[OSM-talk] State of the Map 2009 - Date Check / pre-call for venues

[Inge Wallin]

On Wednesday 24 September 2008 12:46:44 Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:
> El Miércoles, 24 de Septiembre de 2008, Nick Black escribió:
> > We're aiming to open the call for venues in early October (next week
> > ideally), so please let me know if the 11th - 12th July are bad for
> > you.
>
> While we're discussing the dates for SOTM09, I'd like to propose expanding
> the conferences to three days. I don't know if more people had the feeling
> that two days aren't enough.
>
> A formula that has been tested and proven is to let the actual conferences
> sit in the weekend (11th-12th jul), and plan a "workshop day" the day
> before (i.e. 10th jul). This way, lots of workshops could be programmed,
> without overlapping the talks.
>
> Does this sound right?

I would instead propose that the talks come first and that the workshop day(s) 
come afterwards.  Why? Because often a lot of new ideas come up during and 
because of the talks, and it is a pity if there is no time afterwards to 
discuss them.

The big KDE conference Akademy uses this formula, but the workshops are often 
drawn out over several days.  It's extremely successful.  See 
http://akademy2008.kde.org/ for this years programme.

	-Inge