Arje Cahn said the following on 14/9/06 18:04:
My first reaction was: can't we fit all of them in?
Hold on...
Are you suggesting we squeeze *all* talks to 30 minutes slots, effectively raising the number of talks from 8 to 12 ??
That's a *lot* of talks..!
On the other hand, it would fit right in... If me and Reinhard only need 15 minutes, and Andrew
drops 4 out of his 6 proposals, we'll have 11 30-minute talks left..
This is INSANE!
If done properly, it could be very snappy and a lot of fun. But it could get
really messy as wel..
WDYT??
As said: it was my first reaction, based on the fact that I'd love to
hear all of them.
Nevertheless, it would be great if we could pull it off.
Some ideas:
- is it possible to do two tracks? I.e. two rooms with speakers (one for
Andrew and one for the rest ;-)), e.g. one more geared towards
"management" (10 reasons to choose Cocoon) and/or beginners and one for
intermediate or advanced level?
- can some presentations be merged? E.g. some of Andrews talks sound as
if they are a consecutive series of ideas, maybe they could be merged.
- pick some talks and put the rest on a CD that can be bought (price to
be defined).
- pick some talks, put the rest on a website to be downloaded in advance
and add an "ask the expert" slot where people can ask questions about
the downloaded talks.
- if some talks can be turned into a poster, we could put them up so
people can have a look at them between talks e.g.
WDYT?
Bye, Helma
