[opensuse-project] openSUSE Conference CfP - what kind of sessions?
Hi all, I haven't had any feedback on the draft CfP [1] I wrote nor on the guidelines for speakers [2]. Both had a couple of questions and concerns on the top which need answering, let me replicate the most important of them here. * do we schedule Discussions (as I've called the RW/BoF/Unconference style sessions) fully in advance? Or do we keep the CfP open until the conference? Or do we reserve a certain number of spots for at-the- conference scheduling? I vote for all three: keep the CfP open for these, schedule in advance but keep some slots for at the conference. * I think we should have workshops too. Then we have listen-participate- learn: Talks (traditional one-way), Discussions (bof/unconference/barcamp), Workshops. * 50 minute sessions make sense, with 10 min to change rooms? * It makes sense to allow Discussions and Workshops to ask several 1 hour slots imho... Yes? Furthermore, I believe Alan or Bryen will send a request to this ML for ideas on subjects for the conference (keep the treads separate pls). [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp [1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Conference_Planning_2011_CfP [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Conference_Planning_2011_guidelines_for_spea... [3] Let's see what we can do for this conference with the following _assumptions_: *1 big room for talks and 4 smaller rooms *read-only talks only in the big room *discussions in 2 rooms *workshops in 1 room *1 suselabs room *We have 4 days *Starting at 9 with a 30 min keynote *keeping things up until 16:30 (as we have cool ideas for things after *that time) *a 1 hour lunch break and 2 30 min coffee breaks (10:30-11, 12-13 and 15:00-15:30) We can have 5 slots per day per room. That means up to: 1 keynote per day, 4 total 5 talks/day, 20 total 5 workshops/day, 20 total (but several will last 2-4 hours so count on more like 10 workshops in total 10 Discussions/day, 40 total 5 SUSE Labs sessions/day, 20 total. Yep, counted very well, 84 total slots, probably like 75 sessions to be scheduled in total.
On 2011-04-28 Jos wrote:
Hi all,
I haven't had any feedback on the draft CfP [1] I wrote nor on the guidelines for speakers [2]. Both had a couple of questions and concerns on the top which need answering, let me replicate the most important of them here.
* do we schedule Discussions (as I've called the RW/BoF/Unconference style sessions) fully in advance? Or do we keep the CfP open until the conference? Or do we reserve a certain number of spots for at-the- conference scheduling? I vote for all three: keep the CfP open for these, schedule in advance but keep some slots for at the conference. * I think we should have workshops too. Then we have listen-participate- learn: Talks (traditional one-way), Discussions (bof/unconference/barcamp), Workshops. * 50 minute sessions make sense, with 10 min to change rooms? * It makes sense to allow Discussions and Workshops to ask several 1 hour slots imho... Yes?
Furthermore, I believe Alan or Bryen will send a request to this ML for ideas on subjects for the conference (keep the treads separate pls).
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp [1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Conference_Planning_2011_CfP [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Conference_Planning_2011_guidelines_f or_speakers [3]
Let's see what we can do for this conference with the following _assumptions_: *1 big room for talks and 4 smaller rooms *read-only talks only in the big room *discussions in 2 rooms *workshops in 1 room *1 suselabs room *We have 4 days *Starting at 9 with a 30 min keynote *keeping things up until 16:30 (as we have cool ideas for things after *that time) *a 1 hour lunch break and 2 30 min coffee breaks (10:30-11, 12-13 and 15:00-15:30)
We can have 5 slots per day per room. That means up to: 1 keynote per day, 4 total 5 talks/day, 20 total 5 workshops/day, 20 total (but several will last 2-4 hours so count on more like 10 workshops in total 10 Discussions/day, 40 total 5 SUSE Labs sessions/day, 20 total.
Yep, counted very well, 84 total slots, probably like 75 sessions to be scheduled in total.
Oh, and I also wrote: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Announcing_openSUSE_conference_2011 As a start for an announcement - again, review helpful.
Am Donnerstag, 28. April 2011, 20:20:16 schrieb Jos Poortvliet: Hi, > I haven't had any feedback on the draft CfP [1] I wrote nor on the > guidelines for speakers [2]. Both had a couple of questions and concerns > on the top which need answering, let me replicate the most important of > them here. > > * do we schedule Discussions (as I've called the RW/BoF/Unconference > style sessions) fully in advance? Or do we keep the CfP open until the > conference? Or do we reserve a certain number of spots for at-the- > conference scheduling? I vote for all three: keep the CfP open for > these, schedule in advance but keep some slots for at the conference. I wouldn't leave the CfP open for organizational reasons (I know from experience that it causes stress to fiddle with the program until the last minute), but schedule what we got until the CfP ends regularly and keep some good slots open for "on the whiteboard"-Scheduling on the conf. I would suggest to have one Discussion-Master who drives that activly. She/he could also try to motivate people to start something spontanously. > * I think we should have workshops too. Then we have listen-participate- > learn: Talks (traditional one-way), Discussions > (bof/unconference/barcamp), Workshops. and keynotes hopefully, which are Talks, but still different. > * 50 minute sessions make sense, with 10 min to change rooms? I think 50 minutes are long. That might potential speakers scare off, especially not so experienced speakers might think they can't fill it. How about 40 minutes and fife to change rooms by default and one hour if requested? > * It makes sense to allow Discussions and Workshops to ask several 1 > hour slots imho... Yes? Yes. > > Let's see what we can do for this conference with the following > _assumptions_: > *1 big room for talks and 4 smaller rooms > *read-only talks only in the big room > *discussions in 2 rooms > *workshops in 1 room I would leave that flexible depending on incoming topics and formats. > *1 suselabs room > *We have 4 days > *Starting at 9 with a 30 min keynote > *keeping things up until 16:30 (as we have cool ideas for things after > *that time) > *a 1 hour lunch break and 2 30 min coffee breaks (10:30-11, 12-13 and > 15:00-15:30) I would suggest the following changes: - start at 9:30 with the key note to give people the chance to have a light breakfast at the venue before it starts - the keynotes should have 45 minutes imo > We can have 5 slots per day per room. That means up to: > 1 keynote per day, 4 total depends if we get four good keynotes. Maybe we do not need a keynote for example on the day after the party. > 5 talks/day, 20 total > 5 workshops/day, 20 total (but several will last 2-4 hours so count on > more like 10 workshops in total > 10 Discussions/day, 40 total > 5 SUSE Labs sessions/day, 20 total. Cool, except that I do not expect that we will keep up the program on last day until afternoon, so maybe a few less. > regards, Klaas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org
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Let's see what we can do for this conference with the following _assumptions_: *1 big room for talks and 4 smaller rooms *read-only talks only in the big room
Why? A read-only talk to a smaller audience in a smaller room is a very different experience for everyone than a read-only talk in a big room. Further, in a smaller room, read-only talks tend to be less read-only in smaller rooms as people feel more comfortable asking questions.
