On Mon Mar 31 12:02:40 CEST 2008, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > The comments on talk length are interesting... 30 minutes were > considered too short. I found 30 minutes a bit short as well > last time I did a talk in Vilnius. If you want to have discussions > and more time switching between talks, then 45 minutes are a lot > better, IMHO: 30 minutes talk, 10 minutes discussion, 5 minutes break > and switching.
This topic came up in one of the IRC meetings: http://wiki.python.org/moin/EuroPython/2008/IRCMeetings/IRCMeeting6 For simplicity, we decided that we should keep the 30 vs. 60 minute slots and make 45 minute sessions fill the rest of the time with discussion. The idea being that in-depth talks could run to around 45 minutes with 15 minutes for questions and demos - the longer the talk, the more time you have to leave for questions. That's the theory, at least. Maybe 45 minutes slots would work, but I wouldn't want to schedule 45 minute talks alongside 30 minute ones. David _______________________________________________ EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
