[Foss4g2010] Presentations and posters

[Cameron Shorter]

Lorenzo is right to try to match the academic and non-academic tracks in 
the program.
Attendees spend a lot of time moving between rooms to try and catch all 
the presentations they want to see.

We got feedback at foss4g 2009 along the lines of "it would have been 
better if the rooms were closer".
So I suggest either keep the all presentations the same length, or match 
2 academic to 1 standard presentation.

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 <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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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