Re: EmacsConf 2023 progress report: 44 talks accepted, schedule being drafted

[jc@tlo]

Sacha,

That's quite an achievement. Amazing. And thank you for all that you do behind 
the scenes.

I got back from France about 10 days ago after defending a master's thesis 
(written 97% in org-mode) and leaving our second son at my sister's so that he 
can start learning French, which means that with only one adolescent at home 
anymore I'll have more time to help with the actual conference *and* 
preparations (including subtitles with whisper, etc.)

My help might be of limited use on the day of the conference since I'm in GMT+9 
but I'll keep myself available.

JC

> On Sep 26, 2023, at 10:08, Sacha Chua <sacha@sachachua.com> wrote:
> 
> Web version: https://emacsconf.org/blog/2023-09-25-draft-schedule/
> 
> The EmacsConf 2023 call for participation period has wrapped up, hooray!
> We’ve accepted 44 talks and posted them at
> https://emacsconf.org/2023/talks/, with 1 more penciled in (woof - Watch
> Over Our Folders). This is about ~12 hours of talks. If we were to have
> 5 minutes buffer in between talks, it would be 15 hours and a pretty
> cramped conference. I think we can pull off a two-track conference again
> this year. Shall we give it a try? =) We can set up a schedule for the
> different roles as we get closer to the conference.
> 
> I started drafting a schedule at
> https://emacsconf.org/2023/organizers-notebook/#draft-schedule .
> Thoughts on the order/grouping of talks? If the schedule looks all
> right, I can send this draft to all the speakers in case they have any
> requests regarding time preferences, other talk Q&A sessions that they
> want to attend live, etc.
> 
> Next steps:
> 
> - Schedule: We’ll e-mail the draft schedule to speakers so that they can
>  get a sense of where they are in the schedule, see if they really want
>  to make it to a conflicting session’s Q&A live (they’ll have early
>  access to the videos), etc.
> 
> - Infrastructure:
>    - Dust off and document infrastructure, processes
>    - Sort out access to media.emacsconf.org so that we can get the
>      upload service up and running
> 
> - Draft brief intros for talks, keeping in mind that we’re going to say
>  them out loud
> 
> - Speakers will work on videos, and we can help with nudges/coordination
>  if needed
> 
> Sacha
> 

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