Schedule Release Policy It might seem unusual that we do not release the speaker schedule early, unlike nearly every other meeting. This page explains the reasoning behind our long-standing policy. To encourage participants to attend the entire event, the speaker schedule is not announced until the start of the conference, at the Welcome Reception. Releasing the schedule beforehand would encourage attendees to come-and-go quickly; such transience discourages participation. By not pre-publishing the schedule, we ensure that attendees stay for the entire conference and have time to build familiarity with other participants. Familiarity in turn promotes interaction, discussion, and unusually high levels of engagement. We have a similar policy for the poster schedule, for the same reasons. Relatedly, if you've attended previous meetings and noticed a pattern in the poster sessions, please be aware that the method for session assignment will be quite different for 2012, making it no longer possible to estimate which day any given poster will be presented. AREADNE | Email | Search | Archive |
