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digitalmars.D.announce - DConf 2015 Schedule published

reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
Dconf 2015's programme is on! http://dconf.org/2015/index.html

I would like to thank everyone who submitted a proposal. We've had very 
strong proposals this year and a 50% acceptance rate, which made it very 
difficult to only choose half.

Submitters are encouraged to join the conference; we'll have two panels 
and ample unstructured time during the evenings to keep discussions going.

Last but not least, I encourage everyone in the community to register. 
The strength of any conference is ultimately decided by its attendees. 
We're operating at a loss to keep registration costs low, and chose a 
location that is accessible and affordable.

Take the schedule to your employer or academic advisor and ask them if 
you can attend!


Andrei
Mar 23 2015
next sibling parent reply "Nick B" <nick.barbalich gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 23 March 2015 at 16:47:30 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:

 Dconf 2015's programme is on! http://dconf.org/2015/index.html


   We're operating at a loss to keep

 registration costs low, and chose a location that is accessible 
 and affordable.

 Take the schedule to your employer or academic advisor and ask 
 them if you can attend!


 Andrei


Perhaps you might want to ask for a nominal amount to cover
putting up the content on the web after the conference ?

Nick
Mar 23 2015
parent reply Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-announce writes:
On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 02:17:22 Nick B via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:

 On Monday, 23 March 2015 at 16:47:30 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
 wrote:

 Dconf 2015's programme is on! http://dconf.org/2015/index.html


    We're operating at a loss to keep

 registration costs low, and chose a location that is accessible
 and affordable.

 Take the schedule to your employer or academic advisor and ask
 them if you can attend!


 Andrei


 Perhaps you might want to ask for a nominal amount to cover
 putting up the content on the web after the conference ?


Given how much complaining there was in the past when the videos were not
made immediately available and were instead released with reddit posts at
regular intervals, I hate to think how much complaining there would be if we
tried to charge for someone to watch them. It's also not something I've ever
heard of a conference doing. The folks who go pay, and if the talks are made
available, they're posted for free. So, it would be abnormal and would look
bad if we charged for them. Also, if the point of charging less for the
conference was to make it more accessible, charging for the talks online
would be contrary to that goal.

No. It sounds like what's probably needed is to find ways to encourage
sponsorship, and for that to work, we probably need to spread knowledge of D
further so that its adoption grows, and charging for the online content
would definitely get in the way of that.

- Jonathan M Davis
Mar 23 2015
parent Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 3/23/2015 8:01 PM, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:

 No. It sounds like what's probably needed is to find ways to encourage
 sponsorship, and for that to work, we probably need to spread knowledge of D
 further so that its adoption grows, and charging for the online content
 would definitely get in the way of that.


There is a $50 sponsorship button now at:

   http://dconf.org/2015/registration.html

If your business is using D, and you'd like a banner sponsorship ad on 
dconf.org, please contact me or Andrei. After all, supporting D with 
sponsorships helps us support everyone with a better D.
Mar 23 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent reply "Nemanja Boric" <4burgos gmail.com> writes:
Speaker's pages (http://dconf.org/2015/talks/zvibel.html for 
example) shows 2014 in the title.

On Monday, 23 March 2015 at 16:47:30 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 Dconf 2015's programme is on! http://dconf.org/2015/index.html

 I would like to thank everyone who submitted a proposal. We've 
 had very strong proposals this year and a 50% acceptance rate, 
 which made it very difficult to only choose half.

 Submitters are encouraged to join the conference; we'll have 
 two panels and ample unstructured time during the evenings to 
 keep discussions going.

 Last but not least, I encourage everyone in the community to 
 register. The strength of any conference is ultimately decided 
 by its attendees. We're operating at a loss to keep 
 registration costs low, and chose a location that is accessible 
 and affordable.

 Take the schedule to your employer or academic advisor and ask 
 them if you can attend!


 Andrei
Mar 24 2015
parent Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 3/24/15 12:47 AM, Nemanja Boric wrote:

 Speaker's pages (http://dconf.org/2015/talks/zvibel.html for example)
 shows 2014 in the title.


Thanks! https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dconf.org/pull/50
Mar 24 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce writes:
On 23 March 2015 at 16:47, Andrei Alexandrescu via
Digitalmars-d-announce <digitalmars-d-announce puremagic.com> wrote:

 Dconf 2015's programme is on! http://dconf.org/2015/index.html

 I would like to thank everyone who submitted a proposal. We've had very
 strong proposals this year and a 50% acceptance rate, which made it very
 difficult to only choose half.

 Submitters are encouraged to join the conference; we'll have two panels and
 ample unstructured time during the evenings to keep discussions going.

 Last but not least, I encourage everyone in the community to register. The
 strength of any conference is ultimately decided by its attendees. We're
 operating at a loss to keep registration costs low, and chose a location
 that is accessible and affordable.

 Take the schedule to your employer or academic advisor and ask them if you
 can attend!


 Andrei


+1 For making Day 3 an hour shorter.  I guess there's no time for
lightning talks? ;-)

Iain.
Mar 24 2015
parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 3/24/15 1:28 AM, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:

 +1 For making Day 3 an hour shorter.  I guess there's no time for
 lightning talks?;-)


It was a difficult decision but we did note that on day 3 the last slot 
is sacrificed. We might be able to organize lightning talks after the 
official schedule in the first two days. -- Andrei
Mar 24 2015
parent "deadalnix" <deadalnix gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 at 13:47:38 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 On 3/24/15 1:28 AM, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce 
 wrote:

 +1 For making Day 3 an hour shorter.  I guess there's no time 
 for
 lightning talks?;-)


 It was a difficult decision but we did note that on day 3 the 
 last slot is sacrificed. We might be able to organize lightning 
 talks after the official schedule in the first two days. -- 
 Andrei


Yeah, Brian's was one on the best talk last year :)
Mar 24 2015
prev sibling parent "Szymon Gatner" <noemail gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 23 March 2015 at 16:47:30 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 Dconf 2015's programme is on! http://dconf.org/2015/index.html

 I would like to thank everyone who submitted a proposal. We've 
 had very strong proposals this year and a 50% acceptance rate, 
 which made it very difficult to only choose half.

 Submitters are encouraged to join the conference; we'll have 
 two panels and ample unstructured time during the evenings to 
 keep discussions going.

 Last but not least, I encourage everyone in the community to 
 register. The strength of any conference is ultimately decided 
 by its attendees. We're operating at a loss to keep 
 registration costs low, and chose a location that is accessible 
 and affordable.

 Take the schedule to your employer or academic advisor and ask 
 them if you can attend!


 Andrei


Schedule is looking very interesting! Session will be recorded, 
right? ;)
Mar 24 2015