<div dir="ltr">The reason I'm asking is that I couldn't request a scholarship this year and SA is too far to travel to at my own expense. Thus, I didn't propose a talk. If the conference becomes virtual that changes completely.<div><br></div><div>If things change, I'll most likely (proof)-read it in WeeklyOSM.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Jo</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 2:45 PM Christine Karch <<a href="mailto:christine@hermione.de">christine@hermione.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
the deadline ended a month ago. At the moment it is not planned to call<br>
for additional submissions. We will ask the speakers of "accepted talks"<br>
first, and then see what the feedback is. If we have too much<br>
cancellations, we would make an additional call. But this is not planned<br>
at the moment, just a thought.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Christine<br>
<br>
Am 26.03.20 um 14:41 schrieb Jo:<br>
> Hi Christine,<br>
> <br>
> That's great news, better than to have to cancel it completely anyway.<br>
> <br>
> If the conference is virtual, I wouldn't mind submitting a talk for it.<br>
> Is this still possible?<br>
> <br>
> Polyglot<br>
> <br>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 1:50 PM Christine Karch <<a href="mailto:christine@hermione.de" target="_blank">christine@hermione.de</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:christine@hermione.de" target="_blank">christine@hermione.de</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Hi all,<br>
> <br>
> SotM 2020 will be a virtual conference!<br>
> <br>
> Due to the high infection risk of SARS-COV-2 virus and all its<br>
> consequences like travel restrictions, cancellation of physical<br>
> meetings, "social distancing", and more, a physical SotM is not possible<br>
> this year.<br>
> <br>
> The local team - who have done great work preparing this conference so<br>
> far - have suggested to change the physical conference to a virtual one.<br>
> This wasn't just an idle talk: they have already started a cool open<br>
> source software project - <a href="https://gitlab.com/billowconf/billowconf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gitlab.com/billowconf/billowconf</a> for<br>
> managing this!<br>
> <br>
> So the SotM working group adopted this plan, and agreed to have a<br>
> virtual SotM conference this year instead of a physical one.<br>
> <br>
> We know about your disappointment not meeting each other physically this<br>
> year (we are disappointed too), but after a few months of lockdown and<br>
> "social distancing" we are sure we will all be excited to be reading and<br>
> seeing each other in chats and videos. We will share more of the<br>
> technical plans as the date comes closer.<br>
> <br>
> The date of the conference will stay the same, but shortened to two<br>
> days: 4-5 July 2020. We planned an extended Q&A session after each talk<br>
> and plenty of free spaces for discussions. So that the OpenStreetMap<br>
> community can have a great week-end together.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Christine<br>
> <br>
> on behalf of State of the Map Working Group<br>
> <br>
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