[LGM] Update on LGM 2017

[Joao S. O. Bueno]

Sorry Jehan -


For however needs VISAs invitation letters, they can write those
privately to me and - if they wish - to incoude prof. Alexandre
Cantini Rezende.

(I've sent invitation for teams needing them for sponsorship purporses already)

On 4 February 2017 at 15:28, Jehan Pagès <jehan.marmottard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi again!
>
> On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Jehan Pagès <jehan.marmottard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello João,
>>
>> How are you?
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno <gwidion at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello folks -
>>>
>>> Sorry for the long time without news -
>>>
>>> as it is now - we have the venue next year, to be at PUC-Rio,
>>> but I could not yet have the dates confirmed  due to their internal
>>> bureaucracy -
>>> (they only open up their calendar for scheduling the auditorium on October -
>>> that is why)
>>>
>>>
>>> We re asking for the dates of April 20-24th 2017 - so these will
>>> probably be the cofnerence dates, but we should have these confirmed
>>> only around the 3rd week of October. .
>>
>> So you already confirmed these dates on another email, but this was
>> quite a limited view span (the mailing list). If not mistaken, no
>> public announcement for LGM 17 has been made yet, with details on the
>> dates, location and others, and no call for talk either. And
>> apparently still no LGM 2017 website to refer people to.
>>
>> With the rest of the GIMP team, we are starting to get a little
>> worried and we are not sure if we should start searching for an
>> accomodation yet. Could you reassure us?
>> Should we start planning our annual presence to LGM? When will the
>> public announcement and the call for talks happen?
>> Thanks!
>
> It has been noted it is even maybe too late for some of our
> contributors who need visas. If they still decide to try, what would
> be the procedure for them to get an invitation? Can the inviting
> university deliver them? Is there anyone to contact in particular?
> Thanks!
>
> Jehan
>
>> Jehan
>>
>>> We are also planning workshops to take place in the hosting University
>>> on  the days previous to the LGM - the local team should take care of
>>> some of these actvities, but if anyone is interested in getting a few
>>> days earlier to engage students from PUC and other attendees that will
>>> be very welcome -
>>>
>>> We will post more details on how this should work later on.
>>>
>>> Please let me know any other questions you have - I had actually been
>>> hoping to have the final dates before writing you again.
>>>
>>>
>>> Venue website: http://www.puc-rio.br/english/
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>      js
>>>     -><-
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>>
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