day@grand.UUCP (Dave Yost) (11/20/87)
I am trying to put together plans for another USENIX C++ event next fall. I would like to find a way to combine a workshop and a conference with tutorials. The workshop portion would be small, say 50 people, restricted to past and present speakers on C++ and those who have published something on C++, and would be primarily a forum for discussion. Possible scenarios: Plan A: Plan B: Plan C: Plan D: --------- --------- --------- --------- mon tutorials tutorials tue tutorials tutorials / workshop tutorials tutorials wed conference conference tutorials tutorials / workshop thu conference conference conference conference fri workshop conference conference sat workshop Workshop following the conference: advantage: since the conference will be over, all of those papers will have already been presented, so we can have one or more discussion periods. with everything on the table. disadvantage: conference attendees, once there, will want to hang around for the workshop even though they weren't invited. Workshop on Saturday advantage: Less of a problem for non-invitees. disadvantage: Some won't want to work on Saturday. Workshop preceding the conference: advantage: many of the non-invitees will be in tutorials disadvantage: some invitees will be giving tutorials. We're thinking of Denver, New Orleans, San Antonio, Orlando, Nashville, or Cincinatti. Dates would be in September or November. For a conference of the size that I expect (300-700), we have to move very soon, and still, we may have to take whatever is available. If the workshop/conference combo seems unworkable, then we'll talk about a separate workshop at another date. If you would like to tell me what you think about these plans, please reply, preferably using an address ending in "usenix!grand!day". Thanks. --dave yost