Re: GUADEC 2017: Length and Format

Apologies, I sent that message by accident - please ignore and I'll resend.

Allan

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 12:43 AM, Allan Day <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm not particularly pushing the 2 core day option, but here's an
> experiment to show what it could look like:
>
> Day 1
>
> 9.45-10.00 Opening
> 10.00-10.40 Talks ×2
> 10.45-11.25 Talks ×2
> 11.25-11.40 Coffee break
> 11.40-12.20 Keynote
> 12.20-14.00 Lunch
> 14.00-14.40 Talks ×2
> 14.45-15.25 Talks ×2
> 15.25-15.40 Coffee break
> 15.40-16.00 Short talks ×2
> 16.05-16.25 Short talks ×2
> 16.30-16.55 Short talks ×2
> 17.00-18.30 Intern's lightning talks
> Day 2
> 10.00-10.40 Talks ×2
> 10.45-11.25 Talks ×2
> 11.25-11.40 Coffee break
> 11.40-12.20 Keynote
> 12.20-14.00 Lunch
> 14.45-15.30 Team reports
> 15.30-16.00 Group photo
> 16.00-17.00 AGM
> 17.00-18.30 Lightning talks and closing
>
> This gives 18 talks (12 long of 40 minutes and 6 short of 20 minutes), 2
> keynotes, 1.40 for lunch and 15 minutes for coffee breaks. For reference,
> the number of talks over the past 3 GUADECs have been 34, 24 and 34. This
> year the talks were mostly 30 minutes long (20% were 45 minutes long). In
> the past all talks were 45 minutes in length.
>
> Of course, the number of talks could be increased by:
>
> 1. Reducing the length of the long talks
> 2. Removing one or both keynotes.
> 3. Removing the final lighting talk session.
>
> I'm personally against 3 but would be open to 1 and perhaps removing 1
> keynote.
>
> Day 1
>
> 9.45-10.00 Opening
> 10.00-10.30 Talks ×2
> 10.35-11.05 Talks ×2
> 11.10-11.40   Talks ×2
> 11.40-11.55 Coffee break
> 11.55-12.35 Keynote
> 12.35-14.00 Lunch
> 14.00-14.30 Talks ×2
> 14.35-15.05 Talks ×2
> 15.05-15.20 Coffee break
> 15.20-15.40 Short talks ×2
> 15.45-16.05 Short talks ×2
> 16.05-16.25 Short talks ×2
> 16.30-16.50 Short talks ×2
> 16.50-18.20 Intern's lightning talks
> Day 2
> 10.00-10.30 Talks ×2
> 10.35-11.05 Talks ×2
> 11.10-11.40   Talks ×2
> 11.40-11.55 Coffee break
> 11.55-12.35 Talks ×2
> 12.35-14.00 Lunch
> 14.45-15.30 Team reports
> 15.30-16.00 Group photo
> 16.00-17.00 AGM
> 17.00-18.30 Lightning talks and closing
>
>
>
> Without keynotes you'd get 22 or even 26 talks, if some of the were short
> ones.
>
> Allan
>

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