[Foss4g2010] Presentations and posters

[Helena Mitasova]

My suggestion was for shortening the talks for all sessions, not just academic, and as other have suggested,
 15+5 is even better than 20+5 (I just did not want to sound too radical).
This will make for a more dynamic conference,

Helena


On Jan 29, 2010, at 7:46 AM, Lorenzo Becchi wrote:

> Paul, others,
> does it make sense to have three session per hour for both academic and not?
> 
> The program is still flexible and this is the time to decide about it.
> 
> we will decide inside the LOC about the 15+5 for academic, I don't see any major problem for the moment to approve it.
> It would be easier, IMO, if the program can be synchronized between academic and not to let people easily choose their own scheduling of presentations.
> 
> lorenzo
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:22 AM, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca> wrote:
> Warning: Don't balkanize the academic track by choosing a different
> presentation format from the other content. If everything is
> consistent, the talks can be mixed and matched into rooms depending on
> expected *demand and interest* rather than artificial categories
> ("it's academic").
> 
> Best,
> 
> P.
> 
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Venka <venka.osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Helena Mitasova wrote:
> >>
> >> others may have different suggestion but how about making the
> >> presentations 20min + 5 min for discussion which would allow for more
> >> presentations?
> >>
> >
> > +1 for academic track. I would even suggest 15min+5 as in most academic
> > conferences where
> > full paper proceedings are published.
> >
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