Andrew,
Andrew Findlay wrote:
Here is the first draft of the call for papers.
thanks for working on this so quick. I agree with most of it.
Deadlines & Important Dates
Submission Deadline: 6th September 2015 Author Notification: 28th September 2015
Isn't that a bit late? The final program is *the* premise for people booking the event. We have to do some PR work which takes time. And employees probably have to ask their boss for traveling budget etc.
=> IMO the program should be on-line at *least* 2,5 months before the event.
Main presentations should last about 45 minutes including discussion; we will also provide smaller slots of 15 minutes and 5 minutes for lightning talks.
I'm not sure whether 5 min talks makes sense. IMHO they don't.
For the conference proceedings we expect you to submit a paper (not just slides, please)
We never demanded that yet. Some people might be discouraged by having the extra work.
Ciao, Michael.