Re: GUADEC 2016: length and schedule

Without going into to much detail I can state as that i think it makes much
sense to *just* having two core days. One of the befits I see is that that
it would potentially enable a lager emphasis on BOF's.

-- 
-mvh Oliver Propst

On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Allan Day <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Huge thanks to the team that are putting on GUADEC this year. It's
> fantastic that you've stepped up, and Karlsruhe looks like a cool
> city!
>
> I've been involved in the papers committee for a fair few years now,
> and I've been involved in doing hte conference schedule for at least
> the past 3/4 years. I was interested to see that your bid proposes
> only having two core days for GUADEC next year.
>
> Until 2014, GUADEC had 4 core days. Then, this year, we switched to 3
> days. This was a bit of a challenge for the schedule: we just managed
> to squeeze everything in, but only just.
>
> If we want to go down to two core days, we'll probably have to
> radically rethink the schedule. Possibilities might involve cutting
> the lightning talks, and/or cutting the length of the talks. It seems
> like a good idea to talk about this early on.
>
> I'll also say that I'm a little hesitant about cutting down the length
> of the core days from a social point of view, and that it would be a
> big change from the 4 day conference we were holding until just last
> year. That's not to say that there might not be advantages to the
> change, but it probably deserves some discussion.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Allan
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-mvh Oliver Propst

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