[CREATE] Suggested dates for LGM 2009 Montreal

[Louis Desjardins]

2008/11/10 Dave Neary <dneary at free.fr>

> Hi,
>
> Mostly good stuff - I just wanted to bounce back on one point:
>
> Louis Desjardins wrote:
> > I slightly disagree with no call for presentations because then how do
> > we get fresh blood in? But I do agree that we can all activate our
> > networks and find some good projects and invite those people. But we
> > have to have a mean of letting fresh blood in the LGM. I think it's one
> > of the goals too, right?
>
> In my experience, those with really compelling content will ask to
> present. The way to arrange this is to leave about half your talk slots
> empty (don't even fill them with "to be announced" and make sure that
> everyone coming to the conference is aware that you are interested in
> really compelling presentation proposals. No call for proposals with a
> deadline - great talks get added as they arrive, until the schedule is
> almost full. And you should feel no qualms about saying no if people
> propose something you don't think will be interesting (although this is
> the hardest thing to do).


Right. And when this happens, I like to make a round of consultation!

Great!

Louis

>
>
> Cheers,
> Dave.
>
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