Re: Anyone in Europe willing to host OctConf 2016 ?

[Sebastian Schöps]

Juan Pablo Carbajal-2 wrote
> @Sebastian or @JordiGH: Would it be possible to get a checklist from
> you, describing the organizational steps you took?
> (or anybody else with experience in organizing OctConf or similar meeting)

Check list
* fixed a date and announced on the mailing list ("save the date")  
* organized funding to invite some speakers, possibly childcare and pay food
& coffee etc.
* booked rooms (plenary and some seminar rooms)
* reserved hotels for accommodation
* organized a social event
* invited a few plenary speakers that are of interest to the octave
community (e.g. Christophe Geuzaine, author of Gmsh/Getdp)
* created a wiki page with travel information, hotels etc 
* distributed small posters via email to colleagues/scientists/friends
whatsoever to advertise
* add an initial schedule of the week to the wiki with reserved slots for
invited speakers
* motivated the community to fill the schedule :)

See http://wiki.octave.org/OctConf_2015

Sebastian



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