Marc Laporte is an expert on Wikis, Online collaboration, and Open Source software.

He has been project admin for TikiWiki CMS/Groupware since 2003. TikiWiki is the Wiki Way applied to software development where over 200 people have contributed to the source code, making it one of the largest open source Web applications in the World. TikiWiki is used in tens of thousands of web sites/projects/communities/companies and has been picked by Firefox for their support site. The vast collaborative documentation effort is over 1000 pages, which is a testament to the scope of the project. Also, TikiWiki was selected as a mentoring organization for the 2009 Google Summer of Code.

Marc is active in the local Open Source scene in Québec. He maintains the technical aspects of the website of the local chapter of the Internet Society. He was a CoConvener of the recent International Conference on Wikis in Montreal (aka RoCoCo) and implemented over 100 Wiki projects since 2001.

Part of a group of international experts, he attended The World Social Forum in Caracas, by invitation of the Venezuelan government, to present on collaboration software and to meet with local groups to exchange about how to use Free & Open Source software (FOSS). Co-founder of wiki-translation.com, Marc was also invited to speak at a forum for IT specialists supporting multilingualism in international organizations and multinational bodies (JIAMCATT-2008 in Tunis) on the multilingual capabilities of TikiWiki groupware as well as to hold a 1-day workshop. Follow-up includes assisting this group with a Wiki site and doing followup at the 2009 conference.

Marc was very actively involved for 7 years in a political party, implementing a full range of online collaboration tools.

He lives in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

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