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I second this position strongly. Thanks Gabriel for bringing this up! To anyone reconsidering locations, do have in mind that poorly connected places in North America will likely need a jump from the US, so that's also a no-go. On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM Gabriel Scherer <[email protected]> wrote: > [ The Types Forum, http://lists.seas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/types-list > ] > > Dear types-list, > > I'm sure many people are anxious about the political situation in the US > right now, and I wish them best. > > Could we temporarily stop organizing conferences in the US? > > It is pretty clear that the US are not a safe place for universities right > now, and also unpalatable-to-unsafe for people (especially foreigners) > working in universities. The situation is also volatile and evolving > rapidly from bad to worse. Surely it would be unreasonable to commit now to > organize a large conference in the US next year, right? Well, PLDI 2026 is > planning to be located in Boulder, Colorado. Could the PLDI people maybe > reconsider? (If being in the Americas is important, maybe Canada?) > > Note: I'm aware there is no good choice of where to hold conferences, every > choice has downsides. (For example Europe is bad for people working in > various non-western countries due to very stringent requirements.) But the > US seems especially bad right now. >