*discussions in 2 rooms
I like discussions, but reserving 2 rooms for 4 days to discuss stuff appears a bit excessive to me. I don't think we want a "lets just hang out" conference.
*workshops in 1 room *1 suselabs room *We have 4 days *Starting at 9 with a 30 min keynote
I think keynotes should be longer, 45 minutes to an hour.
*keeping things up until 16:30 (as we have cool ideas for things after *that time) *a 1 hour lunch break and 2 30 min coffee breaks (10:30-11, 12-13 and 15:00-15:30)
I think a break right after the keynote works well as people always have something to talk about after the keynote. Counting in longer keynotes the first break could be 10:00 - 10:30 which would leave room for two 40 min talks/discussions... before lunch.
We can have 5 slots per day per room. That means up to: 1 keynote per day, 4 total 5 talks/day, 20 total 5 workshops/day, 20 total (but several will last 2-4 hours so count on more like 10 workshops in total 10 Discussions/day, 40 total 5 SUSE Labs sessions/day, 20 total.
Yep, counted very well, 84 total slots, probably like 75 sessions to be scheduled in total.
Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rschweikert@novell.com rschweikert@ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org
On 2011-04-29 Robert wrote:
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Let's see what we can do for this conference with the following _assumptions_: *1 big room for talks and 4 smaller rooms *read-only talks only in the big room
Why? A read-only talk to a smaller audience in a smaller room is a very different experience for everyone than a read-only talk in a big room. Further, in a smaller room, read-only talks tend to be less read-only in smaller rooms as people feel more comfortable asking questions.
If it is meant to be interactive it should be interactive. Last year, it got confusing - several bofs turned out to be non-interactive and some talks were more like BOF's. This year we want to bring some clarity. Having a separate room & clear naming would be helpful.
*discussions in 2 rooms
I like discussions, but reserving 2 rooms for 4 days to discuss stuff appears a bit excessive to me. I don't think we want a "lets just hang out" conference.
Discussions is the word I picked for BOF-style sessions. Interestingly enough some ppl know the term BOF, others know other terms - is there something that works for everyone? :D With the explanation of Discussion = BOF, not completely unstructured or hanging out-style (see the wiki pages I wrote, pls, feedback very welcome) you think it's OK to have a majority of those discussions? About the keynotes, yeah. With Klaas' suggestion to go for 40min +5, we'd get: _assumptions_: *1 big room for talks and 4 smaller rooms *read-only talks only in the big room *discussions/BOFs in 2 rooms *workshops in 1 room *1 suselabs room *We have 4 days *Starting at 9:30 with a 1 hour keynote followed by a 30 min break *keeping things up until 16:15 (as we have cool ideas for things after that time) *Sessions are 40 min + 5 min to go to the next one. That is about 30 min talking! *a 1 hour lunch break and 2 30 min coffee breaks (10:30-11, 1230-1330 and 15:00-15:30) We can have 5 slots per day per room. That means up to: 1 keynote per day, 4 total 5 talks/day, 20 total 5 workshops/day, 20 total (but several will last 2-4 hours so count on more like 10 workshops in total 10 Discussions/day, 40 total 5 SUSE Labs sessions/day, 20 total. Yep, counted very well, 84 total slots, probably like 75 sessions to be scheduled in total. Interestingly enough, a longer keynote & shorter sessions means we end 15 min earlier (16:15) and still have 5 sessions/day or keep going until 17:00 and have room for 6 sessions... :D
*workshops in 1 room *1 suselabs room *We have 4 days *Starting at 9 with a 30 min keynote
I think keynotes should be longer, 45 minutes to an hour.
*keeping things up until 16:30 (as we have cool ideas for things after *that time) *a 1 hour lunch break and 2 30 min coffee breaks (10:30-11, 12-13 and 15:00-15:30)
I think a break right after the keynote works well as people always have something to talk about after the keynote. Counting in longer keynotes the first break could be 10:00 - 10:30 which would leave room for two 40 min talks/discussions... before lunch.
We can have 5 slots per day per room. That means up to: 1 keynote per day, 4 total 5 talks/day, 20 total 5 workshops/day, 20 total (but several will last 2-4 hours so count on more like 10 workshops in total 10 Discussions/day, 40 total 5 SUSE Labs sessions/day, 20 total.
Yep, counted very well, 84 total slots, probably like 75 sessions to be scheduled in total.
Robert
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Robert Schweikert