit will be announced later. For further information, please see the conference's international travel page.

• MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference/FAQ