Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC 2017: Length and Format

From: Allan Day <aday gnome org>
To: Benjamin Berg <benjamin sipsolutions net>
Cc: guadec-list <guadec-list gnome org>
Subject: Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC 2017: Length and Format
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 00:43:38 +0100

Hi all,

I'm not particularly pushing the 2 core day option, but here's an experiment to show what it could look like:

Day 1

9.45-10.00 Opening

10.00-10.40 Talks ×2

10.45-11.25 Talks ×2

11.25-11.40 Coffee break

11.40-12.20 Keynote

12.20-14.00 Lunch

14.00-14.40 Talks ×2

14.45-15.25 Talks ×2

15.25-15.40 Coffee break

15.40-16.00 Short talks ×2

16.05-16.25 Short talks ×2

16.30-16.55 Short talks ×2

17.00-18.30 Intern's lightning talks

Day 2

10.00-10.40 Talks ×2

10.45-11.25 Talks ×2

11.25-11.40 Coffee break

11.40-12.20 Keynote

12.20-14.00 Lunch

14.45-15.30 Team reports

15.30-16.00 Group photo

16.00-17.00 AGM

17.00-18.30 Lightning talks and closing

This gives 18 talks (12 long of 40 minutes and 6 short of 20 minutes), 2 keynotes, 1.40 for lunch and 15 minutes for coffee breaks. For reference, the number of talks over the past 3 GUADECs have been 34, 24 and 34. This year the talks were mostly 30 minutes long (20% were 45 minutes long). In the past all talks were 45 minutes in length.

Of course, the number of talks could be increased by:

1. Reducing the length of the long talks

2. Removing one or both keynotes.

3. Removing the final lighting talk session.

I'm personally against 3 but would be open to 1 and perhaps removing 1 keynote.

Day 1

9.45-10.00 Opening

10.00-10.30 Talks ×2

10.35-11.05 Talks ×2

11.10-11.40 Talks ×2

11.40-11.55 Coffee break

11.55-12.35 Keynote

12.35-14.00 Lunch

14.00-14.30 Talks ×2

14.35-15.05 Talks ×2

15.05-15.20 Coffee break

15.20-15.40 Short talks ×2

15.45-16.05 Short talks ×2

16.05-16.25 Short talks ×2

16.30-16.50 Short talks ×2

16.50-18.20 Intern's lightning talks