Re: [OSM-talk] SotM 2020 - Move to virtual conference

2020-03-26 Thread Warin
On 27/3/20 1:16 am, Christoph Hormann wrote: On Thursday 26 March 2020, Christine Karch wrote: the deadline ended a month ago. At the moment it is not planned to call for additional submissions. We will ask the speakers of "accepted talks" first, and then see what the feedback is. If we have

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM 2020 - Move to virtual conference

2020-03-26 Thread Christine Karch
At the moment I have no idea what we will offer "at the end" as we have neither experience nor technology. This will develop within the next weeks. I try to explain. The approach is small-medium-large. This means we try to establish a small but smoothly running virtual conference on our own

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM 2020 - Move to virtual conference

2020-03-26 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 26.03.20 14:45, Christine Karch wrote: > the deadline ended a month ago. At the moment it is not planned to call > for additional submissions. SotM usually offers numerous slots for Lightning Talks. Will that be the case with this virtual conference as well? Spontaneous LT submissions might be

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM 2020 - Move to virtual conference

2020-03-26 Thread Christoph Hormann
On Thursday 26 March 2020, Christine Karch wrote: > > the deadline ended a month ago. At the moment it is not planned to > call for additional submissions. We will ask the speakers of > "accepted talks" first, and then see what the feedback is. If we have > too much cancellations, we would make an

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM 2020 - Move to virtual conference

2020-03-26 Thread Jo
The reason I'm asking is that I couldn't request a scholarship this year and SA is too far to travel to at my own expense. Thus, I didn't propose a talk. If the conference becomes virtual that changes completely. If things change, I'll most likely (proof)-read it in WeeklyOSM. Cheers, Jo On

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM 2020 - Move to virtual conference

2020-03-26 Thread Christine Karch
Hi, the deadline ended a month ago. At the moment it is not planned to call for additional submissions. We will ask the speakers of "accepted talks" first, and then see what the feedback is. If we have too much cancellations, we would make an additional call. But this is not planned at the

Re: [OSM-talk] SotM 2020 - Move to virtual conference

2020-03-26 Thread Jo
Hi Christine, That's great news, better than to have to cancel it completely anyway. If the conference is virtual, I wouldn't mind submitting a talk for it. Is this still possible? Polyglot On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 1:50 PM Christine Karch wrote: > Hi all, > > SotM 2020 will be a virtual

[OSM-talk] SotM 2020 - Move to virtual conference

2020-03-26 Thread Christine Karch
Hi all, SotM 2020 will be a virtual conference! Due to the high infection risk of SARS-COV-2 virus and all its consequences like travel restrictions, cancellation of physical meetings, "social distancing", and more, a physical SotM is not possible this year. The local team - who have done great