[FOSS4G2016] [Program] Lightning Talks

[Christian Mayer]

Hi Till, hi Volker, hi all,

I really love the concept of lightning talks, but as Till wrote a LT has to be
more than just a short talk. So I agree that it might be a good idea to have an
info text what is expected by a LT and separate the LT proposals from the normal
talk proposals. The submission by mail might give a bit higher boundary instead
of just checking a radio button in the normal cfp system.

For the slots: I would prefer the LTs to be a part of the plenary session
instead of having a separate LT session.

Cheers,
Chris
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> Volker Mische <volker.mische at gmail.com> hat am 12. Januar 2016 um 16:21
> geschrieben:
>
>
> Hi Till,
>
> On 01/12/2016 04:12 PM, till.adams at fossgis.de wrote:
> > Hi Volker, @all,
> >
> > because I recently received an email with this question - how do we
> > proceed with Lightning Talks? I am not quite sure, but I think in the
> > past years, it was possible to submit lightning talks via the normal cfp
> > system.
> >
> > To be honest: I am not a fan of this, because lightning talks are only a
> > nice format, if the talker is really good and has understood, that a
> > lightning talk is more than just a "short talk" on any topic. So my
> > suggestion would be, that we create kind of text about lightning talk
> > for the homepage (as we do for the general talks as well) and call for
> > lightning talk submission via email directly to us
> > (info at foss4g2016.org). Review and acceptance of lightnings could be
> > made, when we fix the content of the "come together sessions".
>
> I fully agree. That sounds like a good plan. Perhaps with yet another
> email address (lightning at foss4g2016.org), so that someone can easily
> take it over if needed?
>
> Cheers,
> Volker
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